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Stir-fry Scallops with XO Sauce

by wiffy on February 22, 2012

in Asian,Chinese,Recipes,Seafood,Shellfish,Stir Frying
Stir-fry Scallops with
XO Sauce Recipe

Serves: 3-4

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 8 mins

Ingredients

250 grams large scallops if using

frozen, thaw before use

1 tsp corn starch

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp + 1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp cooking oil

3 slices ginger sliced thinly

 50 grams snow peas strings removed and ends trimmed

1/2 carrot peeled and sliced thinly

1 stalk celery sliced to thin strips

2 tbsp XO Sauce

Instructions

1. Marinade scallops in corn starch, sesame oil and 1 tsp of

oyster sauce for 10 minutes.

2. Heat wok with cooking oil and stir fry ginger for 30 seconds.

3. Add scallops, snow peas and carrots; stir fry for 3 minutes.

4. Add celery strips, 2 tbsp XO sauce and 1 tbsp oyster sauce;

stir fry until the scallops are cooked and the sauce is evenly
mixed. Serve with steamed rice.

Cooking Notes
For best results, use large and good quality scallops (photo
above) because they will shrink significantly after cooking. I
bought frozen Hokkaido scallops which cost about S$30+ for
 a 1kg box. The scallops were big, juicy and not fishy, so it is
definitely worth the price tag for me.
Stir-fry Prawns with XO Sauce

Ingredients
(Serves 2)

- 10 medium to large prawns, shells (except tail end) and veins

removed
- 1 bell pepper, de-seeded, cut to bite-sized pieces
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp cooking oil

(A) XO sauce (combine well)

- 1 tbsp XO sauce
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp Chinese wine

Directions

1. Heat oil in wok. Stir fry garlic till fragrant.

2. Add bell pepper wedges, stir fry for about 1-2 minutes till
cooked.
3. Add prawns. Stir fry for a brief few seconds and you will start to
see the prawns curling and turning opaque. Add the xo sauce
mixture (A) and stir fry till the prawns are fully cooked and well
coated in the sauce.

Steamed Prawns with Garlic

Ingredients

(Serves 2)
- 8 (about 250 grams) large prawns (better known as shrimps in
the US)
- garlic cloves, about 1/2 to 3/4 bulb worth, peeled and finely
chopped
- 2 tbsp Chinese wine (Hua Diao Jiu or Shao Xing Jiu )
- 1/2 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 5 slices ginger
- 1 to 2 stalk of spring onions (scallions), cut to 5 cm (2 inch)
length
Directions

Step 1: Line the bottom of a deep plate with some ginger slices
and spring onions (scallions) stalks.
Step 2: Butterfly the prawns I use a pair kitchen scissors to
make a top slit on the prawns, remove the veins, and cut a little
deeper to make a cavity. Be careful not to cut too deep or you will
half the prawns. Trim the feelers off the prawns. Arrange
butterflied prawns on top of the ginger and scallions and drizzle 1
tbsp Chinese wine over the prawns cavity.
Step 3: In a small bowl, mix chopped garlic, soy sauce, white
pepper, sesame oil and 1 tbsp Chinese wine. Fill the prawns cavity
with the garlic mixture.
Step 4: When the water in the steamer is boiling, place the plate
on the steaming rack. Steam over high heat until the prawns are
cooked (just a few minutes). Do not steam for too long or the
prawns will become hard and chewy. Garnish with spring onions or
coriander as you like.

Steamed Scallops in Shells

 Serves: 2

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 4 mins

Chinese-style steamed scallops with vermicelli, ginger and spring

onions.

Ingredients

6 half-shelled scallops if using frozen, thaw before use

15 grams mung bean vermicelli (cellophane noodles/glass

noodles/tang hoon) soaked in water until softened &
drained

3 slices ginger sliced to thin strips

 4 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped

2 tbsp cooking oil

3/4 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp Chinese wine

a few dashes white pepper powder to taste

1 tbsp chopped spring onions

hot water

1/2 stalk spring onion sliced diagonally to 2cm length

(garnishing)

1/2 red chilli sliced to thin strips (garnishing)

Instructions

1. Remove scallop meat from the shell, rinse the meat

thoroughly and remove any dirty bits. Scald the scallop
shells in hot water for a few minutes, discard hot water and
rinse the shells. Return scallop meat to the shell.

2. Twirl some softened vermicelli around a pair of chopsticks

and place them in the center of a scallop shell. Add scallop
meat on top of vermicelli.

