Lemon and Ginger in Honey (Cold Buster)

Ingredients

Lemon: 3

Ginger: 2” piece

Honey: 1 ½ cups or as needed

              

Method Of Preparation

Cut the lemon into thin slices as per your desire.

Thinly slice the ginger.

In a dry jar add the lemon slices and ginger slices.

Then add the honey to the jar(honey should cover the lemon).

Let it rest for 24 hours.

Keep in cool place or refrigerate it.

If it is juicy lemon the mix goes slightly watery.

First 2-3 days will feel a slight bitter taste. After few days when the lemon gets soaked in honey it tastes really good and it is a good home remedy for cold and sore throat.

Chukku Podi/Dry Ginger Powder

This powder is a home remedy for sore throat, cold and cough. I got this recipe from my MIL, she makes it very often. Now I too do the same here. You can keep this for months if stored in air tight container.

Ingredients

Dry Ginger/Chukku: 100gm

Cardamom : 50gms

Cumin/Jeerakam: 75gms

Black pepper: 15-20gms

Kalkandam/sugar crystal: 500gms

Method of Preparation

In a blender add dry ginger, cardamom pods, cumin and black pepper.

Blend it to powder.

Sieve this and blend again and sieve it and keep aside.

Coarsely powder the sugar crystal and add to the powdered mix.

Mix this well.

Store in an air tight container.

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