Mini Coconut, Snow Fungus and Free-Range Chicken Soup

Why people make this soup

While buying red dates, the shopkeeper showed Nourilo some fresh Indian mini coconuts, even cutting them open so he could check the flesh was snow-white and mold-free before paying — wise, since shipping time can hide spoilage inside an intact-looking shell. He bought two, both clean and fragrant, and simmered them with snow fungus, carrot and red dates over free-range chicken. The result is made to nourish the complexion, moisten the skin, support yin and the kidneys, clear dryness-heat and gently replenish — just the thing for dry weather.