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‘Winter gourd’ classic Cantonese summer broth,

‘Winter gourd’ classic Cantonese summer broth, with Chinese violet flowers 「夜香花」, cabbage, tofu, and shiitake mushrooms.
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It’s a summer broth as winter melon is considered a seasonal veg/ gourd which has ‘cooling’ properties, lovely to have it even on a hot summer’s day. It is indeed challenging to make sense of a lot of traditional ideas about Chinese culinary practice, but I think the most important message is the dynamic relationship between how we eat the foods that are available to us.
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#seasonalveg#wintergourd#cantonesebroth#cantonesefood#tofu#chineseviolet#chinesefood#asianfood#clearbroth#whatimade#easyfood#familyfood#familyeats#foodthursday#冬瓜#清湯#豆腐#家常菜#夜香花#冬瓜湯#消暑#廣東菜

PALENGKE… Tagalog for ‘wet market’. I first

PALENGKE… Tagalog for ‘wet market’. I first learnt this word as a child, when every day together with many others, our family helper would visit the wet market in Hong Kong to get food for the evening meal.
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Apart from the odd word however and only as an adult, did I realise how little I knew about their culture.
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There are close to half a million of domestic helpers in this hyper city (and half of them are from the Philippines). They form the backbone of family life, cleaning, cooking, offering care to the young and the old, and mandated to live in with the family. With most people who live in shoebox size apartments in the city however, many of them do not even have their own bed.
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What sometimes lacking in the conversation around nutrition, is how the food is made and by whom. I do think in the current thinking of food and nutrition, certain people are more and less visible than others which can be a little problematic.
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With the pandemic we have seen how migrant workers and marginalised groups in our society are disproportionately affected. Many of them are key workers who continue to work in, and commute to, places subjecting themselves to a higher risk of infection.
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With so much more attention on diet nowadays, a global food solution is only as good as engaging with the people behind it from producing, preparing and making the food that altogether forms what we call ‘the food system’. It’s not perfect, but a useful conceptual framework for us all to think and rethink what food means to us, apart from just ‘nutrition’ and sustenance.
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Wet markets have been disproportionately vilified in the press over the past few months so I am taking the advantage of being on this side of the world where ‘wet markets’ are a huge part of the local and shape our foodways - also nutrition. More on this in my new series of #wetmarketwednesdays
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#migrantworkers#filipinoworkers#domesticworkers#foodthatfeedus#wetmarkets#asianmarkets#marketsinasia#palengke#peoplefirst#anthropology#foodforthought#anthropologyoffood#nutritionfortheworld#socialnutrition#foodsystem#foodsystems#foodways#fillipinofood#tagalog#migranthealth

Courgette 🥒 dill and feta 🧀 pancakes, recipe

Courgette 🥒 dill and feta 🧀 pancakes, recipe @david_tanis late post from @oxfordfoodsymposium grated a little ginger to go along with the herbs and spices theme.
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#breakfast#breakfastpancakes#pancakes#courgettes#oxfordfood2020
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Black woodear mushrooms, stir-fried with chives an

Black woodear mushrooms, stir-fried with chives and sweetcorn. I’ve always known chives more as vegetables but it’s used mainly as herbs in some parts of the world, including the UK. At @oxfordfoodsymposium @naomiduguid raised the question on Twitter, why not use herbs as veggies? After all, they are so flavourful and pretty too.
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In Chinese culinary practice, there seems to be three kinds of chives which are used differently, their fresh stems, one with their flowers and the paler kind as garnish.
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I did not eat a lot of other herbs growing up because there is a somewhat negative connotation on uncooked greens, that it might be too ‘raw’ for health... perhaps maybe until salads became popular? When eating out, my mum would request for all dishes to go without any uncooked green garnishes -「走青」- otherwise she’d spent the whole meal picking those green bits out which I now find a little amusing. Any other Asian mums/moms out there who do the same...?
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#chinesefood#woodear#chives#sweetcorn#stirfry#oxfordfood2020#herbs#asianfood#homecooked#imadethis#familyeats#黑木耳#老鼠耳#韮黃#韮菜#韮菜花#我煮的#家常便飯

