Old cucumber soup with pork ribs 老黄瓜汤!

Ingredients :

Pork ribs ( about $6)
1 Old cucumber
8 red dates
1 dry octopus
1 carrot
5 honey dates
3 big dry scallops

Methods :
Use a small pot and boil the pork ribs first to get rid of any oil and dirt
Rinse again to remove any dirt.
Presoak the scallops with water first.
In a soup pot ,boil about 1 litres of water

Chop up old cucumber and remove the seeds
Chop up the carrot into bite sizes
Wash the red dates, dry octopus and honey dates
If you have time, you can soak the red dates and honey dates for a while.

When the soup pot boiled, add in the pork ribs, follow by all the ingredients
Simmer on low flame for about 2 hours or till the soup turn darker .
Taste the soup and adjust accordingly to your own preferences