Chopped Tomato and Sweet Sausage Omelette

This is third variation using the key ingredients but notice how the property and usage changes with the change of cooking method.

Instead of use to relieve Liver Yang Rising, it is now more suitable to build Qi and Blood, tones the sinews and muscles and promote growth.

One more variation to come and I am sure you will love the next one.  Until next week, happy cooking!!

2 medium size tomatoes – diced

1 small brown onion – chopped

1 Chinese sausage or Italian sweet sausage – sliced

4 eggs – lightly beaten with ½ tsp of salt

Chopped continental parsley for garnish

2tbsp oil

Method:

1. Heat oil in wok or frying pan.  Fried the onion and sausage until onion is soft and the sausage start to browned.
2. Then pour the egg over and spread in the diced tomatoes.  Turn heat to medium and let the egg cook through to the top without flipping the omelette.  Check the base of the omelette as it turns from golden yellow to crispy golden brown.
3. Lastly quickly sprinkle the chopped continental parsley then fold the omelette in half.
4. Serve up as it is or with some rice or bread of your choice. 

This is a simple omelette to tones the Spleen, Liver and Kidney Qi.  It benefits those who are:

1. Recuperating from injuries or post-surgery
2. Pre-natal and Post-partum

Generally this a a great omelette  to share with family on the dining table.

Functions and Benefits:

1. Tomatoes – clears heat, tones yin, produces fluid, and quenches thirst.
2. Onion – benefits and regulates Qi.
3. Sweet sausage – sweetness of the sausage help tones the Middle Burner and the meat helps tone Qi and Blood; an appetent.
4. Egg – lubricates Dryness, tones Yin.
5. Continental parsley – aromatic and regulate Qi.

Precautions and Contraindication:

1. Sausage can be omitted and replaced with sweeten tofu, e.g. 2 pc of Inari (Japanese sweet fried tofu pocket)
2. Chinese sausage or Italian sweet sausages are greasy and fattening.  Excess consumption is not recommended.  Excess Damp/ Damp-Heat Accumulation in Zangfu consume cautiously.
3. This is not a dish for everyday consumption.

If you have any doubt or want to know more about this recipe, contact your TCM practitioner or myself.

Thank you for reading.

Kenny Law
Australia Registered TCM Practitioner.
 

DISCLAIMER:
Information given are purely for references and it is not intent to diagnose medical conditions or to be used for self-diagnosed. Always consult medical health personnel for proper medical diagnosis.

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