Winter melon soup/toong kua tong

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

• 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.
• Taste the soup before adding salt as tai tau choy can be very salty.