Stomach upset? Feeling like to catch cold or fever? Sleepy? Want to get warm in a cold day? Or Just want to try Indian tea? Then this is for you….
Ingredients:
Fresh Ginger 1 cubic centimeter crushed (don’t cut) per person
Cardamom 3 -4 pods (crushed) or 2 – 4 pinch (if it’s powder)
Cloves 2 -5 (is an accessory to add for stomach issues)
Full cream Milk as needed
Sugar as needed.
Water – 1/4 of milk
Tea bags – 1 light, 2 medium, 3 strong /person
Method:
Boil water, add the crushed ginger, crushed cardamom, crushed cloves and let it cook for a minute. Add tea bags and let it boil. Once you see the essences came out of the tea bag, add milk. Boil it till it rises. Once rises, remove the tea, filter everything out from tea. Add sugar and enjoy.
Effects:
Ginger : warms you up, cleans your stomach, soothes sore throat, helps preventing cold or fever.
Cardamom: helps to clear bad breath, good for teeth, helps digestion, gives good mood, gives good flavor to the tea.
Cloves: helps digestion, gastric issues, clears stomach upset, cleans stomach, will make you use the toilet after sometime.
Milk: change the taste of everything, even if you don’t like ginger milk will change the flavor and make it good.
Spice names in other languages: ( using Google translate)
cardamom:
finnish- kardemumma
turkish- Kakule
German – Kardamom
French – cardamome
Russian – кардамон
Spanish – cardamomo
Portuguese – cardamomo
Chinese – 豆蔻果实
Japanese – カルダモン
Ginger:
Japanese – ショウガ
Chinese – 生姜
Portuguese – Gengibre
Spanish – jengibre
Russian – имбирь
French – gingembre
German – Ingwer
Turkish – zencefil
Finnish – inkivääri
clove:
Finnish – mausteneilikka
Turkish – karanfiller
German – Gewürznelken
French – clous de girofle
Russian – Гвозди́чное де́рево
Spanish – clavos de olor
Portuguese – Cravo-da-índia
Chinese – 丁香
Japanese – クローブ
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