Chinese Home Remedies Basil Chicken

This chicken dish stimulates circuiation of the blood and alleviates kidney.

Ingredients (for four persons) :

½ kg chicken drumsticks; 5 garlic cloves, peeled and slit lengthwise, ¼ cup (60 ml) sesame oil; 5 slices ginger, 1/3 cup (90 ml) malt vinegar, ¼ cup ( 60 ml ) soy sauce; 1 tbsp (15 gms ) sugar; ½ cup (100gms) packed fresh basil or coriander leaves.

Chop the drumsticks in half, through the bone. Set drumstick halves aside. Heat sesame oil in a saucepan. When oil is hot, drop in the garlic and stir for 10 seconds. Then add the chicken. Stir-fry for 2 minutes over high heat. Add the vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. Reduce the heat, simmer over a low flame for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the basil/coriander e leaves. Simmer for one more minute and serve.

Tofu and Scallions

Prescribed to alleviate frustrate problems. This cold dish dispels toxic heat and also counteracts dry ness of the throat and relieves nasal blockage due to a cold.

Ingredients (for four) :

½ kg tofu, cubed (obtainable at department stores and Gulshan 1 market), ½ cup (100 grams) spring onions, chopped; 2 tbsp (30ml) sesame oil, 2tsp (10 ml) lime juice, 1 tbsp (15 ml) soy sauce; salt to taste. Place the tofu cubes in a bowl, sprinkle with chopped spring onions, and season with sesame, lime juioce, soy sauce and salt. Toss lightly. Serve cold.

Mung Bean Tea

A cooling tea, it removes heat and dispels thirst and dryness relieves the kidneys.

Ingredients (for four) :

4 cups (1 litre) water, ½ cup (100 grms ) mung beans, honey or sugar to taste. In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add the mung bans, cover and boil for 20 to 30 minutes. Mung bean tea is best drunk cold, with a little honey or sugar. The beans are eaten.

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