Hearty Winter Soup

• 1 Oriental radish, peeled and chopped in large chunks
• Carrots, equal weight, similarly peeled and chopped
• Soup meat or bones, beef or pork

(If using pork, you may add a small piece of fresh ginger, crushed; 3 to 4 Chinese dried figs, mo fa gwoh; and a tablespoon of Chinese almonds/apricot kernels, naam but hung)

Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Add 2 to 3 times as much water as volume of ingredients.

Bring to the boil and simmer several hours until broth is well flavored and reduced to about ⅔