Ginger Tea Recipe- 2 Ways

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This warm and cozy Ginger Tea, made with fresh root of gingers, is an Indian traditional refreshing drink! I love both the versions- lemon ginger tea and Indian ginger milk tea!

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Ginger Tea is a popular Indian beverage made by steeping fresh or dried ginger root in hot water. Me and Ginger tea go back several years. In winter, my day began with ginger milk tea.

This recipe include two versions of Ginger Tea- one with water (No Milk), which is Lemon Ginger Tea and is flavored with lemon juice and the other is made with milk and water, which is Indian Ginger Tea.

You may also check Indian Recipe of Tulsi Kadha for Cold and Cough and Turmeric Milk.

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Ingredients
How To Make Ginger Tea (Without Milk)
How To Make Ginger Tea (With Milk)
More Indian Drinks
Expert Tips
Recipe FAQs
Ginger Tea Recipe- 2 ways

Ingredients

For The Ginger Tea Without Milk (Lemon Ginger Tea)

Fresh Ginger Root
Sugar
Water.
Lemon Juice-Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Mint Leaves (Optional)

For The Ginger Tea With Milk

Fresh Ginger Root
Sugar
Milk- Adding little milk with ginger helps heal congestion and cough. I have used single toned milk. Try using low fat milk of any brand. The best ratio for water and milk to make Indian style Tea is 1: ½. One part water and half part milk.
Tea Leaves-I have used Tata tea leaves to make this recipe. They are the best brand in India and we love the flavor that comes from these tea leaves. Feel free to use any good and local variety of tea.
Water

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How To Make Ginger Tea (Without Milk)

Step 1 Wash, Peel and Grate

While the water is boiling in pot, wash, peel and grate ginger.

grate fresh ginger root for making ginger tea

Step 2 Add Ginger

To the water in pan, add grated ginger, sugar. Let it boil for 2-3 min on slow flame.

boil water and add grated ginger for ginger tea

Step 3 Serve It

You may serve the fresh ginger tea (You may skip sieving if you like ginger chunks in the tea) by adding a few drops of lemon juice. Let it be covered for 5 min or so and have it warm.

How To Make Ginger Tea (With Milk)

Step 1 Boil Water and Grate Ginger

In a large pan, boil water. While water is boiling, grate washed and peel ginger root. Add it to the water along with sugar. Let it boil for a min on slow flame.

Step 2 Add Tea Leaves

To the boiling ginger water, add tea leaves and let it boil on slow flame for about 1-2min.

Add milk. Make sure to sieve milk or else there would be a layer of oil (that comes from cream of milk) floating over your tea , unless you like it.

Let it boil on full flame and immediately slow the flame and let it boil on simmer for 2-5 min.

add tea leaves to ginger water for ginger tea with milk

add milk to tea leaves water for ginger tea with milk

Step 3 Serve The Ginger Milk Tea

The hot and delicious Ginger tea with Milk is ready. Serve it hot with a cookie or rusk and enjoy!

ginger tea with milk for relief in cold cough

More Indian Drinks

Expert Tips

For making tea with milk, make sure to add milk after the water has been boiled with ginger. Adding milk before water has boiled with ginger may spoil the tea if milk curdles.
Let the lemon ginger tea be covered for a few minutes (5-10 min) to absorb all the flavor and have it warm.
While one may use dried ginger, the best results are seen with freshly grated ginger root.

Recipe FAQs

How to make Indian ginger tea?

Boil Water with freshly grated ginger, sugar, tea leaves. Let it boil for 3 minutes. Add milk (water to milk 1:2) and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

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