Marrow Melon, Salted Egg and Century Egg Soup

Why people make this soup

Children grow fast, so in the southern Chinese folk view they “run hot” easily — getting a touch feverish once or twice a month is no surprise, what the old folks call “growing pains in the bones”. For babies, a little Job’s-tears (coix) water helps. For a toddler of one or two and up, Nourilo offers this clear marrow melon soup with century egg and salted egg: it is traditionally associated with nourishing yin and clearing internal heat, and it eases the fretful, irritable feeling that can come with a child’s growth spurts.