White Radish Soup

My university is in Serdang, Selangor and my elder brother was actually my senior. Yeah, we took the same course. When I was a freshie, he was almost graduating. After his graduation ceremony, he brought our family to this Hakka Stuffed Tofu shop in the Seri Kembangan Chinese Village. My brother will definitely order their radish soup and indeed, it was very very good. And from then onwards, we never cooked our radish soup the same way that we used to, but tried to recreate what we had from the shop.

200gm white radish, peeled and cut into slanting pieces

50 gm carrots, peeled and cut into slanting pieces

200gm pork loin or 300gm spareribs (blanched)

30gm raw peanuts, soaked for minimum 4 hours, best overnight.

1 Tbsp dried mussels, rinsed

6 red dates, seeds removed

10 white peppercorns, cracked with the sides of a cleaver