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Enjoy the winter season with this warm bowl of soothing and comforting yellow moong dal and ginger rasam or as we say in Tamil, pasi paruppu inji rasam. A perfect home remedy for a sore throat and cough. Learn how to make this delicious ginger rasam with a detailed video.
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Yesterday we saw the kashayam for infants and younger kids. Now this home made syrup is for elder kids and adults to fight cough and sore throat. Thippili is known for its expectorant properties and chittarattai is known for clearing sore throat. Thippli/long pepper is comparatively sweeter than regular black pepper. Now adding panagal kandu/rock candy/ palm sugar makes this kashayam more yummy for kids.
(The one I am using is arisithippili, you can also use the kandathippili, the long stemmed ones for this)
For me in US, there is no over the counter medicine for cough. So I need to rely on these home made remedies. I always keep thippili and chittarattai at home.
Notes:
You can also add tulsi leaves to this.
Here are ingredients:
Steps:
Filter it and drink it warm. (Panangal kandu may have some impurities, so filtering always helps)
Note:
You can use the same ingredients twice. You can boil them again in 3 cups of water. You still get the essence.
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In the home remedies theme, today I am going to post the betel leaf syrup for cough and congestion for kids. We regularly use this kashayam and this recipe was given by my ammama(Grandma). Betel leaf contains essential oils that has rich antiseptic properties and when combined with garlic it fights cold and flu more effectively. This kashayam can be given regularly to kids (infants from 6 months to 8-9 years) on the day of oil bath to prevent congestion and cough.
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