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Pickled Vegetables

Eat more tumeric. This is a natural way of curing arthritis. Tumeric is one of the most studied of the natural remedies. It is a natural medicine to treat inflammatory disorders. Tumeric can be prepared in many ways. Try this simple dish using tumeric.

Ingredients:

3 Japanese cucumbers
1 carrot
half yam bean
2 red chilli
1/2 inch ginger, shreded finely
2 pips garlic
6 small onions
2 slices lengkuas (galangal)
1 inch piece fresh Kunyit (tumeric)
2 candlenuts
vinegar, sugar salt to taste
3 spoonful oil

Method:

Wash and cut cucumber, yam bean, and carrot lenthwise of 1 inch long and not too … read more

Stir-Fried Loofah with Eggs

Loofah can be bought in super markets. It depends on its size. Choose one loofah for two persons. Over grown loofah is tough, so take care to choose the young one. Here is a simple dish to prepare in a hurry.

Ingredients:

1 loofah, cut into wedge-shaped
1 big onion, cut into wedges
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 egg

Method:

Heat oil in a wok and saute the galic. Add in the loofah and big onion and stir-fry for a minute. Then add soya sauce and oyster … read more

Fried Mixed Vegetarian Dish

Here is a mixed vegetarian dish to try. Cook it on a day if you do not eat meat. The ingredients can be bought in a grocery store or shopping mall. Soak and clean the dried ingredients a day earlier to save time on your cooking.

Ingredients:

1 whole big cabbage, soaked to clean, cut to pieces
15 strips of ‘kamcam’ or lily flowers
6 pieces of ‘wan yee’or black fungi
5 pieces Chinese mushrooms
2 pieces ‘tim chuk’ or sweet dried bean curd sheets
50 cents sohoon or mungbean vermicelli
6 pieces ‘tau foo pok’or bean curd ball, cut … read more

Mustard Heart with Scallops

Mustard heart is ‘kai choy tam’ in Cantonese. Eat more green leafy vegetables to boost your health and also detoxify your body. This dish is very simple to prepare and delicious too. You can include this dish occasionally as scallops are expensive. You can buy small ones or big scallops for this dish.

Ingredients: 4 persons

500gm mustard heart
50 gm scallops (kong yee chee), soaked and clean
1 tablespoon soya sauce
1 teaspoon cornflour with alittle water to mix.
1 tablespon Sesame oil
1 tablespoon fried onion oil (oil which have fried with onion)

Method:

Blanch mustard heart in boiling water and put … read more

Vegetatrian Soup- Celery, Beancurd and Shitake mushroom soup

A simple vegetarian soup with celery, beancurd and Chinese mushrooms. It just take about half an hour to get ready. You can buy the white beancurd or the fried type.

Ingredients:

2 pieces beancurb, each cut into 4 parts
30 gm shitake mushrooms, soaked and each cut into 4 parts
1 stalk celery. cut into cubes
4 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Add water in a pot and bring to the boil. Add beancurd and mushrooms. Keep boiling for 10 minutes on high. Lower heat and add celery and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot. … read more

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