Tiger Milk Mushroom, Snow Fungus, Almond and Quail Soup

Why people make this soup

Dry weather, and a few fried, crispy snacks, can quickly leave the throat parched and the lungs dry and coughing — so Nourilo likes a lung-moistening pot in this season. He had some tiger milk mushroom on hand and thought of a soup for those with weak lungs. Tiger milk mushroom is a prized fungus from Southeast Asia. Many little ones just starting nursery catch one respiratory bug after another — barely recovered before the next cold lands, to every parent’s despair. So he simmers tiger milk mushroom with snow fungus, lily bulb and almond into a quail soup: gentle support for a child’s lung qi and resistance.