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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Sharing and/or reproduction of any part of this document is prohibited without written consent

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Fried Eggs and Tomatoes

This recipe is a variation from the previous post.  Meat is omitted but if you wish to have some sweet sausages, then remove brown sugar as the sweet component.

2 more variation to come.  At the meantime enjoy and happy cooking!

4 medium size tomatoes – quartered
1 medium red onion – chopped
4 eggs – lightly beaten

2 sprig spring onions – chopped
2tbsp oil
100 ml water
salt to taste
2 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon brown sugar

Method: 

1. Heat oil in wok.  Fried the onion until soft before adding the chopped tomatoes.  Fried for 2 minutes.
   
2. Dissolved brown sugar in water then mix with egg.  Pour the mixture  into the wok and sprinkle some salt.  Turn heat down to medium.
   
3. Gently fold edge of the mixture as it cooks.  Keep folding until the eggs mixture is cook.  Plate up and sprinkle chopped spring onions.  Serve hot with some rice.

It is a simple summer dish to relieve Liver Yang Rising manifest as mild hypertension, or a hot day causing heat dizziness.
 

Functions and Benefits:

1. Tomatoes – clears heat, tones yin, produces fluid, and quenches thirst.
2. Red onion – benefits and regulates Qi.
3. Egg – lubricates Dryness, tones Yin.
4. Spring onion – clear heat, and disperse Qi.
5. Brown sugar – tone Middle Burner.

Precautions and Contraindication:

1. Excess consumption of egg is NOT recommended.

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.

© COPYRIGHT 2010 KENNY LAW

Sharing and/or reproduction of any part of this document is prohibited without written consent

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Tasty Tomato Soup

This humble dish is quite a classic.  The ingredients are readily available in most local supermarket without specially trip down the Asian grocers.  The method is simple and the down-to-earth flavour make this dish such a delight.


The following next 3 weeks I will use this basic ingredients to show the various dishes can stem-out from this recipe alone.


Enjoy and bon apetite!!!


4 medium size tomatoes – quartered
1 medium brown onion – chopped
1 Chinese sausage or Italian sweet sausage – sliced
1 egg – lightly beaten

Chopped coriander or continental parsley for garnish
2tbsp oil
Hot water

Method: 

1. Heat oil in wok or pot.  Fried the onion and sausage until onion is soft.
2. Then pour in over half litre of hot water and add in the tomatoes.  Bring to boil for 2 mins.
3. Turn the heat off then quickly stir in the egg.  Serve hot with some rice.

It is a simple soup to relieve Liver Yang Rising manifest as mild hypertension, or a hot day causing heat dizziness.
 

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. Coriander/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 staple dish.  Consume daily is NOT recommended.  However by omitting meat and egg, you will end up with a very basic and simple stock.

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.

© COPYRIGHT 2010 KENNY LAW

Sharing and/or reproduction of any part of this document is prohibited without written consent


For further readings