3. Heat oil in wok or pan and saute ginger until aromatic. Add
garlic and chopped spring onions. At the first sight of the
garlic changing to light golden brown, turn off the flame. The
garlic will continue cooking in the hot oil. Add soy sauce,
Chinese wine and white pepper to the oil mixture. Stir to
combine well.

4. Divide and spoon the topping mixture over the scallops.

Steam at high heat for about 4 minutes, or until the scallops
are opaque. Garnish with sliced chilli and scallions if desired.
 5. More Photos

Cooking Note(s)
I found a good deal for frozen half-shelled scallops at Giant
hypermarket, Vivo and Tampines outlet (Singapore) a 1kg bag
for S$9.90.
Use a small amount of vermicelli (just enough to sit on the
shell), otherwise the scallops broth collected in the shells after
steaming will be diluted.
The vermicelli is a nice touch because it soaks up the flavourful
scallops broth after steaming, however, you can cook this dish
without vermicelli too.

Gruau d automne
Tranches de fenouil, julienne de carottes, ail, basilic frais, poivre noir, curcuma,
millet, graines de lotus pralablement trempes, lentilles bio cuites longtemps,
Bouillie de riz bio semi complet.

Je fais revenir le fenouil, l'ail, les graines de lotus, la carotte, le poivre et la 1/2 du
basilic dans un petit peu d'huile d'olive.

Je rajoute de l'eau pour couvrir et je jette le millet et le reste du basilic dedans.

Ds que a boue, je baisse le feu et je laisse cuire le tout environ 15 mn.

J'teins et je laisse gonfler le millet dans le plat aprs avoir rajout le curcuma.

Je mlange le riz et les lentilles et j'ajoute la prparation.

Cela tonifie le Yang de la Rate, limine l'humidit chaleur, nourrie le Sang, calme
l'esprit.
cela protge le systme digestif fortement de parasites et du cancer.

Sample of recipes that can enhance skin condition:

Dried persimmon fruit one or two per day is said can keep skin glowing.
Fresh cucumber (500g) and garlic (25g). Wash and crush the
ingredients, season with soybean sauce, sesame oil and red pepper to
taste. This is also suitable for obese individuals.
Wolfberry fruits invigorate the liver and kidney, and replenish blood and
qi. It can be served as a tea; use 120g (fresh) or 30g (dried) daily.
Strawberry milk 200ml per day, for 10 to 20 days. Each time, ground 5
pieces of strawberry, and mix with 200ml of boiling milk.
Soybean milk (200ml), walnut (30g) and black sesame (20g). Grind the
two ingredients together, and boil with soybean milk for 5 minutes. Add
rock sugar to taste, serve warm in the morning.
Prepare a juicy mixture by celery (100g), tomato (200g), pear (150g)
and lemon juice (15ml). Drink it once a day, good for itchiness, facial
brown spots and acne.
Bird's nest (6g) and rice (60g). Prepare the bird's nest by soaking fully
in warm water and discarding impurities; put the two ingredients in a
pot with 1000ml of boiling water, simmer for 2 hours. The congee is
then served warm; add rock sugar to taste.
Red dates (10 pieces) and rice (100g), make into congee, add brown
sugar to taste and serve warm in the morning.
 Coix seeds (30g), lily buds (10g) and rice (60g), make into congee,
serve warm in the morning.
Carrot (200g) and rice (100), slice the carrot, and then cook with rice
and water, make into congee and serve warm.

Some simple ancient remedies help to promote complexion and brightness of the skin :

Dried tangerine peel (30g), water melon kernel (50g) and peach
blossom (40), grind into powder mixture. Take 3 times a day, each time
2g.
Water melon kernel (40g), peach blossom (30g) and willow root cortex
(15g), grind into powder mixture. Take 3 times a day after meal, each
time 3g.
Chinese arborvitae kernel (150g), water melon kernel (150g), abutilon
seed (150g), poria (150g), fried and ground into a powder. Take with a
small amount of wine, 8g each time, 3 times a day after meals. The
remedy is also suitable for individuals with acne and constipation.
Collect peach blossom from the blossom tree directly, sun dried and
grind into powder. Add in the food as seasoning, 3 times a day, each
time 3g.
Dried ginger (480g), red dates (240g), liquorice root (90g), fennel seed
(120g), salt (60g) and clove (120g), grind into a powder. In the morning,
take 10 -15g of this powder and serve as hot tea.
Milk (240ml), ginger juice (120ml), red pepper powder (0.3g), poria
(20g) and ginseng (15g). Grind the last two ingredients. Heat the milk
and ginger juice first, bring to a boil and then add in the other
ingredients, simmer on low heat until the liquid dry and becomes thick.
This amount is enough for 10 days.
Hawthorn fruit (20g) and rhemannia root (12g); prepare as a tea and add
brown sugar to taste.

