yellow fungus and Chicken soup.

Ingredients 
300g chicken stocks 
30g yellow fungus
30g skinless Lotus
30g Bean Stick,  1-litre water, 
1 pear, 4 pieces tangerine peel 
2 Honey dates
1-tablespoon of Chinese almonds.

Method
Boil water add chicken stocks and leave for 5 minutes, remove and drain. yellow fungus must be soaked in hot water for about 30 minutes, then rinsed in fresh water. soak the Bean Stick in hot water, then boil for 3 minutes. remove and set aside. Pour all ingredients into a pot boil for 35 minutes. dash of  salt & pepper to taste.

Steamed Custard Pudding

Ingredients 
50g Bird's Custard powder sieved, 
70g fine sugar, 250ml fresh milk, 
250ml water, half teaspoon salt.
Method 
Add 150ml water in a bowl with custard powder, to mix evenly.
in a pot add 250ml fresh milk the remaining 100ml water 
sugar and custard...water. stir till smooth. 
lower the heart and stir for three minutes. pour into a jelly mould about 15cm in diameter.
steam in the topmost steamer tray for 10 minutes. Leave 
to cool and refrigerate.  serve chilled.


Tip.. As custard powder has an eggy flavour but is actually made of corn flour and annatto colouring .
from the achiote tree, it is suitable for people with egg allergies, this custard pudding tastes like the filling of old fashioned local cream puffs, so you might want to serve it with soft bread or sliced bananas. or as an adult treat, add raisins soaked in rum.

Starfruit - Sweet and Bitter Apricot Seeds / Soup.

Ingredients 
4 Medium-Sized Starfruit
5 Honey dates
25g of sweet bitter apricot seeds
2 litres of water
600g of lean meat

Method  
Remove the core and side of the starfruit slice pieces & wash the honey dates.
Blanch the lean meat, Put all the ingredients into a clay pot 
and boil over a low flame for 2 hours.

Note  
This soup is not Suitable for patients with Kidney failure.
Starfruit is high in dietary fibre, vitamin C, copper, potassium, and sweetens the soup is very nutrition and naturally..healthy.