Archive for December, 2005
Stewed Bird’s nest with Fresh Fruit
Ingredients :
113 g soaked superior bird’s nest (not yet stewed)
94 rock sugar
suitable amount of water melon balls
suitable amount of honey-dew melon balls
2 cups water
Method :
1. Drain superior bird’s nest.
2. Put rock sugar (crushed) into a pot.
Add 2 cups of water. Cook over low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
Strain.
3. Pour Syrup into a steaming pot. Add superior bird’s nest. Stew over boiling water for 30 minutes. When bird’s nest and syrup cool, add fruit balls.
Serve.
December 1st, 2005
Stewed Bird’s nest with Dried Yam
Ingredients :
113 g soaked superior bird’s nest
38 dried yam
1 tbsp medlar
113 g rock sugar
3 cups water
Method :
1. Drain bird’s nest. Wash dried yam and soak for 1/2 hour. Wash medlar.
2. Bring 3 cup of water to the boil. Add rock sugar has dissolved. Strain. Pour the syrup into a steaming pot. Add dried yam and medlar. Stew for 1 1/2 hours. Then add bird’s nest. Stew for 5 minutes.
Serve.
December 1st, 2005
Stewed Bird’s nest with American Ginseng
Ingredients :
75 g soaked bird’s nest pieces
8 g sliced American ginseng
1 tbsp rock sugar
2 cups boiling water
Method :
Wash American ginseng. Put into a steaming pot. Add crushed water. Stew over boiling water for 50 minutes. Add bird’s nest pieces and stew for 10 minutes. Serve. Refrigerate before serving in summer. It can nourish and revitalize your strength.
December 1st, 2005
Bird’s nest,Crab Meat &Winter Melon Soup
Ingredients :
113 g Superior bird’s nest
450 g winter melon
38 crab meat
2 cups stock
1 egg white
1 slice ginger
Seasoning :
1/3 tsp salt
1 tsp caltrop starch
2 tbsp stock
Method :
1. Drain bird’s nest. Remove pell from winter melon. Then remove pith and cut into pieces.
2. Bring stock to the boil. Add ginger slice and winter melon. Cook for 10 minutes. Then cover for 10 more minutes. Discard ginger slice. Add winter melon into the blender. Process into winter melon puree.
3. Add bird’s nest into winter melon puree and bring to the boil. Stir in crab meat, seasoning and egg white. Serve.
Bird’s nest, Crab Meat & Winter Melon Soup
December 1st, 2005
Stuffed Zhusheng with Bird’s nest
Ingredients :
225 g shelled shrimps
1 green crab (about 375 g)
19 g zhusheng (dictophora phalloidea)
38 g soaked bird’s nest pieces (with water absorted)
300 g asparagus
any suitable amount of stock
1 egg white
1 tsp wine
Seasoning :
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp caltrop starch
dash of sesame oil
1/2 tbsp egg while
Thickening Solution
1/2 cup stock
1 tsp caltrop starch
1/6 tsp salt
1/2 tsp light soy sauce
dash of sesame oil
pinch of pepper
Method :
1. Remove vein from shrimps. Wash and wipe dry. Pat with knife. Add bird’s nest and refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
2. Gut crab and wash. Remove fat from crab. Add dash of ginger juice and wine. Stir well. Pour in boiling water until the crab is half-cooked. Then remove meat.
3. Soak Zhusheng until it becomes tender. Cut into 2 1/2 inches sections. Parboil and rinse. Simmer with stock for a while. Absorb the water. Put shrimps paste onto Zhusheng. Steam stuffed Zhusheng for 4 minutes. Pour away steaming sauce. Blanch asparagus in water with oil and salt. Arrenge around the plate.
4. Heat oil. Sizze wine. Add thinckening sauce. Bring to the boil. Then add crab fat and meat. Mix well. stir in egg white. Then put on the centre of the plate.
December 1st, 2005
About Swallow Nests
In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Swallow’s Nests have long been known to have strong regenerative properties. Its history can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, China (A.D. 618 - 907). During that time, there were many records of Swallow’s Nests being imported from Southeast Asia to China.
The reason that the Swallow’s Nests have been so well known and accepted is its many health-enhancing effects. In the Qing Dynasty, two famous practitioners of medicine have described the nests as a rejuvenation agent, which slows down the aging process, and demulcent agent that soothes maladies associated with breathing and the lung. Swallow’ Nests have been used to relieve phlegm and coughs since that time.
Based on modern research, the protein contained in Swallow’s Nests is an enzyme, which has revitalizing effects. The research reveals that the nests contains small amount of epidermal growth factor. Water extracts from the Swallow’s Nests can also directly stimulate cell growth and regeneration leading to the enhanced effectiveness of mitosis or cellular division. In one of the most recent published research by Dr. Kong Yun Cheong, biochemist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (www.cuhk.hk), his research confirms the high content of water-soluble glyco-protein in Swallow’s Nests also promotes cellular division within the body’s immune system. This protein from the nest also makes it a very useful tonic for people with weak digestion system (e.g. elderly people) and for people that need a rapid cell regeneration and/or growth (e.g.: pregnant women, growing children).
December 1st, 2005
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