This is one of my childhood’s favourite soups. The Chinese Okra is soft and soothing, good to relieve the throat sore.

 

Ingredients:

* 8-10 pcs chicken balls

* 5 pcs Chinese okra

* 1 piece Chinese yellow tofu,cut thin long (approx. 2 cm)

* 1 piece carrot, sliced thin

* 200 gr vermicelli, put into normal water to soften

* half piece tomato, sliced to 4 slices

* spring onion, sliced

* celery, sliced

* onion, chopped

* garlic, chopped

* 1,5 cm ginger, sliced

* salt

* white pepper

* 2 tablespoons sesame oil

* 1500 ml water

Cooking steps:

* sauté garlic, onion  and ginger in 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, stir until it smells good

* add chicken balls, stir 1 minute

* add water, cook until its boiling point

* add carrot, and Chinese okra,  stir 2 minutes

* add salt and white pepper

* add Chinese yellow tofu, stir 2 minutes

* the last, add vermicelli, tomato, spring onion and celery, stir a while

* served while the soup is still hot/warm

“Cooking done with care is an act of love.” ~Craig Clairborne~

Serpong, 28th November 2015, 22.23

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