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August 19, 2009 Health and Nutrition

Health in a Cup- Kadha

With swine flu still dominating the news it has become difficult to distinguish between the regular flu (Influenza) and Swine Flu.  Lot of preventive advice is being given to keep the H1N1 at bay, adding to the confusion.

Here, meanwhile flu like diseases are at its peak. Cold, cough, sore throat, fever…you name it and we have it!

One of the home remedy traditionally used for Cough, cold, sore throat, bodyache and other such infections is this age old Kadha; a Marathi word for ‘Herbal Tea’.

This was my grandmother’s classic medicine when we were growing up; though at that time I did not much enjoy this Kadha; It had to be forced as a medicine.

Now I enjoy it as a ‘Herbal Tea’

For the Kadha you need: 

Health in a Cup- Kadha
Print Recipe
Health in a Cup- Kadha
Print Recipe
Ingredients
  • 8 - 10 Tulsi (Basil) :leaves washed
  • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds :
  • 1 Lemon Grass : leaf (Use dried lemon grass if you don't have fresh )
  • 3 - 4 Cloves :
  • 1 pinch Soonth (dry ginger powder):
  • 1 pinch Jeshthimadh (Licorice):
Servings:
Instructions
  1. Add all these ingredients to water and boil till the water reduces to half its original quantity.
  2. Filter (if required) and drink hot.
  3. Note: Jeshthimadh is a natural sweetner so I haven't added honey. Use honey if not using Jeshthimadh.
  4. Thank you for visiting My FoodCourt ..Cheers

Categories: Health and Nutrition

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Comments

  1. Aarati Soman says

    October 16, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Thanks for this recipe! My aji used to make this for me 🙂

    Reply
  2. Priyanka Patki says

    May 26, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Thanks for the recipe …came in handy when my mom was sick .
    Generally she used to make it for me when I get sick .Your recipe helped me to make it for her when she was sick with bad cold and cough… 🙂

    Reply
  3. Govind says

    July 6, 2012 at 6:12 am

    Thank you! I haven’t tried this as yet, but I am going to take it as once in a while herbal tea for preventive health benefits. I have been looking for such recipe for a while.Thanks again!

    Reply
  4. Pallavi says

    September 9, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    Thanks for this recipe. I found a video of the same thing. http://youtu.be/2so0En7hmAo

    Reply
  5. get rid of sore throat says

    January 8, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    Nice post. I learn something new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon everyday.
    It will always be exciting to read content from other authors and use something from their sites.

    Reply

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