Ginger and Basil Drink
30 min. Recipe Yield:
1 l Difficulty:
Medium recipe
Ginger and basil drink – in the hot season, the question is very often: what can you get drunk with? It's just that water is not very suitable, but if you add something to it, and even so that it is not only tasty, but also useful. The beneficial properties of ginger have long been known and listing them will take more than one page. Let's dwell only on why ginger is needed in this drink. Ginger tones up and normalizes bowel function. Now basil, in addition to being a very tasty herb, basil, just like ginger, tones up, just like ginger has a powerful antibacterial effect, which in the hot season, you see, is also very important. And just like ginger, it contains a number of vitamins and minerals that we lose very easily in the hot season when we sweat.
Cooking Recipe
The recipe for ginger and basil drink is very simple. Rinse the basil well, peel the ginger and crush. Basil is used completely; leaves do not need to be separated. Cut the lemon into slices, you can use dried lemon slices.
Pour water into a saucepan and put on medium heat, add ginger and lemon. When the water boils, add the basil, stir and remove from heat after 1-2 minutes. Tribute to stand for 20 minutes, and then strain, add sugar and stir. When drink cool down pour into a bottle or carafe and refrigerate.