Old Cucumber, Red Bean, Hyacinth Bean & Fig Pork Shin Soup

Why people make this soup

Old cucumber is a wonderful soup ingredient, traditionally associated with clearing heat, cooling in summer, and easing damp. Even though it is now deep autumn, the weather can still run hot, and old cucumber is also valued for supporting immunity. With flu going around, Nourilo likes pairing old cucumber with red beans, hyacinth beans, and figs in a soup that suits people feeling weighed-down and tired by damp, with lower immunity, or living with the “three highs.”