Beef Soup

I run out of recipe to make this soup - but fortunately I found a cookbook "secrets of the red lantern" and decide to try the recipe but i did change a few stuff here and there.

4 beef shin bones
some pork bones (it work with this - probably the same as using chicken bones)
2 tablespoon salt
350g dried ginger (did not use this)
50g cinnamon stick
12 star anise
6 cloves
230g caster sugar
160g rock salt
300ml fish sauce
ginger(cut in half and chargrilled - did not do this)
4 large onions (chargrilled in skin -did not do this)
carrots

place meat in large saucepan and cover cold water then add salt and leave 2 hours. discard water after 2 hrs. seal the beef shin on pan.
add meat to saucepan and add 1.5 l water add dried ginger, cinnamon,star anise and cloves and bring to boil then reduce to simmer for 1 hr ... add sugar,rock salt and fish sauce and simmer for 2 hr then remove beef shins ...
refridge soup overnite and add ginger and onions cook 2 hours ...(did not do this)

slice beef shin and add colainder , chili and lime - taste quite close to authentic vietnam