An individual with spleen weakness presents with a sallow face, poor appetite, bloating after
meals, loose stools, flabby limbs, drooping eyelids, sagging body and loose skin. Remedies for
fortifying the spleen and promoting qi (vital energy) production are necessary. Some enriching
soft extracts or pill are recommended. Traditionally, people would consult a physician for a
customized prescription. A considerable amount of ingredients (at least two months dosage) are
prepared as a concentrated decoction, then further concentrated as a strained liquid, and finally
cooked with the addition of honey to make into a syrup or gel-like extract. Alternately, just
ground the ingredients and made into pills. They are taken regularly, in small amounts over a
long period.

Prepare Solomon's seal rhizome (huang jing), poria, astragalus

and angelica root (150g of each), and 450ml millet wine.
Decoct the ingredients and make into a syrup; eat 1-2
tablespoons every day, twice a day.

Chinese yam (15g), black sesame (120g), rice (60g), milk

(200ml), rose (3g) and rock sugar (120g). Stir-fry the black
sesame, yam and rice over low heat for about 5 minutes; grind
them with 1/4 cup of water and the milk in a blender or food
processor. Pour the mixture, sugar, rose and add 1/2 cup of
water into a saucepan, cook over medium heat for 10 minutes
or until the mixture turns thick, stirring constantly to avoid
burning. Take 50 ml of this delicious dessert each day.

2. Nourishing the kidney and liver

The liver stores blood and the kidneys store essence; the two organs are correlated with each
other both in physiology and pathology. They are responsible for major aging signs like blurred
version, diminished hearing, gray hair, joint stiffness, menstrual problems, clumsy movements,
low hormone levels, fragile bones, shrinkage of the sexual organs, and an overall decrease in
energy and vigor. Anti-aging remedies should always consider these two organs; the usual
ingredients for tonifying include processed rhemannia rhizome (shu di), Chinese yam, wolfberry
fruits, dodder seeds, flatstem asgragalus seed (sha yuan zi), acorus (chang pu), schisandra, deer
horn, Solomon's seal rhizome (huang jing), walnut and cordyceps. The following are sample
prescriptions:

Dodder seeds Processed rhemannia rhizome Solomon's seal rhizome

(shu di) (huang jing)
 Dodder seeds and cistanche (rou cong rong) (90g each),
schisandra, Japanese teasel root (xu duan), Chinese senega
(yuan zhi), cornus fruit (shan yu rou) and oriental water-
plantain root (45g each), ledebouriella root (fang feng, 60g)
and morinda root (30g). Grind into a powder, add honey and
make into pills. Every morning before breakfast, take 30g with
a small cup of wine or mild salty water. This helps promote
physical vigor and vision.

Walnut (250g), psoralea, long yam (bi xia) and eucommia bark
(120g each). Grind and make into pills. Take 50g, twice a day
with a small cup of wine or mild salty water. This helps
promote kidney qi and strengthen bones and tendons.

Poria (1500g) and white chrysanthemum (500g), grind to a

powder and add some pine resin to make into pills. Each time
take 10g, twice a day, with a small cup of wine. This improves
skin texture, promotes hearing and vision and strengthens
bone.

Some individuals develop dark age spots, purplish lips, nail deformity, dull complexion, blood
vessel dilatation and excessive throat secretions. TCM regards these signs of aging as a state of
blood stasis and an accumulation of phlegm; physicians will pinpoint these problems by
activating blood flow and dissolving phlegm for a period of time. The following is a sample
prescription: processed rhemannia rhizome (24g), cornus fruit (12g), Chinese yam (12g), peony
tree root bark (9g), poria (9g), oriental water-plantain root (9g), monkshood (5g), cassia bark
(5g), red sage root (10g), motherwort herb (10g), acorus (10g) and belvedere fruit (10g). Decoct
and take once a day.

Eventually , engaging in an exercise program is crucial, even simple stretching or other

traditional exercises. Exercise not just leads to fewer physical problems; it also provides more
energy for accomplishing daily tasks.

