Special ingredients:
Gobo [牛蒡]: greater burdock root, good for cancer prevention and control.
Gouqi [枸杞]: also known as Chinese wolfberry, or goji berry.
Fiddlehead fern glass noodle [蕨菜粉丝]: thin glass noodles made of a mix of fiddlehead fern powder and flour.
Other ingredients: Daikon, Carrot, Black mushroom, Ginger root, Cilantro, vegetable broth
How to prepare:
- shred half of a daikon, 1/5 of a carrot (for color)
- slice a handful of gobo and a half of the ginger root
- coarsely chop up the cilantro
How to make the soup:
- In a medium size pot, boil a mix of vegetable broth and water (about 1:2)
- Put the gobo slices and fiddlehead fern glass noodles into the boiled soup base
- In a cooking pan, put a little canola oil, drop the ginger slices into the hot pan, then the daikon and carrot shreds together with some freshly ground black pepper. Stir for a few minutes till the smell of the daikon comes out, then add some water and pout the mixture into the soup base
- Add black mushroom and gouqi
- Let the soup simmer for a few minutes, turn off the stove, and add chopped cilantro to garnish (no need to add other seasonings)
Super natural, super nutritional, and super simple!

