Winter melon soup/toong kua tong

Name: Winter melon soup/toong kua tong
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 slice Winter melon (based on the diameter of 8 and thickness 2); 1 liba Pork ribs; 8-10 pieces Red dates - pitted; 5 or 6 dried shitake mushrroms - soak; -1 piece tai tau choy - soak and wash away the salt; 3-5 pcs Dried oysters/dried scallops/dried -octupus/dried squid - soak; Salt to taste

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Main Dish

4 servings

Very Easy

55 min

Ingredients

1 slice Winter melon (based on the diameter of 8 and thickness 2)
1 liba Pork ribs
8-10 pieces Red dates - pitted
5 or 6 dried shitake mushrroms - soak
1 piece tai tau choy - soak and wash away the salt
3-5 pcs Dried oysters/dried scallops/dried -octupus/dried squid - soak
Salt to taste

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Preparation

Preparation10 min

Cook time45 min

Put pork ribs in the pressure cooker and put in enough water to cover the ribs.
Bring it to the boil and conitinue to boil until all the scums rise to the surface.

Remove all the ribs and wash away all the scums.
Discard the water in the pressure cooker and wash preassure cooker really well.

Cut winter melon into small cubes of 1 (remove seeds and skin).
Put cleaned ribs back to the pressure cooker together with the rest of the ingredients except the salt.

Put in the water that mushrooms and dried octupus were soaked.
Top up with more water until it is enough to cover the ingredients.

Close the lid of the pressure cooker and pressurized for 30 - 45 minutes, counting from the time the pressure cooker starts hissing.
Turn off heat when cooking time is over and let the pressure released by itself before opening the lid.