A veggie curry dish served with fresh rice 🍛 on

A veggie curry dish served with fresh rice 🍛 on this hump day aka #WetMarketWednesdays…
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Half an onion 🧅 , half a carrot 🥕 , half a broccoli 🥦 with three potatoes 🥔 two tomatoes 🍅 and a bunch of kale leaves 🌱(which have turned a little yellow by this time of the week). Tipped the remaining half jar of chickpeas. I used a Japanese ‘curry block’ (basically a paste) with a can of coconut milk to make up the base, and grated a thumb of ginger.
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A quick thought on curry, and how it’s made its way through the sea routes 🌊 which brought spices and flavours around the world through the British empire. I had always thought curry was a standalone spice, little did I know it’s a mixture of spices and surely taste quite different as places and people adopt this flavour into their local cuisines…
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#herbsandspices##curry#currydish#japanesecurry#potatocurry#chickpeacurry#veggiecurry#whatweate#homemade#quickeats#familyfood#feedingmyfamily#asianfood#chinesefood#noplacefood#foodhistory#foodanthropology#humpdayfood#咖哩#雜菜咖哩#日式咖哩

Kale-cious! 🌿Giving these lovely leafy greens a

Kale-cious! 🌿Giving these lovely leafy greens a *squash and a squeeze* before bagging them for lunch. Who likes that Julia Donaldson story by the way?
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Quick stir-fry with a couple of cherry tomatoes from our neighbour and handful of pine nuts, finishing up with a little sesame oil and dash of @lkkeurope sweet soy sauce.
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Developing a healthy relationship with food is so important but I do feel this statement is now thrown around the block a bit without giving eating much context. One of the most visceral ways to connect with food of course is through our senses.
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This begins when we source food - more of us buy rather than grow - so the sight, smell, sound, feel of foods when we shop also informs the way we eat, and our relationship with food. Taste actually comes last in this process!
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💢Wet markets have been disproportionately vilified in the press over the past few months so I am taking the advantage of being on this side of the world where ‘wet markets’ are a huge part of the local and shape our foodways - also nutrition. More on this in my new series of #wetmarketwednesdays
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#seasonalfood#seasonalveg#foodthatfeedus#wetmarkets#kale#asianmarkets#marketsinasia#stirfry#familyeats#Imadethis#everydayfoods#quickeats#quickdishes#quickrecipes#recipesunder10mins#foodsenses#foodtouches#lovemyfood#lovefoodhatewaste#eateateat#foodmarket#foodeducation#羽衣甘藍#蕃茄#松子#街市#香港街市#我煮的#好味

Turning to an emergency box of luncheon meat, just

Turning to an emergency box of luncheon meat, just a quarter of this stir-fried with a quarter of onion, and the last couple of eggs for a simple dish, with a previously frozen box of fish and lettuce dish before our weekly shop on #WetMarketWednesdays
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#stirfry#eggdish#spam#luncheonmeat#asianfood#chinesefood#homecooked#simplefood#nojazzfood#familyfood#whatweate#nofoodwaste#foodsaavy#feedmyfamily#foodfeed#eggdish#炒蛋#午餐肉炒蛋#普通吃#自己煮

🥭 Mango and guava chutney, using around 400g cu

🥭 Mango and guava chutney, using around 400g cut fruit, 50ml white vinegar, 50g sugar, 1 slice of ginger, 1 dried whole chilli 🌶 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and 1/4 tsp ground coriander.
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I wish I had grown my own herbs and spices, but in the spirit of the first V-Symp @oxfordfoodsymposium this year with this exact theme, here’s this little bottle of relish labelled with the lovely artwork @jaketilson
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#herbs#spices#herbsandspices#chutney#homemadechutney#oxfordfood2020#homemade

🥣 Golden congee for #FishFriday a few pieces of

🥣 Golden congee for #FishFriday a few pieces of ginger, half a pumpkin 🎃 quarter cauliflower, box of sweetcorn 🌽 and a large fillet of fish 🐟 simply cooked in water over medium heat for 40 mins. Served with dash of white pepper. It’s naturally savoury from the sweetcorn and frozen seafood and just what was needed to feed the family after a long day.
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#fridayfood#congee#chinesefood#pumpkin#sweetcorn#fishcongee#asianfood#comfortfood#familyfood#familyeats#quickeats#foodfeed#favouriteeats#粥#黃金粥#南瓜粥#粟米粥

