Rich and Comforting Cow Heel Soup

cow heel

🥗Healthier: chicken feet

💰Cheaper: pork trotters

Chicken feet and pork trotters provide similar textures at a lower cost.

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lemon juice adds acidity, while vinegar is a more economical option.

Clean the cow heel by removing hair and washing it with lemon juice and vinegar.

Add the cleaned cow heel to a pot.

Add about 1/2 cup of split peas and 2-3 heaping tablespoons of green seasoning to the pot.

Season with salt and add boiling hot water from a kettle to cover the ingredients.

Cover the pot and cook on low heat for about two hours.

After two hours, check the soup; the pumpkin should be breaking apart and the meat should be falling off the bone.

Mix the soup well and add in the potatoes.

Season with black pepper and spicy all-purpose seasoning, and add mixed herbs; mix well.

Prepare dumplings by combining flour, a pinch of salt, and mixed herbs with regular temperature water to form a dough.

Shape the dumplings into desired shapes and sizes.

Add the dumplings to the soup and let them cook through.

Once the soup is cooked, add a heaping tablespoon of green seasoning for fresh flavor and mix well.

Turn off the pot after about a minute of mixing in the green seasoning.

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