2. Invigorating the spleen to refresh the mind

In TCM, overuse of the brain is harmful to qi circulation, and will greatly exhaust the blood in
the heart and spleen. In overuse of the brain, the body tends to have stagnate qi, blood stasis or
accumulated excessive metabolic wastes internally, making the affected individual liable for
various health risks from middle age onwards. Regular exercise is especially important, which
helps to relieve mental stress, and promotes qi and blood flows. However don't over exert the
body, gentle exercises are more proper for strengthening muscles, promoting blood supply to the
brain and refreshment.
For mental exhaustion, tonics with ingredients such as pilose asiabell root (dang shen), poria,
Chinese yam, largehead atractylodes root (bai shu), lotus seeds, dates, longan aril, pumpkin and
mushrooms should be used. These ingredients are beneficial for mental workers who present
with fatigue, poor memory and insomnia. Other symptoms such as absentmindedness, difficulty
in concentration, generalized heaviness, vertigo, thoracic oppression and blurred vision that
TCM maybe due to phlegm and dampness. Common ingredients for resolving these problems are
tangerine peel, pinellia tuber (ban xia), poria, coix seed, hyacinth beans, radish, hawthorn fruits,
bamboo shavings, gynostemma pentaphyllum (jiao gu lan) and Chinese yam. Restore the Spleen
Decoction (Gui pi tang) is a representative prescription for the exhausted individuals who had
signs like heart palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, night sweats, poor appetite, fatigue and
sallowness.

Longan aril Chinese senega Largehead atractylodes root

(yuan zhi) (bai shu)

Individuals are advised to have a balanced and easily digested diet, and reduce the amount of
frozen and raw foods eaten.

3. Soothing the liver to relieve mental stress

Long-term emotional problems such as depression, irritability and anger are harmful to brain
health and greatly contribute to premature aging. In TCM theory, the liver plays an important
role in regulating emotional reactions. Normal emotional health depends on the harmony of qi
and blood. When the liver keeps qi flowing smoothly, a relaxed internal, emotional environment
is created. Some of the health risks associated with emotional instability can be resolved by the
following:

Promoting the liver's ability to flow

In TCM, emotional instability is regarded as a state of "liver qi stagnation", where the qi flow in
the body is interrupted leading to physical disharmony and imbalance. TCM can relieve this by
herbs like nutgrass (xiang fu), turmeric root-tuber (yu jin), finger citron fruit, Chinese tororwax
root (chai hu), tangerine peel, rose, jasmine and white peony root. They promote the liver's
regulating ability and reduce physical damages caused by mental stress.

Replenishing liver blood

Insufficiency of liver blood causes dizziness, insomnia, irritable and dream disturbed sleep.
Associated signs are dry eyes, blurred vision, ear ringing, rib discomfort, lusterless face, brittle
nails, limbs numbness, tendon and muscle spasms and menstrual problems. TCM holds that
"protracted watching injures the blood", therefore, the above conditions are more often seen in
those who spend a long time reading. Common nourishing ingredients are angelica root, donkey-
hide gelatin, fleece flower root, processed rhemannia rhizome, mulberry fruit, litchi aril,
wolfberry fruit, golden needle and animal liver. Sore Jujube Seed Decoction (Suen Zao Ren
Tang) is a well known formula for irritability and insomnia in this situation.

Clearing liver fire

Liver fire usually results from a stressful and unhealthy lifestyle over a long time. In addition to
emotional instability and irritability, the sufferer may also has insomnia, dizziness, ear ringing,
bloodshot eyes, a flushed face, facial spots, constant thirst, a bitter taste in the mouth,
indigestion, acne, constipation, yellowish urine and hypertension. Herbs used to treat these
problems include Chinese gentian root (long dan cao), gardenia fruit, baical skullcap root
(huang qin), virgate wormwood herb (yin chen), selfheal fruit spike, chrysanthemum and white
peony root. Chronic patients may occasionally have emotional irritability due to virtual fire
caused by yin deficiency of the liver and kidney. Physicians will clear this kind of virtual fire by
Chinese cypress bark (huang bai), anemarrhena rhizome (zhi mu) , wormwood (qing hao), turtle
shell, peony root bark, oriental water-plantain root and celery.

