Lotus root soup

Ingredients

• 1 400 g lotus root
• 350 g pork ribs
• 20 g dried cuttle fish
• 8 pieces or 50 g preserved sweet dates
• 6 or 40 g red dates
• 1 ½ litre water
• 1 cube chicken bullion
• 1 teaspoon salt (this can be more or less, up to individual preference)