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Lemongrass Ginger Herbal Tea

Lemongrass Ginger Herbal Tea is healthy and refreshing drink for rainy days. It is a balanced mix of ingredients to help relive cold symptoms and makes for a healthy replacement to regular tea. The ingredients like lemongrass, ginger are good for health and taste good as well.
Prep Time2 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time7 mins
Course: Breakfast, Drinks
Cuisine: Indian, Vegetarian
Keyword: Bevarage, Warm
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 leave fresh lemongrass
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 2 carom leaves ajwain, optional
  • 2-3 tsp sugar granulated

Instructions

  • Place 2 cups of water to boil in a pan. In the meanwhile, thoroughly wash and cut lemongrass leaves using a kitchen scissor into small pieces. Grate or crush ginger and wash carom leaves.
  • Once the water starts boiling, add lemongrass, ginger and carom leaves. Allow to boil them for 4-5 minutes to infuse their flavor well.
  • Add the sweetener of your choice - sugar or palm sugar or jaggery. Give it one final boil and remove from flame. Strain into cups and serve hot with snacks or put your feet up and drink a cozy cup with a book.

Notes

  1. You can use regular granulated sugar, palm sugar or even jaggery to make it healthier. You may need to adjust the sugar as per your taste.
  2. You can add tulsi (Indian basil), carom leaves, or any other herb of your choice to create your flavor.