Nothing is more comforting than tucking into a bowl of soup when you are down with flu. Try our picks of recipes – these flavourful soups will relieve flu and cold symptoms and make you feel better!
Text: Sean Tan
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A simple light chowder, this vibrant fennel, zucchini and pea with scallops soup is delicious and refreshes your senses.
This spicy coconut fish soup with vermicelli noodles is a fusion of Thai spices and the beloved fish soup you find at your nearby hawker centre – very comforting and the spiciness will relieve blocked nasal passages.
Easy to prepare and bursting with flavours, this guilt-free dish is not only a great comfort food, it’s satisfying as a full meal and helps make you feel better from the cold symptoms.
Whipping up this super healthy and easy mushroom and silken tofu noodle soup takes almost no time at all! The nutrients packed into this soup also helps you recover from flu faster.
Superfood kale meets the nourishing power of chicken soup and herbs makes this a bowl of goodness which will help boost your immune system.
Inspired by the classic minestrone, this vegetable and white bean soup is just as hearty and filling too – you’ll feel much better after having a hot bowl!
Full of big, bold flavours, this roast spiced capsicum soup is wonderful and peppery tasting, with just a hint of chilli – great for clearing your nasal passages if you’ve been sneezing non-stop.
Nothing’s better than a healing tonic, like this soup, when you are feeling under the weather. American ginseng helps strengthen “qi” or energy flow, red dates calm the mind, while chestnuts offer bone-strengthening copper.