Postpartum

Papaya & Peanut Soup

Name: Papaya & Peanut Soup
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

LEVEL

#confinement

#blood_building

#vegetarian

#lactation

A frequent lactation-soup pick — sweet papaya aids digestion, peanut and date nourish, lighter than the trotter version.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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117%

DAILY RDI

Vitamin C

99.6mg

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34%

DAILY RDI

Folate

201.5µg

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30%

DAILY RDI

Protein

21.5g

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Papaya-peanut soup is a vegetarian staple among confinement lactation soups, sweet and light.

🔬 Modern Science

Peanuts give plant protein, dates add iron, papaya's papain aids digestion; galactagogue evidence is limited but the light, hydrating soup supports milk supply.

ℹ️Limited evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Soak peanuts 1 hour; pit red dates.

Simmer peanuts and dates 40 min until soft.

Add papaya, simmer 15 min more.

💡木瓜后放，保留清甜和口感。

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🦴Calcium

8%(82.3mg)

🍊Vitamin C

117%(99.6mg)

💪Protein

30%(21.5g)

Zinc

21%(2.3mg)

Iron

10%(2.6mg)

Folate

34%(201.5µg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] Bazzano AN, et al. (2016). Ochsner Journal, 16(4), 511-524.

Traditional galactagogue foods commonly used; supply mainly driven by demand, hydration and nutrition.

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