Spicy, warming and immune boosting Turmeric Tea recipe made with ground turmeric and optional spices like ground cinnamon, black pepper and ginger powder. This simple recipe is made in only 5 minutes, meaning it's easy enough to pull off even when you're feeling under the weather.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: Not specified
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 · 1 cup
  • Category: Beverages
  • Cuisine: World

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • ½ to 1 tablespoon raw sugar (or jaggery or maple syrup or coconut sugar or palm sugar - optional or add as needed)
  • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric ((turmeric powder) or for a lesser pungent taste add ¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric powder)
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground ceylon cinnamon ((cinnamon powder), use ceylon cinnamon powder and not cassia cinnamon powder- optional)
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger ((dried ginger powder) - optional)
  • ⅛ teaspoon crushed black pepper (or ground black pepper (black pepper powder))

Method

  1. In a saucepan take water and raw sugar or jaggery. You can even use maple syrup or skip the sweetener completely.
  2. Heat the water and let it come to a boil.
  3. Add turmeric powder, ground ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger and crushed black pepper.
  4. Boil further for a minute or two.
  5. Pour and serve. You can even strain the tea.
  6. Enjoy turmeric tea hot or warm.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.