Lungs craving: Pungent

Characteristics: Governed by grief and depression, lung people have a tendency to slouch (or
have a hunchback, indicative of limited supply of oxygen to this area), or have inflamed cheeks.
An abuse of sugar, diary products, fruits and fruit juices could hurt your lungs.
Healthy switch: Pungent foods help discharge mucous-like build-up in the lungs, so eat raddish,
cabbage, arugula, asparagus, mustard (sarson) greens, turnips, carrots, red peppers, broccoli,
wheat grass and spirulina to detoxify the lungs. Fiber-rich foods such as whole-grain and
especially lotus root (kamal kakdi) help a lot.
Drink fresh lotus root tea for relief
Ingredients: cup lotus root juice, cup water, pinch of sea salt. PREPARATION: Grate the
lotus root and squeeze the juice. Boil in water while stirring continuosly. After the first boil, let it
simmer for 3-4 minutes. Drink hot.

Kidneys taste: salt

Characteristics: You push yourself to excel at work, maintain a certain lifestyle or diet. You are
constantly plugged into fear, which burns out their adrenals (adrenals sit on top of the kidneys).
Dark circles, eye bags, hair loss, premature graying and dull and lifeless hair are tell-tale signs
that your kidneys want to have a chat with you.
Healthy switch: Replace table salt with rock or sea salt. Shun chips and transfatty farsaan and
embrace black beans such as soybeans and kidney beans. Magnesium-rich foods calm the nerves,
so include spirulina, wheat grass, millet, corn, barley, brown rice, sesame seeds, spinach, methi,
chowli, broccoli, avocado, cooked lentils, peanut butter, bananas, prunes, dried apricots, melon,
and fish.

Spleen, pancreas taste: sugar

Characteristics: Anxiety and worry have you under their thumb. Such people suffer from
digestive issues which manifest in the lips they tend to be swollen, dry, cracked or unusually
red or pale.
Healthy switch: If your abuse of sugar continues, you'll land up with hypoglycaemia or
diabtetes. So switch to good sugars that come from fruit and vegetables. Shop for this: Sweet
potatoes, cabbage, carrots, squash, onions, brown rice, cinnamon, saunf and nutmeg. To satiate
sweet cravings, drink the sweet vegetable juice given below whenever you can (late afternoons is
ideal), everyday, every day for a month.
Recipe
Boil equal amounts of finely chopped onions, carrots, cabbage and sweet squash in four times
the amount of water. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Reduce flame, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Strain and drink the broth.
Papaya, Snow
Fungus and
Almonds Soup

Nourishing Dessert: Papaya, snow fungus and almonds soup

I thought the combination of papaya, almonds and snow fungus is

really nourishing and beautiful. This soup has health benefits
such as improving blood circulation, strengthening respiratory
system and improving complexion.
Some of the ingredients used

Ingredients
(Serves 6-8)

- 2 litres water
- 20 grams (1 piece) snow fungus (aka white jelly fungus, white
wood ear, silver ear, )
- 500g of cut ripe and firm papaya
- 1 tsp bitter almonds (aka Northern almonds/) and 1 tsp
sweet almonds (aka Southern almonds /) see cooking note 1
below
- 5 pandan leaves, tied to a knot
- 120g rock sugar () (adjust to taste)
- 10 pitted red dates ()

Directions

1. Soak snow fungus in a bowl of hot water (covered) for about

half an hour, then carefully discard water. The white fungus
should be puffed up and turn a whiter shade. Using a pair of
kitchen scissors, trim and discard the dark yellow hard part on the
centre underside of the fungus. Cut the rest of the fungus to
smaller pieces and reserve for step 2.
2. Peel (using a vegetable peeler or knife) the papaya skin. Cut
the papaya in half lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrap out all
the seeds. Cut into small, bite-sized chunks.
3. In a soup pot, add water, cut fungus pieces, pandan leaves, red
dates and almonds. Bring to a boil and then simmer (with lid
partially closed) for 20 minutes. Add papaya pieces and simmer
till the papaya are soft (about another 20 minutes or more, see
cooking note 2 below).
4. Add rock sugar to taste and off the flame when the sugar is
fully dissolved. Discard pandan leaves. Serve warm or chilled.

Cooking Notes
Bitter almonds in its raw state are said to be toxic if consumed in
large amounts. Even though these almonds are cooked, do not
add too much of it to be safe (1 tsp is more than enough to me).
You can also substitute with sweet almonds if you are more
comfortable with it.
Step 3 If you like your snow fungus to be more crunchy, you can
add papaya to the ingredients first instead of adding it after
simmering the snow fungus.

Snow Fungus Soup with Longan &

Ginkgo

Snow Fungus with Longan and Ginkgo Nuts Dessert

Fungus is highly nutritious and it has health benefits such as

improving blood circulation, and strengthening respiratory

system.

