Description
A fruity, gently sweet beauty soup combining skin-enhancing ripe papaya and silver ear mushrooms. A treat for Taiwanese women enjoyed both warm and cold.
Restaurants serving Papaya and Silver Ear Soup
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Silver ear mushroom
- Ripe papaya
- Rock sugar
- (Milk)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Pre-boil rehydrated silver ear until viscous.
- Peel ripe papaya, remove seeds, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Add papaya to the pot of silver ear; simmer for 10-
- mins until papaya softens slightly.
- Season with rock sugar, highlighting the papaya's natural sweetness.
- Adding a splash of milk or coconut milk at the end increases richness for a dessert feel.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Tropical aroma of papaya
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Canned papaya (adjust syrup as it's very sweet)
Pairing
None(Standalone star)
Trivia
[For Women] A menu embodying beauty, combining papaya's 'papain enzyme' and silver ear's 'polysaccharides'. Famous in HK too; in Taiwan, it's a huge hit with women at high-end dim sum shops.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Crush the slightly softened papaya with a spoon, melting its orange color and sweetness into the silver ear soup!
Allergen
(Dairy if milk used)