Do you cook with burdock root and konjac? Here, Masa cooks a miso soup with pork, burdock root and konjac.

Konjac is derived from the root of a starchy tuber plant, known as the amorphophallus konjac plant, which belongs to the Araceae genus family grown in China and Japan, where it has been harvested and consumed for centuries. In traditional Chinese medicine, it's thought that konjac has properties of detoxification, tumour-suppression, blood stasis alleviation and phlegm liquefaction.

Burdock contains high amounts of inulin and mucilage, which may ease certain gastrointestinal conditions. It also contains many bitter-tasting compounds thought to aid in digestion, and substances called polyacetylenes that have antimicrobial properties. In addition, burdock root may have the ability to lower blood sugar. Ancient texts classified burdock as an "alterative" or blood purifier. In Japan and elsewhere, it is eaten as a vegetable. In traditional Chinese medicine, burdock root is often used in combination with other herbs to treat sore throats, tonsillitis, colds, and even measles. Today, it is used to treat a variety of skin problems, including psoriasis, eczema, contact dermatitis and gout.
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豬肉味噌湯定食/お野菜たっぷり豚汁定食
[ 2人份 ]
五花肉片 Sliced pork—120g
洋蔥 Onion－1/4個
紅蘿蔔 Carrot－20g
牛蒡 Burdock root－30g
白蘿蔔 Daikon—50g
蒟蒻片 Konjac—1/2片
蔥 Green onion—1支
日式高湯 Dashi—600cc
味噌 Miso—50～55g
胡麻油 Sesame oil—少許
七味粉 Nanami powder—適量
日式高湯做法：https://youtu.be/_p39MaLEpz0

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Let’s start with a fabulous soup recipe.

枸杞羊肉汤 GouJi and lamb soup

Ingredients:

枸杞 Gou Ji berries 15g
栗子 chestnuts 18g
羊肉 lamb meat 60g
姜 ginger 2 inch, sliced or crushed
醋 vinegar 15 ml
水 water 800 ml
Salt and pepper

Instructions: 
1. Clean lamb meat and cut into small cubes
2. Blanching (parboil) the lamb meat with 1/2 of the ginger and vinegar
3. Steam all ingredients in a ceramic container for 90 minutes
4. Add salt and pepper to taste

This soup is great for people who suffer from dizziness, low back pain, general fatigue, copious of night urination, edema. In general, these people would have pale tongue, thin white tongue coating with deep and thin pulses.

Image below is an example for how to steam soup in a rice cooker.