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Gobo, Daikon, Corn & Carrot Soup




This is a super easy soup for days when I have no herbs in my fridge.

All you need are 4 vegetables that you can easily buy from the market or supermarket - burdock, radish (with the green tops), corn and carrot.

You don't need to use all of the burdock which also goes by the name of gobo. Burdock is a long, dark brown root and you can use one foot of the root. The rest can cut up and kept in a zip lock bag in the vegetables section of your fridge. Slice burdock into small chunks. 

For the daikon, just peel off the skin and chop up everything including the green leafy tops into chunks. 

Break the corn up into 3 sections. Peel the carrot and chop into small chunks. 

Into a large pot, put in 1.5 liters of water. Bring to boil. Add in blanched pork bones or half a chicken, with bones. Add in all these chopped up vegetables and bring to a rolling boil again.

Once the soup is boiling briskly, cover the pot. Lower the fire to the smallest flame. Let this simmer for 1-2 hours. Season with salt and pepper almost at the end of the cooking process.

That's it! This is a nutritious soup and every chunk of vegetables can be eaten with the soup. 

NOTE: I also make a simple burdock tea once a week to detox. It's great as an internal blood cleanser and each time I drink this, I feel good. I try to drink this tea in the evening around 6pm but I have also drunk it at night before I sleep. If I drink it before bedtime, I wake up a lot more refreshed! 




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