Ingredients
(serves 6 to 8)
- 40 grams snow fungus (also known as white jelly fungus, silver
ear, white wood ear, )
- 2 litres water
- 5 pandan leaves, tied to a knot
- 50g dried longan ()
- 120g rock sugar () (adjust to taste)
- 100g (about 30) ginkgo (gingko) nuts () (either canned or
vacuum-packed type)
- 20 pitted red dates ()

Directions
1. Soak white fungus in a bowl of hot water (covered) for about
half an hour, then carefully discard water. The white fungus
should be puffed up and turn a whiter shade. Using a pair of
kitchen scissors, trim and discard the dark yellow hard part on the
centre underside of the fungus. Cut the rest of the fungus to
smaller pieces and reserve for step 2.
2. In a soup pot, add water, cut fungus pieces, pandan leaves,
longan and red dates. Bring to a boil and then simmer (with lid
partially closed) for 20 minutes. Add gingko nuts and continue
simmering for 10 minutes.
3. Add rock sugar to taste and off the flame when the sugar is
fully dissolved. Discard pandan leaves. Serve warm or chilled.

All the ingredients in a soup pot

Cooking Tips
Look out for good quality white fungus recognizable by its whole
fungus shape better ones are cleaner and more fragrant.
If you are using raw gingko nuts, gently crack open the shells with
a mortar and pestle, insert a toothpick to flick out the dirt in the
centre of the nut which is bitter tasting. You will need to increase
the simmering time in step 2 (at least 1 hour instead of half an
hour or until the nuts are soft). Add the white fungus at the last
30 minutes of simmering.
You can substitute gingko nuts with lotus nuts, or use a
combination of both.
Instead of dried longans, you can substitute with fresh or canned
longans which you add to the dessert when serving (no need to
simmer).
Eight Treasures Tea

Eight Treasures Tea for beauty and health

Eight Treasures Tea or Ba Bao Cha () is a famous Chinese
herbal tea originating from Yunnan China. The royal and
auspicious sounding 8 treasures refer to the 8 ingredients used,
and the tea is said to be Empress Dowager Cixis secret recipe for
beauty, longevity and youthfulness.

Said properties of the tea include: thirst-quenching, anti-oxidant,

anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and qi balancing properties;
improves appetite & digestion; reduces fatigue (depending on the
ingredients you use).

Eight Treasures Tea Recipe

Serves: one 350ml tea pot (4 tea cups Servings)

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 5 mins

Eight Treasures Tea (Ba Bao Cha) is a soothing Chinese herbal tea
consisting of a special blend of 8 ingredients. Feel free to tweak
the recipe by substituting or adjusting the quantity of ingredients
to suit your preference.

Ingredients

1/2 cup + 4 chrysanthemum flowers (/)

1 tsp + 4 rose buds ()

 1 tsp + 16 wolfberries ()

4 + 4 red dates ()

4 + 4 ginseng slices (/)

4 + 4 dried longan ()

12 small pieces of rock sugar () to taste

300 ml hot boiling water

1 tbsp jasmine green tea leaves ()

Instructions

1. Prepare four serving tea cups. In each cup, add 1

chrysanthemum flower, 1 rose bud, 4 wolfberries, 1 red date,
1 ginseng slice, 1 dried longan and 3 small pieces of rock
sugar.
 2. Pour hot water into 350ml capacity tea pot with filter bag
containing tea leaves and the remaining ingredients. Allow
the tea to infuse/seep for a few minutes. Pour hot tea into
serving cups. Make a second pot of tea by topping up with
hot water and rock sugar as needed.

Daikon Radish Drink Phlegm/Cough Remedy

To help dissolve fat and mucus. It is most effective when taken

just before sleeping. Do not use this drink longer than one week
unless otherwise advised by an experienced macrobiotic
counselor.

Ingredients

cup Daikon grated

1 tbspoon tamari sauce

Ginger grated

Bancha tea

Instructions
 Mix 1/2 cup grated fresh daikon with 1 tablespoon of tamari soy
sauce and 1/4 teaspoon grated ginger. Pour hot bancha tea over
this mixture, stir, and drink while hot.

Carrot-Daikon Drink Version

To eliminate excessive fats and help dissolve hardening

accumulation in the intestines.

Grate 1 tablespoon of raw daikon and carrot.

Cook in 2 cups of water for 58 minutes with a pinch of sea salt or

710 drops of tamari soy sauce.