Summer mainly reminds me of two things, exhausting sunny days and my mom's special lemon tea. Lemon tea with refreshing lemon juice and a hint of mint flavor is an excellent beverage which can uplift your mood and energy instantly. With all the ingredients readily available in the pantry its so very easy to prepare...
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- Black tea powder - 1 tbs, 2 to 3 tea bags can be used in its unavailability.
- Water - 3 cups
- Lemon juice - 4 tbs
- Mint leaves - 3 to 4
- Chopped ginger pieces - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Green cardamom - 2
- Jaggery / Brown sugar - around 5 tbs ; if not available normal sugar any sweetener can be used.
Procedure:
- Slightly pound the cumin seeds and green cardamon in pestle and mortar.
- Take water in a sauce pan and put on a stove top. Add the pounded cumin and cardamon. Add the chopped ginger pieces and let it come to a good boil.
- Add in the black tea powder, mint leaves and jaggery. keep the stove on medium heat, cover and let it boil for 4 to 5 more minutes.
- Take the sauce pan off the stove top and strain the tea.
- To this add the lemon juice and give a good mix.
- Serve the tea hot with the snacks of your choice.
