Kadha recipe
Kadha is a traditional Indian spiced drink made by simmering ginger, tulsi, black pepper, cloves and cardamom in water, then straining and serving it warm.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 2-3 choti elaichi/green cardamoms
- 2-3 badi elaichi/black cardamom
- 4-5 laung/cloves
- 1 tablespoon fennel seeds or saunf
- 1 piece licorice or mulethi
- 1 piece Ginger or adrak
- 4-5 pepper corns or kali mirch
- 1 tablespoon tulsi /Indian basil OR Italian basil
- 1 tablespoon black tea or 1 black tea bag
- 1 teaspoon jaggery or gud (as per taste)
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 cups water
Instructions
- Slightly crush and mix all ingredients together except the jaggery.
- Add all ingreients to boiling water .
- Continue to boil in water until it reduces to half,add jaggery.
- Strain the liquid through a sieve and serve warm.