Winter Special Ginger Jaggery Tea| Best Gud Wali Chai | A quick, healthy and aromatic, hot beverage made with only 4 ingredients – tea leaves, ginger, jaggery and low-fat milk. It gives you a refreshing taste of jaggery and an aromatic flavour of ginger. Ginger jaggery tea is one of the healthy chai recipes that you should try.
What is a tea
Tea is a hot beverage traditionally prepared with water, tea leaves, sugar and milk. It is a drink that we make on daily basis at our home.
Whether it is summer or wintertime, we like to have a cup of tea in the early morning and once in the evening. Tea is so much popular that even if a guest visits our home, we offer them a hot cup of tea.
Other hot beverages you should try during winters
About ginger jaggery tea or special gud wali chai
Especially during winter, we like to sip a hot cup of tea any time of the day to get rid of the cold. There are different kinds of tea available in the market- black tea, green tea, masala tea, and herbal tea. But masala tea with milk is almost the favourite of everyone who loves to drink tea.
To enjoy a hot cup of ‘kadak chai’, winters are the perfect time. A cup of tea refuels us and gives us warmth during the chilly winter time. One such type of amazing tea option is ginger jaggery tea or gud-adrak ki chai. It not only provides warmth but also gives the goodness of gud (jaggery) and the aroma of adrak.
The addition of jaggery is not only a healthier choice, but I think it tastes better than regular white sugar tea. It also provides a rich texture. I bet you, Once you try this tea will forget the taste of your sugar tea.
So, how we can prepare this delicious drink, I will share in this post. Check the instructions below.
We can make this tea with or without milk. Today, I am sharing this tea with milk. To make this tea with milk, we should keep a few things in mind.
First, boil ginger and jaggery in the water and lastly add milk to it. Don’t allow long boiling after adding milk as milk may curdle. Once you add the milk, cook for a few seconds and then strain tea or chai into the cups and serve it hot.
Health benefits of ginger and jaggery
Ginger and jaggery has a lots of health benefit. I have summarized few of them below.
- Cold, cough and sore throat are some common health ailments that we often suffer during winter. Ginger and jaggery both are immunity boosters food and help in boosting our immunity and fighting these issues.
- Jaggery is rich in minerals like zinc and selenium that prevents free radical damage and protect us from different infections.
- On the other hand, ginger has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help in preventing many ailments.
- Ginger and good both help in improving digestion and provides warmth to the body.
- Jaggery also purifies the blood and is an amazing remedy for cure anaemia. Eating a little piece of jaggery not only improves digestion but also increases iron levels in our blood.
- Apart from this, the jaggery-ginger combination helps in relieving joint pain, detoxifies the liver, prevents respiratory issues, boosts energy, controls blood pressure and even eases menstrual pain.
Step by step preparation of this best gud wali chai | ginger jaggery tea
1.In a sauce pan add water. Add 1 tsp tea leaves, 1 tsp washed and grate ginger, and 15 gm jaggery or gud. Boil it for 2-3 minutes on a low flame.
2. Then add cold milk, mix well.
3. Now wait till a boil comes. Switch off the flame and strain the tea.
4. Pour the tea into cups and serve hot with your favourite cookies.
Serving suggestion
Serve this very tasty and healthy ginger jaggery tea in the evening at snacks time with your favourite multigrain biscuits or cookies.
Tips and tricks
- First, boil very well tea leaves, ginger and jaggery.
- Use cold milk to add in the tea.
- After adding milk just boil for few seconds only.
- For getting the most health benefits serve it hot.
Recipe card
Winter Special Ginger Jaggery Tea | Best Gud Wali Chai
Ingredients
- Water 1 & 1/2 tea cups
- ½ inch or 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp or 15 gm Jaggery adjust as per your preference
- tea leaves – 1 tsp
- Milk – ½ cup (boiled and cold)
Instructions
- In a sauce pan add water. Add 1 tsp tea leaves, 1 tsp washed and grate ginger, and 15 gm jaggery or gud. Boil it for 2-3 minutes on a low flame.
- Then add boiled and chilled milk, mix well.
- Now wait till a boil comes. Switch off the flame and strain the tea.
- Pour the tea into cup and serve hot with your favourite cookies.
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Notes
2. Use boiled and chilled milk to add in the tea.
3. After adding milk just boil for few seconds only.
4. For getting the most health benefits serve it hot.
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