The joyous season of this Christmas was further blessed with the coming of a new family member. My sister in law just gave birth to a healthy new baby girl that has been the centre of attention for the past couple of weeks.
With the new mommy and daddy busy getting into the rhythm of parenthood, we the family members are contributing as much as we can to help them with their daily chores. I got from my mum her recipe for confinement food to help with the dietary needs of a nursing mother. There are a lot of do's and don't s of what to eat and things to avoid but I won't elaborate much on that here.
I shall just document here a simple recipe for confinement food which I have prepared for the new mummy.
GINGER CHICKEN - One serving
Ingredients -
1. Quarter Chicken - cut into pieces
2. Muk Yee (Jelly Fungus) - cut into smaller pieces
3. Ginger - sliced into strips
4. Cooking Rice wine (no more than 15% alcohol) - 1 teaspoon
5. Cooking oil, corn preferred - (no peanut oil!)
6. Sesame oil (optional) for taste
Methods -
1. Heat up frying pot with medium fire with one table spoon of corn oil.
2. When hot, place in sliced ginger into the pan and stir
3. When ginger emits fragrant, put in pieces of chicken and stir until partially cooked.
4. Put in the Muk Yee and stir fry , still in medium fire.
5. To ensure that no flavour is lost, reduce to slow fire and pour in half a cup of water to complete the stew mix
6. At this point before continue boiling, pour in a teaspoon of rice wine
7. Cover the pot and leave it boil in slow fire for about 45 mins to an hour
8. Before serving add a few dash of sesame oil for flavouring (optional)
Note that there are no sugar or salt in this recipe. The intention is to use the natural flavour of the ingredient as much as possible.
With the new mommy and daddy busy getting into the rhythm of parenthood, we the family members are contributing as much as we can to help them with their daily chores. I got from my mum her recipe for confinement food to help with the dietary needs of a nursing mother. There are a lot of do's and don't s of what to eat and things to avoid but I won't elaborate much on that here.
I shall just document here a simple recipe for confinement food which I have prepared for the new mummy.
GINGER CHICKEN - One serving
Ingredients -
1. Quarter Chicken - cut into pieces
2. Muk Yee (Jelly Fungus) - cut into smaller pieces
3. Ginger - sliced into strips
4. Cooking Rice wine (no more than 15% alcohol) - 1 teaspoon
5. Cooking oil, corn preferred - (no peanut oil!)
6. Sesame oil (optional) for taste
Ginger - sliced into strips
Muk Yee (Jelly Fungus)
Chicken
Cooking Rice wine
Methods -
1. Heat up frying pot with medium fire with one table spoon of corn oil.
2. When hot, place in sliced ginger into the pan and stir
3. When ginger emits fragrant, put in pieces of chicken and stir until partially cooked.
4. Put in the Muk Yee and stir fry , still in medium fire.
5. To ensure that no flavour is lost, reduce to slow fire and pour in half a cup of water to complete the stew mix
6. At this point before continue boiling, pour in a teaspoon of rice wine
7. Cover the pot and leave it boil in slow fire for about 45 mins to an hour
8. Before serving add a few dash of sesame oil for flavouring (optional)
Step 1 and 2
Step no. 3
Step no. 4
Stew boiled in slow fire
Note that there are no sugar or salt in this recipe. The intention is to use the natural flavour of the ingredient as much as possible.
The prepared ginger-chicken
Broccoli Leaves serves as a good side, also with ginger and garlic
brown rice is recommended as part of the meal
The complete meal ready to be served.
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