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High Dietary Fibre Intake for Better Health
Cooking meat or beans with vegetables as side ingredients not only
makes the dishes more appetizing and attractive but also increase the
fibre intake. The following table shows the fibre content of some food:

Food Weight Dietary fibre content (g)
Soybeans (dry) 100g 9.3
Mixed vegetables (frozen) 100g 2.6
Straw mushrooms 100g 2.5
Celery 100g 1.6
Onions (medium size) 1 piece (about 100g) 1.2

Cooking Tips
Buying and storing ginger
• Choose ginger that is heavy and firm.
• Ginger can be kept by sealing it in a food storage bag and putting it in the
refrigerator.
Enhancing the flavour of dishes
Besides using herbs, “pouring wine” (refer to the appendix “Culinary Jargons”
for details) during cooking can also enhance the flavour of dishes. The wine
commonly used in cooking is made from grapes or rice.
Cooking wine on the market is usually high in sodium and therefore not
recommended. You may consider using drinking wine (e.g. red or white wine)
instead. It can still be used 1 to 2 days after opening.
On the other hand, due to the high alcohol content of Chinese spirits (e.g.
Shaoxing wine or rice wine), no salt is added for preservation. If you use these spirits
for cooking, you don’t have to worry about the sodium issue.

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