Fuzzy Melon Puree Soup
A velvety soup made with hairy gourd puree as the main ingredient, combined with straw mushrooms, shrimp, and crab meat.
Ingredients
fuzzy melon (washed, peeled, and grated)
600 g
straw mushrooms (washed and diced)
50 g
shrimp (deveined and rinsed)
100 g
crab meat
75 g
egg white
1
stock
400 ml
ginger
1 slice
spring onion (finely chopped)
1
salt (seasoning)
1 tsp
sugar (seasoning)
1/4 tsp
cornstarch (seasoning)
1 tsp
cooking wine (seasoning)
1 tsp
water (seasoning)
1 tbsp
ground pepper (seasoning)
a pinch
Instructions
1
Prepare the ingredients
Wash the fuzzy melon, peel it, and grate it. Wash and dice the straw mushrooms. Devein and rinse the shrimp. Finely chop the spring onion.
2
Cook the soup base
Place the stock, grated fuzzy melon, straw mushrooms, shrimp, crab meat, and ginger slice in a deep bowl. Cover and cook over high heat for 5 minutes.
3
Season and reduce
Stir in the seasonings, then cook over high heat for another 3 minutes to reduce the liquid.
4
Finish and serve
Remove the bowl and stir in the egg white. Garnish with the chopped spring onion and serve.