Ingredients :

• 1 old cucumber (slice half lengthwise, remove seeds, then cut across into chunks)
• 300 grammes bony pork
• 2 pieces dried cuttlefish (cut into half or quartered)
• 5 to 10 pieces dried scallops
• 8 red dates
• 1 litre water

1. Bring water to boil. Add bony pork and remove scum from surface of water till no more scum appears.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients, allow to rapid boil for 3 minutes before covering and lowering flame to simmer the soup for 2 to 3 hours.
3. Add salt to taste before serving.
4. If you wish to double boil, first boil the bony pork in a separate pork using separate portion of water. Thereafter, drain and place bony pork together with the other ingredients in a double boiler. Add 1 1/2 bowls of boiling hot water into the ingredients. Double boil for 3 hours.