Mr. Househusband’s Simple Kitchen Tips presents Two Simple Healthy Recipes for Food Offering to Monks on Buddhist Lent Day
If you are Buddhist, it’s a tradition to offer food to monks on Buddhist Lent Day. Today, I’d like to introduce two simple recipes for the occasion: broccoli and shrimp stir fry, and mackerel chili paste.
Broccoli and Shrimp Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 head of broccoli cut into florets
- 10 shrimps
- Minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
Method
- Heat the vegetable oil in a pan. Add the garlic, shrimp and broccoli florets respectively and cook until they are cooked.
- Add a little hot water followed by oyster sauce, sugar, and fish sauce.
Mackerel Chili Paste
Ingredients
- 1 big mackerel
- Banana pepper
- Chili pepper
- Shallots
- garlic
- fish sauce
- Lime juice
- Palm sugar
Method
- Grill the banana pepper, chili pepper, shallots, garlic and mackerel.
- Pound the grilled ingredients together and season with fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.
- Serve with fresh vegetables and boiled eggs.
These are simple healthy recipes which I often cook and recommend to you. They are easy to make, and good for weight control. Besides offering them to monks, I encourage everyone to eat more vegetables for improved health. All the ingredients are available at any Big C Super Center and you can order them from our online store here.
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