Small plate of soy sauce packed with good stuff

I was at a Chinese restaurant with my family. There, we each had a small saucer of some cut raw chillis and raw chopped garlic dipped in soy sauce. And I was thinking, this actually is an excellent health food to be taken by all.

Red chillis are packed with Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Meanwhile, modern science has shown that garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic, albeit broad-spectrum rather than targeted. Garlic is also a powerful antioxidant. No wonder it’s long been considered a herbal “wonder drug”. Also, the National University of Singapore found that soy sauce contains antioxidant properties that are 150 times that of vitamin C and approximately 10 times of the properties found in red wine. Trust the Singaporeans to do a research on this. But, before you start to guzzle up tons of soy sauce, remember, soy sauce is very, very salty, so too much is not good for your health. But anyways, too much of a good thing is always not good.

Try this if you have a cold, flu or just generally feel unwell.

Now if only I could get my two little kids to eat some of the condiments instead of playing with it, spilling the sauce all over the clean, pink tablecloth! A recipe for disaster!

Tagged with: chilli garlic sauce • chinese restaurant • garlic recipe • soy sauce

Filed under: Cooking • Cures • Family • General • Health • Herbs • raw food

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