Homemade Herbal Coffee or Chukku Kaapi
 
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Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2 Cups
Ingredients
  • Water- 3 cups
  • Jaggery or palm sugar- 3-inch slice (must add)
  • Whole Cardamom- 3, slightly crushed
  • Whole cloves- 2, slightly crushed
  • Dried Ginger- 2-inch slice or use 1½ tsp ground dried ginger
  • Whole black pepper or ground black pepper- ½ tsp
  • Ground cumin- ¼ tsp
  • Fresh Basil or Tulsi leaves- 10 leaves
  • Instant coffee- 2 tsp
Instructions
  1. To a saucepan, add all the ingredients into the water except coffee, cover the pan with the lid.
  2. Don't replace jaggery with white sugar. Jaggery is unrefined sugar from sugar cane.
  3. Brew over medium heat for 5 minutes & then simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
  4. Let the jaggery dissolve completely in water.
  5. After 10 minutes of brewing, add instant coffee powder and give it a good stir, remove the pan from the heat, keep it covered for 5 minutes.
  6. Strain the coffee into mugs and sip while it's warm.
  7. The hotness from the ground pepper, the aroma from the basil leaves and the other spices, the sweetness from the jaggery will charge you up instantly.
  8. After you finish sipping this coffee your senses will open up and will feel better.
  9. This is a great homemade remedy for cold, headaches, sinus, etc.
Notes
You could adjust the spice and sweet level based on your preference.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/homemade-herbal-coffee-chukku-kaapii-home-remedy-for-cold-sinus-head-ache-instant-relief/