Soups after a birth › Around the second week
Diced ginger, salmon and egg fried rice
薑粒三文魚蛋炒飯
The tradition usually waits until about day 12
“Getting your appetite back is what matters.”
What the tradition says
The tradition holds that this is 護心活血、驅風驅寒、行氣活血, and fish is on the standard 發奶 list said to bring milk down.
After a caesarean
開刀視情況而定. Ginger is the most disputed ingredient in caesarean confinement, and some HK caesarean sources also forbid fish for 12 days.
Ingredientsserves 2
街市Salmon fillet1 piece
Method
- Pan-fry the salmon fillet and flake it.
- Fry the diced ginger, add the rice and about a teaspoon of salt, and work the ginger through.
- Clear a well, pour in the beaten egg, wait one to two seconds, then fold it through until set.
- Fold the salmon back in.
Also cooked then
Information only. This page records a food tradition and is not medical advice. Recovery differs for everyone. If you are breastfeeding, recovering from a caesarean, taking medication, or feeling unwell, speak to your doctor, midwife or a registered practitioner first. Full statement