Old Cucumber Soup | 老黄瓜汤 | Lou Wong Kua Tong [Nyonya Cooking]
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Old cucumber soup is boiled which chicken or pork along with ingredients such as dried oyster, scallops and dates. Simmering old cucumber soup over low heat or in a slow cooker helps the ingredients to slowly release their flavours and nutrients.
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Old cucumber soup is another slow cooked Cantonese soup recipes which I love. After boiling this soup over low heat, old cucumber will turn soft and has a creamy texture to it. The health benefits to what is known as ‘lou wong kua tong’ to the Chinese community are abundance. Old cucumber has high dietary fibre, iron, calcium and even said to have anti-aging properties.
Boiling Cantonese soups is all about slow cooking and also the few ingredients which are brought together to boil. Mainly because of the nutritional benefits the ingredients offer, ingredients such as red dates should also provide sweet flavours to the soup. To naturally make the soup a little saltier, I have added some dried scallops and dried oysters. These ingredients can be substituted with dried cuttlefish too.
Old cucumber vs regular cucumber/English cucumber
Old cucumbers which are also known as yellow gourds can be found in Asia easily or sometimes in American Asian grocers. Otherwise, it is not commonly sold. I have tried substituting them with other cucumbers available in Germany. Both regular cucumbers and English cucumbers do provide same flavours as old cucumber.
Old cucumber soup for pregnant women
This soup is said to have cooling properties as old cucumber is used. Therefore, pregnant or menstruating women may want to avoid this soup as it might be too cooling to the body and affect the yin and yang.
Boiling old cucumber soup in slow cooker
I usually cook soups in a stainless steel pot or cast iron pot over low heat. If you have a slow cooker, it makes boiling soups even easier. It is recommended to cook the soup for 6-8 hours on low heat to allow the ingredients to slowly release their nutrients. Otherwise, cook at high heat for 3-4 hours.
Enjoy the soup along with other dishes for dinner. It is best to enjoy the old cucumber soup if the weather is too hot to cool your body down.
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I grew up with this soup! Missing home now! :)
Great looks delicious!! This will help me build up my Chinese soups cooking skills 👍
I'm glad! :)
My favorite 😋
I get this recipe from my mother in law. Same recipe as you using . Like your aprons 😍
Thank you! :) It is a linen apron!
love this, looks so tasty
Really good tests .thanks so much love love love you.
Thank you! Maam, for sharing this videos.im a Filipina, whatching u,first time.but i make this for my Family.thank's.
You seems so sweet dear. Thanks a lot! Really so pleasant young lady ❤ God Bless You!
I am going to try this tomorrow.. thanks for the recipe
I like your tutorial cooking.. 👍👍 thanks for the video.. 🙏🙏
This looks so cool lov.
nice soup and easy way to cook tnx for shaing your amazing tasty soup.❤
Wooow yummy and tasty soup thanks for sharing..new friend
Hello Nyonya Cooking, it's looks like delicious. Thank you for sharing this video
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Watching from Singapore great content btw also a new subscriber
Nice, thanks for share
Sunday I mike this soup
Mmmmmm... Looks so good. That taste so delicious and refreshing soup. Great recipe. See u next time.
Thank you! Please do try it out!
Nyonya Cooking Welcome. Just watching your videos only.
I have already try it 👍👏👏👏
I always use slow cooker for soups 😻
what brand do you use? electric slow cooker
Ilove the soup and your cute dimples :-))
Thank you for sharing and GODBless you always :-))
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Menarik lah. Please make some more chinese sup. And desserts yang macam dalam sup. With manisan inside. I always see my chinese friends post tapi i tak pernah lagi try
Hehehe. You cuba la...dengan ayam. Kat website kami ada sup manisan. ;) www.nyonyacooking.com/recipes/apple-and-snow-fungus-soup
www.nyonyacooking.com/recipes/shredded-pear-with-snow-fungus
Yg muslim tu tukar pork kepada ayam .
I made a soup like this with winter melon. I didn't use dries scallops and oysters but used fish sauce instead. It was delicious! I hope I can find the ingredients to make your soup.
Oh, I have a recipe on winter melon soup too! No dried oysters or scallops though ua-cam.com/video/E7XmLXmC8F0/v-deo.html
Let us know the results if you create this soup. Do check out the site for substitutes if you aren't able to find old cucumber.
5:28 Perfection
omg i havent had this in ages! with chickens that is.
i need to try and make some asap
it looks so gooooood uuugh
Do try it our with chicken. That would certainly work as well. :D Send us a food snap once you are done!
