Here is a Kashaya powder for immunity and also soothing recipe for kashayam. Ayurvedic kadha is a healthy herbal drink with innumerable benefits. It is a best kashayam for cough and cold.
Kashaya powder is an ancient ayurvedic herbal powder which is used to make Kashayam. Basically it is a powder form of ayurvedic roots, herbs and spices. Kashayam offers incredible health benefits.
Further, Ayurvedic kadha powder can be prepared easily at home, but it needs some special and rare ingredients. Here I have used 18 different herbs, roots and spices which gives nice flavor and with unique healing powers.
Kashaya Powder Recipe Ingredients
- Coriander seeds
- Cumin
- Fennel seeds
- Black pepper
- Long pepper/hippali/pippali
- Licorice/mulethi/jeshta madhu
- Dry ginger
- Carom seeds
- Caraway seeds
- Fenugreek seeds
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Mace/japatre
- Cloves
- Green and Black cardamom
- Turmeric powder
- Ashwagandha powder
- Guduchi powder/amrutha balli powder
You could use all these ingredients if available to prepare kashaya powder. If not, can also be made with whatever the ingredients you have at your kitchen.
Once you prepare kashaya powder, then preparing kashayam is very easy. Just boil water with kashaya powder and jaggery, brew it for few minutes and then add milk at the end. Now the traditional hot brew is ready to sip.
Moreover, this traditional hot beverage kashyam is very tasty and a soothing drink especially in winter season to keep our body warm and it is a simple way to get rid of infections, cough, cold & flu symptoms naturally without any side effects. Surely, kashaya is a healthy alternative to coffee or tea and it is caffeine free. Regular consumption of this kashaya helps to boost immunity & flush out the toxins from the body.
Even more, in Udupi, Malnad region of Karnataka, they used to drink Kashayam regularly evening or at bed time. Certainly, it is a best anti-viral drink and extremely good for respiratory issues. Most importantly, it is a best tonic when we have sore throat, viral fever, sneezing, headache.
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Benefits Of Kashayam
- Kashayam is a best medicinal Ayurvedic herbal drink & balances TRIDOSHAS (vata, pitta and kapha) in our body.
- It is an excellent detox drink & helps to flush out toxins from the body
- Drinking kashaya regularly is a best practice to boost immunity
- It is an amazing concoction to fight with cough, cold, sore throat & flu
- Helps in better digestion and improve appetite
- Good for stomach bloating
- Regularize the women menstrual flow & less painful cramps
- It supports proper function of the kidney and healthy urination
Disclaimer:
If you are allergic to any of the herbs & roots used here, please do check with your physician & consume accordingly..
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Here is a kashaya powder and kashayam with step by step photo and a detailed video
Kashaya Powder Recipe Video
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coriander seeds
- 1/4 cup cumin
- 1/4 cup fennel seeds
- 1/4 cup black pepper
- 8 to 10 long pepper / hippali / pippali
- 3 to 4 licorice / yashtimadhu root crushed
- 1 piece dry ginger crushed
- 1 tbsp carom seeds / ajwain
- 1 tbsp caraway seeds
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 6 to 8 strands cinnamon
- 1/2 nutmeg crushed
- 1/2 tsp japatre
- 10 to 12 cloves
- 4 to 6 green & black cardamom
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp ashwagandha powder
- 1 tbsp guduchi /amrutha balli powder
Instructions
How to make kashaya powder
- Take a blender jar and add coriander seeds, cumin, fennel seeds and black pepper
- Further add long pepper, crushed mulethi and dry ginger
- Also add carom seeds, caraway seeds, fenugreek seeds
- Again add cinnamon, crushed nutmeg, japatre, and cloves
- Additionally add cardamom, turmeric powder, ashwagandha powder and guduchi powder
- Blend all the ingredients to a powder form
- Now homemade kashaya powder is ready!
- Store this in an airtight glass jar with lid and further use it!
Making of kashaya using kashaya powder:
- Heat a sauce pan on moderate flame and add 2 cups of water
- Add 2 tbsp of jaggery and 1/2 tsp of prepared kashaya powder
- Mix well and bring it to a boil for 3 to 4 mins
- Then turn off heat and add milk
- Finally give a good mix and serve to a glass jar
- Now healthy immunity booster kashaya is ready to serve!
- Enjoy this healthy drink as an alternative to coffee or tea!
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