Fruit grocers pruning baskets of lychees for sale

Fruit grocers pruning baskets of lychees for sale in ‘wet markets’ and the same fruit sold in supermarkets… which would you go for?
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We talk about local food systems a lot, and wet markets are exactly the kind which make up a big part of the ‘local’. They offer a wide range of the affordable and seasonal produce that feed us, without the need for excessive packaging, and are important sources of income for smallholder farmers and merchants.
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Wet markets have been disproportionately vilified in the press over the past few months and there have been extensive calls to *ban the wet market* First of all, let’s be clear that they are not ‘wildlife’ markets.
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Wet markets were given their name in English due to how they are spray-cleaned with the water hose - something which was very new for those writing about the former colony of Hong Kong back in the day. They are commonplace in the rest of Asia, where a fresh food culture predominates prepackaged foods, and are not too dissimilar to green grocers and farmers’ market in other parts of the world. So imagine fresh foods that do not travel many air miles, suffocated in plastic packaging and a real connection with the foods - that feed us.
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💫 More on this in my new series of #wetmarketwednesdays 💫
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#seasonalfood#seasonalfruit#summerfruit#foodthatfeedus#wetmarkets#lychees#asianmarkets#ho gkongmarkets#marketsinasia#savethewetmarket#荔枝#街市#香港街市

Cheesy baked pork chop rice. Might sound odd to so

Cheesy baked pork chop rice. Might sound odd to some but a classic fusion dish like this is much loved in Hong Kong and something I grew up with. Its unique flavours of sweet, savoury and sour altogether in a fried rice 🍚 base topped with pork chops, poured over with tomato 🍅 sauce and grated cheese 🧀 . The pineapple 🍍 slices are a bonus - think... Hawaiian pizza?
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#foodfeed#porkchoprice#bakedporkchoprice#ricediahes#bakedricedishes#homecookedfooimadethis#familyeats#familyfood#fusionfood#chinesefood#hongkongfood#焗豬扒飯#港式茶餐廳#焗飯#茶餐廳美食#自己煮

Green veggie roses. I routinely cut off the bottom

Green veggie roses. I routinely cut off the bottoms of any greens before stir-frying. I grew up learning that these are the ‘unclean’ parts as they are more likely to gather dirt and possibly insecticides. Even as I washed them carefully and debated for a moment, they still ended in the bin. Ideas about food - especially what we consider edible and inedible - really stick around for a while.
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#foodart#veggieroses#foodforthought#bokchoi#bokchoibottoms#anthropologyoffood#foodanthropology#foodstufies#edibles#inedibles#foodfeed#chopboardart#foodideas#foodculture#eatingculture#veggieart#chinesevegetables#chineseveg

Aromas of childhood 🥢 … 🍄 Shiitake, water

Aromas of childhood 🥢
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🍄 Shiitake, water chestnuts and pork patties served on a bed of cabbage and tofu puffs. It transports me back to a time of after school summer lunches at my grandmother’s as a young child.
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I used to think I imagined this, but how food brings back memories of bygone days can actually be explained by the fact that our smell 👃 system in particular is closely connected to the part of our brain which stores memories.
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My late grandmother passed away three years ago at the ripe age of 103. I still remember a time when I told her I was to become a nutritionist which to her was more to do with hygiene than health. Food of course should be inherently healthy.
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The knowledge of feeding people is an engrained part of our food culture and should not be separated from what we eat. Sometimes I do think a century of progress and development has somehow caused more confusion over food than ever. Do traditional foodways belong to a time long gone? How do we make use of what is passed down to us, all these rich memories, and continue to feed ourselves and our families?
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It is with this #foodforthought that I conclude my #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise awareness and funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia, via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause!
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🍙Rice parcels aka #zongzi wrapped in bundles of

🍙Rice parcels aka #zongzi wrapped in bundles of bamboo leaves 🌱 on Dragonboat Festival 🐉 .
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Amidst the legends and superstitions of this traditional Chinese festival associated with patriotism and loyalty, is always a family story of rice parcels... grandmothers who used to make them and the conversations around fillings, savoury or sweet, the kind of beans or meat, and a salted egg 🥚 maybe?
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Having made these rice dumplings for the very first time, I’ve come to realise it’s the bamboo leaves which require the most effort: wash, clean, soak, boil and rinse again, a process which lasted a couple of days. The glutinous rice fillings are more straightforward which only need some pre-soaking. I used beans and chesnuts as advised by the lady at the wet market to keep it simple, important for a beginner like me.
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@celestialpeach_uk wrote a beautiful essay about this for Vittles @jonathandnunn which reflects the collective spirit that is true to this festival, do follow and take a read! .
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Sharing this dish as part of the #PAWA10GIVE10 as I am wrapping up this challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. .
I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 9) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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🔸Follow the Flavour 🔸 . . Tumeric is a spice

