Nutritous Burdock and Carrot Herbal Soup
I browsed through a magazine at Borders last week, that featured burdock and carrot in a soup. I’d never thought of this combination before, so I decided to try it! Its really really easy which suits me quite well.
Burdock is an edible root that the Chinese will know as “wai san”. I always have a [...]
Touch of nostalgia: A simple homecooked meal
When I last cooked some Sweet Potato Rice Porridge (Congee) I made sure that I had the right nutrition balance for the rest of the dishes accompanying the meal, because a meal consisting of pure carbohydrates isn’t quite the healthy meal I strive for. Besides my sister was feeling under the weather and I was [...]
Steamed Pork Ribs with Salted Fish
Salt fish (hum yu - Cantonese or kiam hu - Hokkien) is fish pickled with salt and dried. It is usually used in small doses for flavouring foods although I’ve read that it isn’t very healthy. I don’t eat a lot of it, but I found a small piece in my fridge one day and [...]
Stirfried Arrowroot (nga ku) and meat
I’m back from feasting over the Chinese New Year and remembered I was supposed to post this easy recipe for cooking arrowroot bulbs or nga ku. Usually, these arrowroot bulbs are sliced and fried into chips or crisps and eaten as a snack. However, a friend taught me his mother’s recipe for stir-fried arrowroot [...]
