Fresh Lemongrass and Ginger Drink

  

I disappeared from blogosphere for yet another week..

But this time I had a real good bad reasonL

I was diagnosed of an unnecessary growth in my nose..

And we had to spend quite a lot of time in hospital doing tests after tests to identify the root cause.

The worst phase was the 3 days when we had to wait for my biopsy results

Man…that was my longest weekend!! And probably the only time I felt weekend was too long and we just want it to be over.

I can’t pen down the feelings we went through during those 3 days..

When you realize you are this close to one of the most dreadful disease..And your life might never be the same again!

Thank to God and to my family for all their prayers...It was not what we feared and I felt soo relieved when doc called me to tell the test results

Needless to do say there was not much cooking happening in my kitchen recently.

Anyways we are back to the routine now and I was on a cooking spree this weekendJ

Now back to today’s recipe.. Lemon Grass and Ginger drink

If you are a Thai cuisine admirer like me you sure must have tried this refreshing drink!

I must say this cooling and refreshing drink is the perfect accompaniment to the hot Thai foodJ

You can try the hot version and it’s an excellent remedy for Cold and flu.

Lemon Grass and Ginger drink

Ingredients

4 Cups water

4 Lemongrass stalks

½ inch Ginger

50 gms Rock sugar/increase as per your taste

Directions

Bring the water to boil

Clean the lemon grass and peel off the first 2-3 layers.

Lightly pound the think end of the lemon grass stalks and add to the water

Pound the ginger lightly and add to water

Add the sweetener of your choice and bring to boil

Cover and let it simmer for 20 minutes