Confinement kitchen
Confinement recipes
Home-style Cantonese dishes traditionally cooked for new mothers — soups, mains, drinks and sweets — with practical notes on food safety, alcohol and breastfeeding.
Drinks
Brown sugar ginger tea (紅糖薑茶)
A quick, warming drink of fresh ginger simmered with Chinese brown sugar and red dates — a confinement staple, and a comfort on a cold UK day.
25 min · Serves 2
Drinks
Red date and longan tea (紅棗桂圓茶)
A naturally sweet, warming drink of red dates and dried longan, simmered with a little ginger — no added sugar needed.
35 min · Serves 2
Drinks
Toasted rice tea (炒米茶)
Rice dry-toasted until golden, then simmered into a nutty, comforting drink — traditionally sipped all month instead of plain water.
45 min · Serves 4
Traditional home recipes, shared for cultural interest — not medical or nutritional advice. Check with your midwife, health visitor or GP about allergies, special diets or medicines.