Rejuvenating Recipes for Confinement Mommies
05/11/2025
Introducing all-new bundles for Confinement mummies from Aw’s Market. To go hand in hand with the confinement bundle, Aw’s Market is also sharing Confinement Recipes that correspond to each bundle!
The rejuvenation bundle offers a generous portion of high-quality meat and seafood for wholesome rejuvenation of a confinement mommy’s health. Regain strength and recover well using clean and fresh ingredients. This bundle is good for about 4 meals for the recovering mommy. Also suitable for breast-feeding moms.
It is believed that confinement mommies need to revitalise their Qi after their delivery. With all the loss of blood and energy from giving birth, it is essential to recover all the nutrients properly to prevent accelerated ageing. In fact, it has been shown that mommies who eat right during this recovery period carry healthier babies the next time around, as compared to mommies who don’t eat right during this recovery period.
Choose to nurse yourself, plus your new-born, to optimum health with Aw’s Market’s assortment of quality seafood, meat and poultry – delivered to your door with Aw's Market's fresh meat reputability.
Recipe ideas for this Rejuvenating Confinement bundle:
Stir Fried Threadfin with Ginger
Ingredients:
- • 250g Aw’s Market threadfin fillet, sliced diagonally
- • 3 cloves garlic – chopped
- • 10 slices ginger
- • 2 shallots – chopped
Seasoning:
- • 1 tbsp abalone sauce
- • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- • Pinch of sugar
- • 3 tbsp sesame oil
- • 3 tbsp white rice wine
- 1. In a non-stick pan, heat sesame oil. When hot, fry ginger, garlic, shallot and onions till fragrant.
- 2. Add threadfin fish slices and fry till half-cooked.
- 3. Add seasoning and spring onion. Mix well till fish is fully-cooked. It shouldn’t take too long.
- 4. Serve.
Method:
Steamed Pomfret with Chinese Mushrooms
Ingredients A:
- • 1 Aw’s Market Golden Pomfret
- • 10g Aw’s Market Pork Fillet, sliced thinly
- • 20g ginger – finely chopped
Ingredients B:
- • 2 Chinese mushroom – soaked, cut into strips
- • 1 section spring onion – cut into fine strips
- • 20g ginger – thin strips
- • 20g chopped garlic – fried until golden crispy
Marinating Ingredients:
- • Pinch of salt
- • Pinch of pepper
- • White rice wine
Sauce ingredients:
- • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- • 1 tbsp white rice wine
- • 1 tbsp sesame oil
Method:
- 1. Rinse and clean the pomfret, rub well with marinating ingredients, leave for 15 minutes.
- 2. Marinate Ingredients B with light soy sauce and cornflour
- 3. Place Ingredients A in a deep plate, arrange Ingredients B on top.
- 4. Steam for 7 – 10 minutes, remove from heat, pour over sauce ingredients, sprinkle fried garlic.
- 5. Serve hot.
Marmite Pork Ribs
Ingredients:
- • 200g Aw’s Market Pork Big Spare Ribs
- • Ginger strips – fry in small amount of oil till fragrant (keep oil)
Marinating ingredients:
- • 1tbsp light soy sauce
- • 1tbsp abalone sauce
- • Pinch of pepper
- • 1tbsp white rice wine
- • 2tsp corn flour
- • 1tbsp ginger juice
Sauce ingredients:
- • 1tbsp marmite
- • ½ tbsp sugar
- • 100ml cornflour water
- • 1tbsp abalone sauce
Method:
- 1. Marinate pork ribs for 1 hour, coat with cornflour, deep fry until cooked.
- 2. Cook sauce ingredients until it thickens, pour over pork ribs, sprinkle with ginger strips.
- 3. Serve hot.
Ginger Scallion Stir Fried Pork
Ingredients:
- • 200g Aw’s Market Pork Fillet, sliced thinly
- • 4 slices of ginger
- • 3 cloves garlic minced
- • 1 tbsp cooking oil
- • 2 stalks spring onions cut to 5cm (2-inch) lengths
- • 2 chilli padi sliced thinly; to taste
- • 1 tbsp yellow rice wine
- • 40 ml water
Marinade:
- • 1 tsp light soy sauce
- • ½ tsp dark soy sauce
- • ½ tsp fish sauce
- • 1 tsp sesame oil
Method:
- 1. Marinate the pork slices in (A) for at least 10 minutes.
- 2. Heat oil in wok, stir fry ginger for 20 seconds. Then add garlic and chilli. Stir fry for another 30 seconds.
- 3. Add pork slices, stir fry until you see that they are fully cooked on the surface.
- 4. Add water and spring onions. Splash yellow rice wine along the side of the wok and let the alcohol evaporate in a few seconds.
- 5. Serve hot.
