Festive Remedy
A tangy medicinal paste.
Prep Time
120
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
Prep Time
120
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
Ingredients
cup
½powdered jaggery
2
tbsp
Pepper Corns
2
tbsp
coriander seeds
1
tsp
ajwain
bishop’s weed
1
tbsp
Jeera
cumin seeds
1
inch
¼piece Sitharathai
ginger
¼ Saunth powder
dry ginger powder
1
Cardamom
whole
2
tbsp
gingelly oil
1
tsp
ghee
Instructions
Immerse jaggery in water and heat it up until it bubbles and is thick like honey in consistency. Strain to remove impurities.
Take all the ingredients except dry ginger powder and soak it in water till for 2 hrs. Transfer all the ingredients to a mixer.
Grind it to a semi fine paste.
Add dry ginger powder and mix well.
Now mix this paste and jaggery syrup and heat for 2 minutes until its frothy then mix well.
Simmer and keep mixing, at one stage it will start becoming thick, for 15 minutes.
When its thick and has the consistency of halwa, add the oil and keep stirring for 3 minutes and finally add ghee and then switch off.
Cool down and store in an airtight container.