Dried Cabbage, Almond, Carrot and Pork Lung Soup

Why people make this soup

Cold, dry weather is hard on the skin and the lungs. When the air outside is chilly and the heating inside sucks out what moisture remains, many people notice their skin tightening, a dry tickle at the back of the throat, and a sluggish digestive system. This is exactly when Nourilo reaches for this soup. Dried cabbage — sun-cured Chinese napa cabbage — has a mellow, sweet-savoury flavour and is traditionally used to clear heat from the body and support regular bowel movement. Paired with pork lung (which in Chinese food therapy is thought to nourish the organ associated with the same name), apricot kernels for moisture and mild cough relief, and sweet carrot for colour and fibre, this is a wholesome pot with gentle but real effect.