Like chai? Begin your day with these easy immunity-boosting tea recipes

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The chef, in an Instagram post, shared that when down with a cold and flu, one looks forward to having something warm. So why not make immunity-boosting teas? While his all-time favourite combination of tea is tulsi leaves mixed with turmeric, ginger and tea leaves in boiling water, he shares three other easy to make immunity-boosting teas in the video.

Gud Wali Chai

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Ingredients

6-8 – Cardamom
8-10 – Black peppercorns
1tsp – Fennel seeds
2 cups – Milk
1 inch – Ginger
2-3tsps – Tea leaves
1tsp – Prepared mixture
1/4 cup – Jaggery or gud

Method

*Using a mortar and pestle, crush cardamom, black peppercorns and fennel seeds.
*Take a pan. Boil milk. Switch off the flame. Add grated ginger. Add tea leaves and prepared mixture. Mix it. Give it a boil.
*Add jaggery. Let it come to a boil. Strain and serve.

Masala Chai

Have you tried this masala chai yet? (Source: File Photo)

Ingredients

4 – Green cardamom
1-2 – Cloves
1 inch – Cinnamon stick
1 – Black peppercorn
A pinch – Fennel seeds
1 inch – Ginger
1 1/2 cups – Water
1tbsp – Tea leaves
1/2 cup – Milk
1 1/2tbsp – Sugar

Method

*Using a pestle and mortar, crush all the spices except ginger. Crush is separately.
*Take a container. Boil water. Add tea leaves. Add the crushed spices and ginger. Boil it. Add milk. Add sugar. Strain and serve.

Kashmiri Kahwa

A hot cup of Kahwa tea is all you need. (Source: File Photo)

Ingredients

3 cups – Water
8-9 – Crushed cardamom
1 inch – Cinnamon stick
Few strands – Saffron
1tbsp – Regular tea leaves
5-6 – Roughly chopped almonds
1/4 cup – Honey

Method

Take a pan. Add water. Add crushed cardamom. Add cinnamon. Add a few saffron strands. Add tea leaves. Add almonds. Add honey. Strain and serve.

Which one are you trying today?