Cantonese Postpartum Diet Recipes

Cantonese confinement dish mainly centers around wine, ginger and vinegar. Black vinegar shank features an assemblage of these ingredients is much sought after to replenish calcium and iron loss during child birth. There're multiple ways of preparing Cantonese confinement dish, with most of them featuring copious amount of glutinous rice wine or less alcoholic wine. Cantonese post-natal woman shun taking overnight, raw and cold food.

This Cantonese-inspired confinement dish helps to get rid of postpartum 'wind' in the body and to promote blood circulation. Do not over-cook the dish in order to maintain the unique flavor and essence of basil leaves.

Basil Leaves with Ginger and Wine Recipe

Basil Meat with Ginger & Wine Recipe

Ingredients :

• 300g pork sirloin
• 35g old ginger
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 stalks basil
  
  Seasoning :
• � bowl rice wine
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 small piece rock sugar.
  
  
  Method :
  1. Slice the sirloin, juliennes ginger and chop garlic. 
  2. Heat sesame oil, saut� ginger and garlic until fragrant, then toss in meat and rock sugar. 
  3. Add in basil and remaining seasoning, stir-fry and dish out.