Traditional Chinese Recipes

These recipes are believed to help the mum to restore energy levels and restore the mother's health.

1) Pig Trotters and Groundnut Soup / Porridge

Ingredients : One pair of pig's trotters, 200g fresh groundnuts, 1 spoonful of Chinese vinegar

1. Wash clean and spilt the pig trotters
2. Put the groundnut into boiling water and slimmer
   
3. Add a pinch of salt and vinegar
4. Stir occasionally and cook until soft
5. For porridge, you can add cooked rice into the soup

2) Black Sesame Seed or Rice Pudding or Porridge

Ingredients: 200g black sesame seeds, 30g rice, rock sugar

To make pudding:

1. Soak rice and sesame seeds together. Blend into paste
2. Add paste and water and cook in into a thin gruel

For porridge:

1. Cook rice into porridge
2. Blend the sesame seeds and add into the rice
3. Add rock sugar to taste

3) Longan and Red Date Tea

Ingredients : 10 pieces of dried longan flesh, 20-40 dried red dates ( seedless), "Tan Kwei" ( angelica sihensis) – optional

1. Boil and slimmer all the ingredients using 6-8 cups of water for 45 mins to 1 hour
   
2. Keep in vaccum flask and drink throughout the day

4) Chicken Egg with Wine

Ingredients : 1 drumstick, 400g lean meat (sliced), 2 sets chicken innards( sliced), 2 sets of immature chicken egg, 3 pcs of ginger, 40g Jew's ear (soaked) , 1 cup glutinous rice wine, 2 cups water

1. Scald drumstick, lean meat, chicken innards and immature eggs in boiling water separately. Rinse and drain .

Shred the jew's ear

1. Stir fry chopped ginger until fragrant. Add in drumstick, jew's ear and innards and stir thoroughtly.
2. Add rice wine and water and cook for 15 mins
3. Add the eggs and lean meat. Heat for a while and serve

• immature eggs refer to those without shell and not yet lay by the chicken.
  
• Adding of wine during cooking releases the fat soluble vitamins for better absorption by the body.
• Best time is to consume this dish 1 week after labour.

5) Double Boiled Chicken, Mushroom and Red Date soup

Ingredients : 50g old ginger, 400g chopped chicken, 1200ml of chicken stock, 20 red dates, 10 chinese mushrooms,  some amounts of white rice wine, salt

1. Boil the chicken stock
2. Add all the ingredients into the stock
3. Lower the fire and simmer for 15-20 mins
4. Pout the soup into a slow cooker
   
5. Steam the soup for 2 hours
6. Add salt to taste
   

6) Kidney and Black Beans Herbal Tonic ( to help strengthen Lumbar area , very good for backache)

Ingredients: 1 pair of pig's kidneys, 50g of black beans( pan fried without oil) 6 black dates,20g Eucommia (Tu Chong), 10g Dioscorea (Wai San), 10g Medlar Seeds (kei chee) , 5 g dried longan flesh, 1 teaspoon salt

1. Clean and wash kidney thoroughly. Slice each kidney into half lengthwise and remove the white tissues with a sharp knife. Rub kidneys with salt, rinse thoroughly and repeat process again.
   
2. Rinse black beans, herbs, longan flesh. Put these ingredients together with prepared kidneys and 600ml (3 cups) of hot water into a double boiler. Cover and double boil for 4 hours
3. Add salt if required. Drain soup and serve hot

7) Double Boiles Polygonum Chicken Tonic ( reduce postnatal hair loss)

Ingredients: 2 drumstick, 20g Polygonum ( Hoi Sau Woo), 10g sliced Anglelica (Tong Kwai), 20g dried longan flesh, 6 red dates

Seasoning: 2 tablespoons Chinese rice Wine , 1 teaspoon salt

1. Clean and wash drumsticks. Cut into serving pieces . Rinse herbs briefly
2. Put the drumsticks into a double boiler. Add the herbs and pour in 40-ml (2cups) hot water. Cover lid and continue to double boiled over medium low heat for 3 hours
3. Add the Chinese wine and salt before serving.
4. Serve hot. The chicken may be eaten. Discard herbs