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Knotweed coconut soup

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Japanese knotweed, wild garlic
Servings: 3 people

Equipment

  • 1 pot
  • 1 wokpan
  • 1 Strainer
  • 1 Blender
  • 1 ladle
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 Knife

Ingredients

  • 3 stems young hogweed
  • 7 bulbs wild garlic
  • 350 g Japanese knotweed
  • 7 leaves ground elder
  • 4 stems cleaver
  • 1 l water
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 20 g dried woodears
  • vegetables of choice (here: peas, beans, banana flowers, bean sprouts)
  • salt for taste

Instructions

  • Wash all herbs, separate wild garlic bulbs and wash well.
  • Wash knotweed and cut it into small cubes
  • Put knotweed, hogweed, wild garlic bulbs, cut in half, and cleavers into a pot and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil and cook under the lid for about 7 minutes.
  • Remove hogweed and cleavers. Add ground elder and blend.
  • Pure the mixture into a strainer directly into the wokpan.
  • Set the wokpan on medium heat, and add dried wood ears and the vegetables of choice. Let the mixture simmer for about 10 minutes.
  • Add coconut milk and serve.