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This drink or kashayam is wonderfull home remedy for cold, running nose, cough and fever from our kitchen shelves Suffering from cold or running nose or cough or fever because of cold, this kashayam will do wonder by drinking 3 or 4 times a day. This kashayam does wonders for both adults and kids too. This always works for my family and stops us from running to hospital. Ingredients  Turmeric powder - 2 tea spoon or fresh turmeric - 2inch Cloves - 12 nos Cinnamon - 2inch Pepper - 10 nos Fresh ginger - 2inch or dry ginger - 2inch Jeera - 1 tea spoon (Optional) Beetal leaf - 2 nos Fresh Tulsi leaves - 15 nos (handful) karpooravali leaf (Optional) - 1 Note: If you are preparing this kashayam for kids or infants you can add some brown sugar or jaggery to subside spiciness of this drink. Procedure Add all the above mentioned ingredients in 1 liter water and bring it to boiling point. Get it to low flame after water started boiling. Keep it on low flame a...

This Kothamalli Coffee or Sukku Coffee or Sukku Malli Coffee is my all time favorite. My regular routine day starts with this. I have this powder ready. Generally I make it once a month and store it. It gives you very good relief when you cold, flu, head ache. Coriander is called Kothamalli and Dry ginger is called Sukku in tamil. So this coffee we call it as Kothamalli coffee or Sukku malli coffee.  All the ingredients in this has their own medicinal benefits. Expecialy Plam Jaggery is way better than our white sugar on the health benefits side.   Coffee Powder Preparation Ingredients 100g coriander seeds Dry ginger -  2 inch. Black pepper - 1 tbs Preparation  In a dry pan on a low flame, dry roast coriander seeds and pepper until the aroma start coming nicely and the seeds will slowly turn into brown color.  Keep stirring the seeds, other wise one side will get burnt easily and the aroma won't be so great. Let it cool. In a mixer grind ...

Remedy 1: Take warm water, dissolve some salt and do gargle nicely as to feel the warmth of water in the throat. I always use crystal salt for gargling. On my personal opinion, I feel that crystal salt works better for me than compared to powdered salt. Remedy 2: In boiled milk, add some black pepper powder and tumeric powder and drink warm. It can be taken twice a day. If you want some sweetness you can also add little honey to the milk along with pepper and turmeric.