Soups after a birth › Around the second week
Minced ginger fried rice
薑茸炒飯
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, that it protects the heart, moves blood and qi, and drives out wind and cold.
After a caesarean
開刀視情況而定, after a caesarean the timing is case-dependent. Ginger is the single most disputed ingredient in caesarean confinement: one HK practitioner source says avoid it entirely and substitute 陳皮.
Ingredientsserves 2
Method
- Fry the diced ginger in a little oil.
- 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.
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