Malabar spinach soup ( saan choy tong )

Ingredients

• 300 gm Malabar Spinach ? pick the young leaves with stem, washed and drain dry
• ½ cup of dried anchovies- washed and drain dry
• 3 pips of garlic- crushed
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1200 ml of water ( more if desire )
• white of 1 salted egg
• sea salt to taste

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Preparation

• Heat up the olive oil in a soup pot and sauté the crushed garlic till fragrant.
• Add in the anchovies and stir fry till the anchovies are light brown.
• Pour in the 1200 ml of water and boil for half hour under medium heat.
• When the soup is boiling, add in the Malabar spinach. The leaves and stems will turned darker color when it is cooked.
• Add in the white of salted egg and off the fire.
• Lightly stir the whites so that the soup is not cloudy . Add in salt to taste.