街市THE WET MARKET
Corn / maize (with corn silk)
粟米
strengthens the spleenwhets the appetitepromotes water metabolism粟米鬚利水降糖（食療觀點）尤佳湯水添清甜
Sweet corn on the cob, washed and cut into sections with husk and silk kept on, the silk valued in its own right for water-moving soups. The kernels give the broth a milky sweetness that children love, alongside carrot and pork bones.
TCM properties
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet Meridians · stomach、bladder
Traditional food therapy
In Cantonese food therapy corn strengthens the spleen and opens the appetite, and corn silk in particular is traditionally simmered to promote water metabolism.
Preparation
Wash it with the husk and silk still on and cut into lengths (the silk is the part that drains water).
Origin
Australian sweet corn is locally grown. Australian sweet corn is locally grown; sold in cob packs
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Pairs well with
Soups that use this ingredient
"ABC soup", tomato, potato, carrot and corn soup with pork
Chayote, corn and carrot soup with pork ribs
Tomato, potato and carrot fish soup (or with lean pork)
Raw rehmannia, black bean and corn soup with pork bones
Sugar cane, imperata (cogon grass) root, water chestnut and carrot soup
Green radish and carrot soup with dried tangerine peel and pork bones
