MEMBER’S RECOMMENDATION
(tips gathered from our emails. Name of contributor in brackets)

RECOMMENDATIONS ON MILK ENHANCING FOOD/DRINKS FROM SEVERAL WOMEN

Japanese green tea, camomille tea, Marmite, Brewers Yeast, pucuk manis, kangkung, sawi, roselle, chlorophyl drink, drumstick (a kind of pea) – the list is endless….

More food to ponder over – green brinjal, lima beans (pic. below, thks to Nirmala, Sathiya and Ninuk), tosai and idli (the accompanying curry is power-packed with fenugreek)

You should be able to get fenugreek at any grocery store or else at an Indian store (used a fair bit in Indian cooking)… Try steeping fenugreek in hot water (like tea) or perhaps boil the water with fenugreek – my sister used this method and felt that it helped. (Nazreen)

I bought a big bag of fenugreek … and diffuse it as tea. It taste okey and my milk flows immediately! Probably because of the hot drink. (Lilian)

a Malay friend told me that eating daun pegaga (can be obtained in Malay market/stall) as ulam and white radish (lobak putih) in soup are very effective in increasing milk suppy. I am also told that cooking drumstick tree leaves as a soup, in dhall curry does also help with the supply. I tried the salted fish soup and … notice that the supply has increased somewhat. (Shahareen)

The (Fenugreek) seeds are quite hard & bitter. I tried crushing them with the batu lesong & diluting them in water, but it was so bitter & tasted horrible. …My hubby suggested to make your own capsules .I think you can get empty capsules from the pharmacy & put in your own fenugreek which you can ground it yourself (Sheela)