🔸Follow the Flavour 🔸
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Tumeric is a spice I grew to love, not only does it add a warm flavour but its strong yellow colour adds sunny vibes to any dishes. But if you search turmeric online, there’s no short of results showing ‘health benefits’, ‘supplements’ and ‘nutrition’ as a result of the bioactive compound called ‘curcumin’ associated with anti-inflammatory properties. .
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The problem with focussing only on health claims and single nutrients is how this can be taken out of context which is counterproductive to healthy eating. So many traditional ingredients that are considered ‘novel’ and ’super’ have been around for ages. Pairing these flavours with foods also bring about their best qualities, which always trump any health or nutrition claims. If you enjoy the food and eat from a wide variety, then health will follow... (obviously with modern diets all these terms will need to be unpacked)
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Tumeric is used across many Asian dishes. I like adding this to my one pot rice dishes as in this duck pilaf @gressinghamduck and chopped cavolo nero, or simply seasonal greens.
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 8) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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#duckpilaf#tumeric#ricedish#seasonalgreens#healthclaims#curcumin#bioactive#biocompounds#pawa#fundraising#recipesharing#girlforgirl#foodeducation#nutrition#nutritionmatters#educationmatters#homecooking#familyeats#homecookedmeals#everydayfood#healthyrecipe#cookforhealth#pawalondon#yellowrice#homefood#onepotdish#foodforthought#flavours#asianfood

🐚 Clams cooked with spring onions. Dash of rice

🐚 Clams cooked with spring onions. Dash of rice wine, chopped chillies and fish sauce. Packed with the fifth taste - umami - and lots of texture too. In time for #SeafoodFriday 🥢 .
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 7) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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#recipe#fishfriday#fridayfood#chinesefood#asianfood#fusionfood#fishsauce#clams#umami#springonions#pawa#fundraising#recipesharing#schoolfood#girlseducation#nutrition#nutritionmatters#schoolmatters#educationmatters#homecooking#familyeatshomecookedmeals#everydayfood#everydaymeals#healthyrecipe#cookforhealth#pawalondon#lovefood#foodfeed

Rice, rice Monday 🍚 Going a little further with

Rice, rice Monday 🍚 Going a little further with these leftover grains with kale, sun dried tomatoes, dash of sesame oil and soy sauce, combine together with corn flour and one egg. Shape into small discs to pan fry both sides. Finishing off with chopped spring onions as usual 🌱 With a corn soup dip (from canned) Both my children seemed to enjoy these bite size rice cakes as they seem a little more interesting to eat, and could easily be a meal on its own...? .
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 6) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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#recipe#ricemonday#ricecakes#chinesefood#asianfood#fusionfood#kale#sundriedtomatoes#springonions #vegetables#pawa#fundraising#recipesharing#girlforgirl#schoolfood#girlseducation#nutrition#nutritionmatters#schoolmatters#educationmatters#homecooking#familyeatshomecookedmeals#everydayfood#everydaymeals#healthyrecipe#cookforhealth#pawalondon#homefood#homemadesnacks

For #FishFriday, a simple 🐟 fish dish using fro

For #FishFriday, a simple 🐟 fish dish using frozen fillets, cooked with sliced shiitake mushrooms 🍄 , spinach 🌱, and cucumber 🥒 cubes in honour of @vegpoweruk #seasonalveg campaign (yes we cook these!) and finish with some diced spring onions. Flavoured nothing else but Hoisin sauce, so you can imagine it’s sweet and salty all at once, also family meal in a bowl too!
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 5) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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🌱Okra and tomato 🍅 quick ‘stew’ 🌱 We

🌱Okra and tomato 🍅 quick ‘stew’ 🌱 We bought this bag of frozen whole okras from our corner shop at the beginning of lockdown, frankly as a ‘backup’ veg as most fresh food were wiped off the shelves. But the time had come to cook it with baby tomatoes and half a sliced red onions - base made with a dollop of tomato purée, a little ketchup and splash of fish sauce (always!) .
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 4) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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🥬Who cooks lettuce leaves? Don’t want to gene

🥬Who cooks lettuce leaves? Don’t want to generalise but it’s probably a very Asian way of eating it? Some really pretty purple leaves from @namayasaifarm to stir-fry with a spoon of canned black beans dace. .
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I am taking part in the #PAWA10GIVE10 challenge to raise funds for @pawalondon which protects education ✏️ - and school food 🏫 🥘 - for girls in Asia. I will be sharing 10 recipes (this is number 3) with Asian inspiration here and you can donate via the link on my bio. Please do so if you are able to. Every little helps 😊 Thank you for your generosity, and @carolchan9394 @comms8 for inviting me to join this wonderful cause! .
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