Chinese Winter Melon Soup with Meatballs

Used beef mince in sub for pork due to availability and came out a little dry just to keep in mind. Overall nice, serving on the day the winter melon didn’t absorb the flavour as much as serving second day

This was delicious! I halved the recipe for the meatballs, added enoki mushrooms, and left out the green onion and cilantro. I was out of fresh ginger but ginger powder worked just fine for the meatballs, and I didn't have eggs so I added a little bit of breadcrumbs instead. I also used dry Shanghai soup noodles (the thin type) instead of the cellophane noodles. I coated the meatballs in a thin layer of cornstarch, fried them in a little oil in the pot, set them aside, removed the excess oil before adding the broth and other ingredients, and then added the meatballs back in 4-5 minutes before the soup was done simmering.

Made without egg, added in an extra tbsp of corn starch and 2 tbsp water to the pork.