Crown Daisy and Tangerine Peel Soup

Why people make this soup

Crown daisy (tong hao) is a winter green many people love — tossed into a lamb-belly hotpot, it drinks up the savoury broth. It’s also warming on the stomach, which makes it kind to those who can’t take cold, raw vegetables. As a member of the chrysanthemum family, it’s used in food therapy too: traditionally said to harmonise the stomach and ease a cough. This simple soup of crown daisy and tangerine peel is a gentle bowl traditionally given to children with a phlegmy cough or a lingering cough after a cold.