Black Fungus Gingered Soup

The ingredients can be easily purchased from any of the Chinese Medicine Store. Some sundry stores may have these ingredients as they are considered very common. I, personally prefer to buy them from Eu Yan Sang, a trusted brand & store in Malaysia and Singapore.

This soup is very easy to prepare and it can be treated as drinks throughout the day. I just dump all the ingredients to a crockpot/ slow cooker and let it simmer for 3 hours.

Ingredients:

(yields a pot)

Appx 10g or 1 handful Black Fungus

8-10 slices ginger (peeled)

4-6 red dates (deseed)

2 litre water

Dried Longan Meat (optional as desired)

Method:

1. Soak the Black Fungus in water until soft. Cut and throw the unwanted hard portion.

2. Meanwhile, pour water into the crockpot/ slow cooker and switch to HIGH.

3. After washing the ingredients, dump all into the slow cooker and boil for 3 hours.

4. Strain soup and treat as tea or drink.

Results:

The original recipe does not call for Dried Longan Meat but I just add it in as I think a slight sweetness to this tonic is much more delightful. I also prefer this tea with stronger taste of ginger in it.

As I grow older, I am more and more health concious. I try to eat healthier food and avoid fried stuffs in diet as much as possible. Recently, I received some recommendations on a few tonic drinks that I drink frequently (1 or 2 times weekly). One of them is Black Fungus Gingered Soup. It is believed to be able to lower the cholestrol level.