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Wedang Jahe
Wedang jahe (Indonesian ginger drink/tea) is made with ginger and many other spices/herbs. This will be your new favorite drink throughout fall and winter.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 inches ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
- 100 gram palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), shaved or roughly chopped if using block version
- 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised and knotted
- 1 pandan leaf (Indonesian: daun pandan), knotted
- 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns (Indonesian: biji lada hitam), crushed
- 2 green cardamom pods (Indonesian: kapulaga), crushed
- 4 cloves (Indonesian: cengkeh)
- 500 ml water
Instructions
- 1
Dry frying the ginger until fragrant, chopped, and bruised.
- 2
Add the ginger and the rest of the ingredients in a sauce pot. Bring to a boil, cover the pot, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes until fragrant and all sugar has dissolved.
- 3
Turn off the heat and let steep while still covered for another 5 minutes.
- 4
Strain into individual tea cups and served. Garnish with some lemongrass stalks (optional).