Nyonya Cooking i need to find me some old cucumbers first xD
Or there could be substitutes that taste just like old cucumber ;) I wrote all about it here: www.nyonyacooking.com/recipes/old-cucumber-soup
Nyonya Cooking thanks! :D
This type of fully ripe/cooking cucumber is commonly used in East Germany and nearby territories. It's called "Schmorgurken" and you can find it in almost any market like Edeka, Rewe etc in late summer/early fall. I'm surprised that you say you haven't seen it but perhaps it's unexpected just how normal it is here. In the German/Slavic tradition it's normally cooked with cream, vinegar, and dill.
Thanks for sharing. Actually old cucumber aren't ripe cucumber. It is a different type of plant. Though they are similar :D - Admin
I'm going to make this!!
Looking forward to see a food snap ;)
Awesome recipe. I tried it without the dried oyster cuz I simply didn't have it and it was still tasty. Any way to make it more closer to lao huo tang standard of thickness of soup? Milk/ double boil?
Note that I had to add white pepper and salt for a bit more kick
Can I cook in slow cooker overnight...thank you for your guidance.
Do u still doing any cooking demonstration at Funan, normally which day & time, level 1? Please enlighten.
Thank for your cooking.👍👍
I am alone. So usually I boil a big pot. I will transfer the balance into a slow cooker and drink the soup later. Yes, the longer you cook the better it tastes with all the flavour of the the ingredients in it.
My Grandmother would remove the skin of the old cucumber and she Blanche the pork bones 3 times 😂
Hi - it is not recommended to remove the skin because it is said to provide the balance in the soup. We can scrub the skin with salt or scrub you have to make sure it is clean!
Will the soup outcome be the same if I use Instant pot or electrical pressure cooker to brew it?
This recipe is so interesting for me. I have to try it with some of my overgrown cucumbers. what a great way to use a vegetable that I thought 'got away'! I've seen some other recipes for other vegetables, where in the West we would normally discard, but in Asian countries there is a good use for them. It adds a whole new dimension to my gardening. Unfortunately, those vegetables rarely make it to market here for lack of knowledge. I appreciate the knowledge you share.
That being said, I was wondering, if in your knowledge, would dried scallops and oysters substitute well in recipes calling for dried shrimp, shrimp paste or dried crab? I am allergic to shrimp and crab (how sad for me! as this developed later in life, so I know what I am missing). I have tried dried anchovies, but the flavor is just not the same. Thanks for any information or suggestions., From Julie
Hi Julie, dried scallops would be a great alternative to dried shrimps. they both create the 'umami' flavour, in terms of portion, the ratio would be about 5-6 pcs of scallops (similar to the size you see in this video) to about a handful of dried shrimps.. hope you manage to see this even though your comment is from 1 year ago!
@julie west this might sound weird but radish might be a good substitute
Hi. In United States where can I get Chinese ingredients?
The old cucumber look like sliced pears. But the soup seems tasty. Do you need to add any salt and pepper to taste; I know you said salt is optional but most soup recipes I've seen include some sort of seasoning. Thanks!
Hehe, they look more like cucumber actually. No salt is needed as dried oyster and dried scallops are rather salty. You can add salt or even white pepper if you prefer ;)
May I know what pot are you using ?
2024❤
I cant understand some. Ingredients u had put mam..
thanks mom 。。😘😘😘
The pork - that is an issue with me, I am Muslim. Can I blend the babi with ayam or daging?
Of course!! :) We just updated the full recipe for substitutes. Hope it will be helpful for you! www.nyonyacooking.com/recipes/old-cucumber-soup~B1atVQyUX
Just want to know why skin of cucumber was not cut off
To keep the meat of the cucumber intact. The best part of the soup is to scrape it off the skin. :P
plant the seeds in the garden nex to a fence. Buy tmeric and bury it in the garden with fertile soil. Limau perut, I cannot suggest anything sorry
Dude.... why did u add the ginger in the first place? Just blanch It in plain water next time. It’s a waste of good old bentong ginger
Samuel Raj Dudeeee....ginger helps to get rid of the smell! And that’s no bentong ginger yo. More like a German supermarket ginger from China 😎
Lou Wong Kua Tong is not Nyonya dish but Cantonese!
Nyonya refers to our co-founder, who is a Nyonya ;) Our tried and tested recipes are from homes of Singapore, Malaysia and the nearby region.
To mach talking
We have to talk to teach. :) If you prefer to skip to the steps, check out the recipe here: www.nyonyacooking.com/recipes/old-cucumber-soup~B1atVQyUX
Lol..mach 😂😂😂. If you wanna diss people at least get your spelling right.
Cooking for more than 1 hour is wasting a lot of energy, and it also burned away all the vitamins. So I "modified" it by chopping every item into TEN TIMES smaller pieces, and can eat after 10minutes cooking instead of 1 or 2 hours. You say I clever or not?
Your soup is not nourishing soup then. It’s boil water 😂
Not clever. That means stupid.