Tomatoes with Eggs (Easy Chinese Recipes)

In Chinese cooking, tomato is commonly used to cook with eggs. This dish, Tomatoes with Eggs, is both nutritious and delicious. My kids would eat more rice when this dish is on table. Tomatoes have been shown to be helpful in reducing the risk of prostate cancer, breast cancer as well as preventing from heart disease. Tomato is a very good and healthy food. So, I would cook tomatoes twice or three times a week for my family.

Ingredients:

3 to 4 tomatoes (medium)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 eggs, whisked
1 Tbsp tomato ketchup
1/4 piece of raw sugar (or to taste)
1/2 cup water
a dash of salt

Thickening:

1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon corn flour
1 Tbsp water

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes into pieces, rinse and deseed if you don’t like it being too sour.
2. Whisk the eggs, add 2 to 3 teaspoons of water. It depends on how big the eggs are. Adding water into the whisked eggs would make them smoother after frying.
3. Add oil on a highly heated wok, fry whisked eggs. Slightly stir and cook until 70% done, set aside. You need to toss them back to cook again, so don’t cook the eggs too long.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil on wok over medium heat. Sauté minced garlic until aromatic. Add tomatoes, sprinkle with salt to taste and stir well. Put in 1/2 cup of water and raw sugar, cook a short while until sugar is dissolved and tomatoes turn tender.
5. Toss in the eggs. When all ingredients heat up again, add thickening to preferred consistency. Pour in a serving bowl, garnish with chopped spring onions.

Enjoy!