Are you craving some sambal heat during your confinement period but do not have any recipes to refer to? Do not sweat too much about it, we have your back!
This article contains two sambal recipes that you can make as your confinement dish. New mummies must know that they need to follow a healthy diet after giving birth to speed up your healing process and recharge your energy levels.
Before we dive deep into the yummy recipes, let’s discover the importance of eating healthy confinement meals, shall we?
Importance of Eating a Healthy Confinement Diet
- Quickens your healing process.
- Eliminates ‘wind’ from the body.
- Promotes your energy levels.
- Enhances breast milk production.
- Ensures your breast milk quality.
- Supplies nutrients for you and your newborn.
Finger-licking Malay Sambal Confinement Recipes
Serunding Halia
Ingredients
- ginger
- black pepper
- fried anchovies
- fried garlic
Instructions
- Grate ginger and get rid the excess water.
- Fry the ginger over a medium flame until crispy. Then. filter the oil from the ginger.
- Mix the ginger, anchovies and garlic together in a bowl.
- Season it with black pepper and salt and mix it well before serving.
Sambal Lada Hitam Tok Tok
Ingredients
- anchovies
- shallots
- garlic
- Holland onion
- black pepper
Instructions
- Roast or smoke all the ingredients.
- Then, pound it with a little bit of salt before serving.
Satisfy your craving with these yummy recipes!
New mummies must eat a balanced diet to heal their postpartum bodies and tend to their newborn. Remember that everything you eat will affect your newborn if you are breastfeeding.
All of the nutrients in your breast milk can affect your baby’s development and growth. So, be mindful of your confinement diet and remember to have enough rest!
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