This healthy Turmeric Ginger Tea Recipe heals, soothes, detoxes & rejuvenates!! This tea is a combination of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ingredients with lots of health benefits and also has an excellent flavour. Sipping a cup of turmeric tea can relieve inflammation in any form.
I have a detailed post about turmeric, its health benefits and how it helps boost immune system along with How to make turmeric pickle with fresh turmeric root. Do check out if you want to make some amazingly healthy & simple pickle. Please click here to get the recipe and also its health benefits.
Quick facts on Turmeric Tea:
- The active compound in turmeric is Curcumin.
- Curcumin is proven to have anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting properties.
- Curcumin gives turmeric its characteristic yellow colour.
What do you need for Turmeric Ginger Tea Recipe:
If you can get hold of fresh turmeric, well and good, otherwise you can use turmeric powder. The additional ingredients into the turmeric tea improves the taste or helps with its absorption. Today I’m using fresh ginger, black pepper powder, cinnamon powder and cardamom powder. All these individually have their health benefits and also enhance the flavour of the tea. Finally, you can add a sweetener of your choice and squeeze a dash of lime!!
Few health benefits of some common additives:
- Black pepper, which contains Piperine, a chemical known to help promote Curcumin absorption. Adding a pinch of black pepper increases absorption and also gives a spice kick to the tea.
- Cinnamon is one of the most delicious and healthiest spices on the planet. It aids weight loss, can lower blood sugar levels, reduces heart disease and has many more health benefits.
- Cardamom gives a good flavour to the tea.
- Lemon or lime, and ginger enhances the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in the mixture and improves taste.
- Honey sweetens the tea and gives the mixture more anti-microbial properties.
- You can also optionally add a little whole milk, cream, almond milk or coconut milk to the tea.
- Adding 1 teaspoon of ghee (clarified butter) or coconut oil helps with absorption, as Curcumin requires healthy fats to dissolve properly.
If you would like to try, here’s my style Turmeric Ginger Tea Recipe. Feel free to experiment with the ingredients and flavourings until you find a combination that suits your taste.
How to Prepare Turmeric Ginger Tea
- While ground versions are more convenient, it’s worthwhile to experiment with freshly grated turmeric for a more vibrant flavour. These distinctive, deep-orange roots are increasingly available during winters.
- Take a fresh turmeric root, wash it well, peel out the skin and grate(Warning: wear gloves). Similarly grate ginger and get the rest of the ingredients ready.
- In a medium pot, add 2 cups water along with all the ingredients.
- Bring all the contents to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and then cover with a lid and rest it for 10 minutes for all the flavours seep into the liquid.
- Strain the tea through a fine sieve.
- Transfer to a cup; add honey or any of your preferred sweetener and a dash of lemon to taste. This is all optional but do not add honey or lemon to hot liquid as it will destroy its benefits. You can also just drink the tea as it is.
Turmeric Ginger Tea Recipe | Immune Booster Drink
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Water
- 1 tsp Turmeric fresh grated or powder
- 1 tsp Ginger grated or organic ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
- Few drops Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Honey or any sweetener of choice
Instructions
- Take a fresh turmeric root, wash it well, peel out the skin and grate. Similarly grate ginger and get the rest of the ingredients ready.
- In a medium pot, add 2 cups water along with all the other ingredients.
- Bring all the contents to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and then cover with a lid and rest it for 10 minutes for all the flavours seep into the liquid.
- Strain the tea through a fine sieve.
- Transfer to a cup; add honey or any of your preferred sweetener and a dash of lemon to taste. You can also just drink the tea as it is.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Turmeric may stain your hands and countertops. Wearing hand gloves is useful. The colour on the countertop will eventually fade, but making a thick paste of baking soda and water and scrubbing the stain can help.
- Recipe can be halved or doubled if needed. Increase this recipe by another cup of water for a milder version tea.
- There is no hard and fast rule about the ingredients, just add them to your liking and enjoy the tea with its health benefits. You can skip anything you don’t like and still make the tea with a couple of ingredients.
- This immune boosting tea can be had by anyone and have this tea first thing in the morning on empty stomach for best results.
- A final note on turmeric. It should be consumed responsibly. People with bile duct obstruction, gallstones, and GI disorders including stomach ulcers and hyperacidity disorders should consult with their doctors before using.
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Padma.
Lathiya
Love this ginger turmeric tea. Such a soothing and refreshing drink. The color is so vibrant.
Jolly
Oh wow! This turmeric tea looks so very refreshing and healthy. My mom used to drink this kachi turmeric powder in milk for their bones pain problem. Like you say, it’s very healthy and immunity booster drink that’s very true. Much needed this drink during this tough time. Beautiful post!
Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey
This turmeric and ginger tea is needed the most in current times, Such eye-catching colours and pictures. Must try very soon.
Sasmita
great one !! This turmeric ginger tea is a best immunity booster drink. You have shared in much details and the clicks are so perfect Padma 🙂
Sapana
I love this tea and always make it whenever fresh turmeric is in stock. The health benefits are a plus point too.
Jayashree T.Rao
This is one of the tea I have been having lately, the corona scare has made us all try many things. A much needed post.
Uma Srinivas
Easy and best tea. My mom made me this tea for the first time, I really enjoyed it. Since then I am drinking this every morning.
Seema Sriram
immuneboosters like this are so needed for this time of the year. Moreover, we are heading into the winters here and I am sure I will benefit from your recipe a lot.
Mayuri Patel
Ever since the world has been ridden with the dreaded virus, hubby and I have turmeric and ginger tea every day to boost out immunity. I rather like the idea of adding cardamom too to make it more flavorful. Adding fresh turmeric and the powdered one, makes it taste slightly different.
Lata Lala
This is the best immunity booster drink for these times when it’s highly recommend. The recipe and pics looks fab.
Vandana
A perfect comforting drink. Just the mention of this drink takes me to India and I become homesick. Thanks for sharing this recipe. After leaving this comment I will make a cup for myself.
Vanitha Bhat
And this is my favorite drink to have now in these lockdown days, albeit savory with some kala namak! Love the idea of using fresh turmeric; awesome share dear!
Pavani
Healthy and nutritious tea. It looks so inviting with that vibrant color. Thanks for sharing this immunity boosting drink – will have to look for fresh turmeric and make this soon.
Shailender Sharma
This is the high time when everybody needs to add immunity booster diet to ones daily food and what else could be better than this amazing looking cup of tea. Beautiful post.