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