Recipe : Chinese sweet vinegar
by admin ~ December 30th, 2007. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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This is the traditional Chinese (Cantonese) recipe that every new mom has to eat during confinement. The sweetened vinegar is guaranteed to bring on the milk. Not sure how it works but it really works for me! I have modified the recipe using beef tendons. Seen here (click on the photo for a bigger picture) is the sweetened vinegar from China (cost only RM2.50 per bottle and the mandatory sesame oil/minyak lenga that our moms/moms-in-law forced us Chinese moms to use in our cooking during confinement). 1 bottle of sweetened vinegar, 2 tablespoon of sesame oil, 500 gms beef tendons, 6 dried chillies, large piece of ginger - bruised, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 50 gms of black fungus( large and thick variety).
Heat sesame oil, stir fry ginger, add all the rest of the ingredients and simmer in slow cooker for at least 4 hours. Note that I do not add water nor salt. This dish taste best kept overnight. In place of beef tendons, use gluten balls (sold in supermarket cold section, looking like playdough) A healthier vegetarian food alternative.
