Fertility Friendly Food: Leek with shrimp
Leek is rich with carotene, vitamin C, calcium, iron and other nutrients. It can help to boost libido and promote fertility in man. Shrimp is protein-rich and contains zinc which can help to improve vitality of the sperms. This recipe is suitable for man that suffers impotence or poor sperm quality
Ingredients
1: 60g of peanut or olive oil
2: 3 large leeks of about 150g, chopped
3: 300g of peeled shrimp
4: ginger, onion
5: Salt, soy sauce, wine sauce
All these ingredients can be purchased at all supermarkets in Singapore like NTUC, Cold Storage or Sheng Siong.
Preparation Method:
- Wash the shrimp and dry it
- Wash the leeks and dry it. Chopped it into pieces with length of about 2 to 3 centimeter. Wash the onion and chopped it into pieces and chop the ginger into pieces as well.
- In the saucepan, heat the peanut or olive oil, put in the onion and ginger. When the heat is high, put in the shrimp and stir-fry for about 2-3 minute. Add the wine sauce and soy sauce followed by leek. Use high heat to stir-fry for about 4 minutes and then add the sesame oil.
- Do remember to use high heat to stir-fry the leeks.
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