Sweet Pumpkin White Fungus Soup 南瓜銀耳羹

Here it comes another pumpkin dish made with the pumpkin planted by Auntie Lisa.

It is again very dry and cold these days. I will made this white fungus soup, it helps me fight cold and dryness.

Note: White fungus or snow fungus is a slight yellowish dried fungus, after soaking and cooking it will become white and almost translucent in color.

White fungus is believed to be a good immune stimulant, it fights infection, inflammation, cold and cough, studies have also found that it has anti-tumor property, could lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or the "bad"cholesterol). It is also believed to slow the aging process, though I am not sure if there is any scientific research supporting this!

天气开始变得干燥的时候会炖一锅银耳羹做早饭，刚好冰箱里还有阿姨送的南瓜，这次就炖了个南瓜银耳羹，排毒养颜润肺，还很饱肚喔！

Ingredients：
1 bunch of white/snow fungus
1 rice bowl of cubed pumpkin
1 tbsp of dried goji berries (Wolf berry)
Rock sugar to taste

材料：
1 朵 银耳 
1 碗 南瓜丁
1 把 枸杞
冰糖适量 

1. Soaked the white fungus for about an hour, cut the root parts and break into smaller pieces. Skinned and cubed pumpkin.

2. Place the snow fungus in a steamer/crockpot/slow cooker, add 3 rice bowls of water, cook at high for 3 hours.

3. Add pumpkin cubes and cook for another 1 hour, add rock sugar and goji berry, cover with lid and wait for 5 minutes before serving.

1. 把银耳泡发后减去根部，掰开成小瓣儿。南瓜去皮切丁。

2. 把銀耳和三碗水倒入炖锅里炖3个小时，加入南瓜继续炖1个小时。加入冰糖和一把枸杞加盖焖一焖，就可以吃了。

中文 -- 南瓜银耳羹