Kashayam for Cold and cough, Home remedy

#kashayamrecipe #homeremedies Kashayam for common cold and cough | கஷாயம் in tamil, with a video and step by step pictures, with clear explanations on how to make a Kashayam with easily available ingredients at home and home garden. Ingredients - Serves 2 Whole black pepper 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds 1/2 tsp Ajwain leaves | omavalli leaves 2 Betal leaves | vethalai 2 small Palm sugar or honey 2 tsp Water 2 cups Chitarathai*|சித்தரத்தை a small piece Dry ginger powder* 2 pinches Fresh turmeric** a small piece *Dry ginger powder - Can replace with a small piece of fresh ginger, crush slightly before use. **Fresh turmeric can be replaced with 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder. Method : In a sauce pan add 2 cups of water and add the whole black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, ajwain leaves, betal leaves, chitarathai and dry ginger powder . If you want you can dry roast the coriander seeds for 2 minutes and then add to the water. I used home grown betel leaves and so it is quite small. So i used 2 small leaves. Add in the fresh turmeric, slightly crush before use. If using turmeric powder use it. Let this boil for 10 -12 minutes. Once done switch off the flame. Filter the mixture and using a spoon nicely squeeze the spice mixture. Discard the spice mixture as we extracted all the juice from it. Add palm sugar candy or honey to this and mix well. Serve it hot. This kashayam soothes the throat and controls cough and cold. You can have this once a day, up to 5 days. Notes: 1.If you don't get ajwain leaves, then add 1/2 tsp pf ajwain seeds| omam. 2. I am not sure whether you can, give this for small kids but for above 10 year old kids you can definitely give this kashayam. 3. You can add a small stick of Cinnamon, Tulsi leaves to the the water while making Kashayam.