Toxin Reducing Vegetable Broth

HEALTHY SOUP

This soup was recommended by Sen Yein, my Ayurvedic Practitioner as a good soup for reducing toxin in our body.  At the same time it is also very nutritious.

 

AMA REDUCING VEGETABLE BROTH

Preparation Time:  10 mins

Cooking Time:  20 mins

Serve: 1-2

 

Ingredients:
1 carrot, cut into pieces
1 potato, cut into pieces
2 celery stalks, cut into pieces
140 g chopped spinach, or any greens

Dash of asafetida or hing (available in Indian Shops)

Pinch of tarragon

 500 ml purified water

1 tbsp tamari, shoyu or Braggs Liquid Aminos

½ tsp of sea salt

 

Method:

1. Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.
2. Strain the vegetables for a clear broth, or blend it for a thick soup, or eat it as it is.

 

 

 

TIPS:

 

If meals are replaced with this broth, weight loss will occur.

You can consider it as part of lunch or dinner, morning or afternoon tea.

 

Semolina Porridge

BREAKFAST RECIPES

 

 

SEMOLINA OR SUJI PORRIDGE

Preparation Time: 5 mins

Cooking Time:  15 mins

Serve: 1

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp of semolina or suji

2 tbsp of raw walnuts chopped

2 tbsp of raisins

1 tbsp of ghee or butter

1 tbsp of jaggery syrup or natural sugar

1 bowl of water

 

Method:

1. Dry toast semolina or suji in a pan without any oil.  Remove.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of ghee or butter in a pan.
3. Add raw chopped walnuts and fry till aromatic.
4. Add toasted semolina or suji and mix well.
5. Add the water.
6. Cook in medium heat until semolina turned opaque in color and thicken into porridge.
7. Add in the raisins, walnut and jaggery sugar or natural sugar.
8. Serve.

 

TIPS:

If you like it spicy, add grounded cardamon powder or nutmeg powder.

 

Sweet Oatmeal Porridge for Breakfast

BREAKFAST RECIPES

 

SWEET OATMEAL PORRIDGE

Preparation Time:  5 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Serve: 1

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp rolled oat

2 tbsp raw chopped almonds (soaked overnight and remove skin)

2 tbsp of raisins

1 tbsp of ghee or butter

1 tbsp of jaggery syrup or natural sugar

1 bowl of water

 

Method:

1. Heat up ghee or butter in a pan
2. Add raw chopped almonds and fry in low heat. Remove from heat.
3. In a saucepan, add water and raw oat and bring to boil.
4. When oat is cook, add the almond together with the ghee or butter, raisins, jaggery syrup or natural sugar. 
5. Serve hot or warm.

 

 

TIPS:

The almond and ghee or butter can be added into the oat while cooking without frying it first, if that is preferred.

 

 

Black Sesame Sweet Paste (Tong Sui)

BREAKFAST RECIPE

 

 

BLACK SESAME PASTE SWEET (TONG SUI)

Preparation Time: 20 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Serves: 3 – 4

 

Ingredients:

78g black sesame seeds (wash and dried in advance)

38g rice (wash and dried in advance)

38g rock sugar

 

Method:

1. Fry black sesame seeds in a dry wok over low heat.
2. Mix fried black sesame seeds with rice and grind them in a grinder until smooth. Set aside.
3. Boil 3 bowls of water in a pot.  Add the rock sugar and boil until it dissolves.  Add the ground sesame-rice mixture.  Bring to the boil while stirring constantly.  Serve.

 

 

TIPS:

 

The black sesame seeds and the rice can be prepared and grounded the night before to be cooked  in the morning.

 

 

Savoury Oatmeal Porridge For Breakfast

BREAKFAST RECIPES

 

 

SAVOURY OATMEAL PORRIDGE

Preparation time:  15 mins

Cooking Time:  20 mins

Serves: 2 – 4

 

 

Ingredients:

150 g of meat or chicken

1 cup of rolled oat

salt

sugar

pepper

chopped spring onions (optional)

water

 

Method:

1. Shred the meat into small pieces.  Marinate with the salt, sugar and pepper.
2. Cook the rolled oats with water.  Amount of water depends on how thick a porridge you like.
3. When oats began to thicken, add in the meat and cook until meat is done.
4. Add salt to taste.
5. Leave the porridge aside for about 5 minutes to further thicken.
6. Serve.

 

 

TIPS:

 

The meat can be prepared and marinated the night before and kept in the fridge to be used the next morning.     

 

 

 

 

Shrimp Congee for Breakfast

BREAKFAST RECIPE

 

SHRIMP CONGEE

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes (on the stove),  3-4 hrs (in slow cooker)

Serves: 2

 

Ingredients:

!00 gm rice

76 g shelled shrimps

76g lean meat (shredded)

salt

corn flour

egg white

ground white pepper

coriander

ginger

 

Method:

1. Soak rice in water for 30 minutes and then drain well.  Rinse the shrimps and set aside.
2. Rinse and shred the meat. Marinate with corn flour, egg white and ground white pepper for 15 minutes.
3. Put rice and water into a pot. Bring to the boil over high heat and then switch to low heat until the rice is mushy.  Add shredded port, shrimps, spring onion, ginger and salt at last.  Boil for 10 more minutes. Serve.

 

TIPS:

If you do not have the time to cook in the morning,

1. Night before: Cook the rice with water in the croak pot or slow cooker.  Use a timer to cook for about 4 hours.  Clean and prepare the prawns and keep it in the fridge.
2. Morning: Transfer the congee from slow cooker into a pot, bring it to boil and add the prawns, meat and seasoning. Further cook for about 5 to 10 minutes.