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Chinese Recipe : Winder Melon and Spare Rib Soup

Ingredients:

• 500g winter melon (with seeds and skin)
  
• 3 liter water
  
• 300 g spare ribs, cut into pieces
  
• 20 dried lotus seeds
  
• 8 red dates, seeds removed
  
• 1 small piece dried mandarin orange peel, soaked
  
• 2 cm old ginger, crushed
  
• Salt to taste

Directions:

1. Blanch spare ribs in boiling water for 5 minutes. Dish up, wash and drain.
2. Wash winter melon and cut into chunks. Put into a stock pot and pour in water. Bring to boil.
3. Add in the remaining ingredients and bring to boil. Lower the heat and simmer for another 2 ½ hours.
4. Add salt to taste. Serve hot.