Pickled gingerThe most popular and healthy dish today is pickled ginger.
For cooking you will need:
• 0.5 kg of fresh ginger root;
• 200ml of rice vinegar;
• 4 tbsp. l. dry rose wine;
• 4 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 2 tbsp. l. vodka.
Recipe:
The ginger root must be washed, dried and peeled. Cut into smaller pieces and place in boiling water. Cook for a minute, then dry the boiled ginger thoroughly and cut into thin slices. Mix together wine, vodka and sugar. Boil the resulting mixture, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. Add vinegar and wait until boiling. Then put slices of ginger root in a jar, pour the marinade and close the lid. Wait until the jar cools down, and then refrigerate for 3 days. Pickled ginger can be stored for up to 3 months in the refrigerator. After a few hours, the pickled ginger becomes a beautiful pink color.
Pickled ginger is usually used to flavor sushi or other Japanese dishes.
Ginger teaGinger tea will help you to increase appetite, give a good mood, give a fresh color to the face and clarity of eyes, it is good for everyone. Ginger tea improves digestion, eliminates toxins accumulated in our stomach and helps to digest food better. You need to drink it in small sips between meals.
Here are some recipes for making ginger tea.
Ginger tea with lemonPeel a piece of ginger root and grate on a coarse grater to make about two or slightly more tablespoons of grated ginger root. Place in a liter container. Add 50 ml (quarter cup) of fresh lemon juice and honey to taste. Pour boiling water over. Wait about an hour and then you can start trying.
In tea, you will experience three different tastes - sweet, pungent and sour. Such tea will well invigorate and accelerate all processes in the body, especially if they were proceeding very slowly before. It is because of this property that such a recipe is very often used for weight loss.
But don't get carried away! At first, even from half a glass of such an hour, you may have a fever. It is believed that drinking no more than two liters of tea per day is recommended.
Aromatic elixir with green teaBrew green tea by adding a pinch of dry ginger to the teapot. In just half an hour you will have an unusually aromatic elixir instead of the usual tea. This drink has an antioxidant effect and can also help calm coughs. One cup a day and your skin will look healthier.
Ginger tea with added greenBrew 1 teaspoon of regular green tea (leave for 5 minutes). Strain. Take a slice of ginger root (3-4 cm), cut into small pieces, add a pinch of cinnamon, a couple of cardamom pods, and a stick of cloves. Pour the tea into a stainless steel pot and bring to a boil, continuing to cook for 20 minutes. Then add honey (3 teaspoons) and half a lemon (squeeze juice out of it and toss directly with the skin). Then cook for another 5 minutes. Now you need to let the tea brew, about 20 minutes will be enough. Then strain into a convenient teapot and pour into cups.
This tea can be drunk both hot and cold.
Ginger tea for colds and depressionBrew plain green tea without any additives. Let it brew for 5 minutes. Cut a small piece (3-4 cm) of ginger and pour the prepared tea into a thermos. Add some honey and red hot peppers or chili.
Colds and other colds are perfectly treated with ginger tea with honey and lemon, and if you have a wet cough, we recommend adding cloves or cinnamon to your tea.
Mint ginger teaPour 10-20 g of ginger, cut into thin strips, with a glass of clean water, bring to a boil over low heat and cook for 15 minutes. Add a little lemon balm, mint or other herb, as well as lemon and honey to taste, and you will have a great drink that gives tone and vigor in the morning much better than coffee. Also, this tea is effective for losing weight.
Ginger tea with currantsTea with currant leaves, black tea and ginger is very good. To obtain a richer taste, tea is brewed in a thermos.
Ginger drink
For cooking, you need the following ingredients:
• 1.2 l of water;
• 3 tbsp. l. grated ginger;
• 5 tbsp. l. honey;
• 4 tbsp. l. orange or lemon juice;
• 2 tbsp. l. fresh mint.
Preparation: Boil water, add ginger, honey and stir. Strain through a sieve, try to squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the ginger root. Add a pinch of black pepper and juice. Add some fresh mint at the end. This drink is consumed hot.
Sour sweetness
Squeeze out the juice of two lemons and add boiling water until you get 300 ml. Dissolve a couple teaspoons of honey and add thinly chopped ginger root. Pour the mixture into 2 glasses, add 2 tablespoons of whiskey to each and serve hot.
Tibetan ginger tea for angina, acute respiratory infections, colds.For 1 liter of tea you will need:
• 0.5 l. milk, fat content 1.5% - 2.5%;
• 0.5 l. water;
• 10 - 11 pcs. carnations;
• 9 - 11 pcs. cardamom (grains need to be crushed), grind together with cloves;
• 0.5 tsp. dry ginger or 1 tbsp. l. fresh ginger;
• 0.5 tsp. ground nutmeg;
• 2 tsp. green tea;
• 1 tsp. Darjeeling tea (a special kind of black tea).
Preparation: Pour water into an enamel pot and put on fire. Add in succession: cloves, cardamom, dry ginger and green tea. Bring to a boil and simmer for a minute. Add milk. Then add Darjeeling tea and finely chopped fresh ginger (if not used dry before). Add nutmeg while boiling. Then let it simmer for a short time. Remove from heat. Let it brew for 5 minutes. Strain into a ceramic bowl. Drink in the morning on an empty stomach, without sugar and spices.
Slimming gingerYou can use ginger for weight loss with the help of healthy and tasty invigorating drinks, teas and various other dishes. Let's talk about this in more detail.
The substances contained in ginger root improve blood circulation and warm from the inside. They seem to "accelerate" all internal processes. Accordingly, the metabolism increases, and this helps to accelerate the loss of excess weight.
Slimming ginger tea
• Ginger tea with garlic is very famous. With the help of this tea, you can quickly lose weight, getting rid of those extra pounds. To make tea in a two-liter thermos, you will need: a plum-sized ginger root (about 4 cm) and 2 cloves of garlic. Peel the ginger and cut into thin slices. Put in a thermos and pour boiling water over, leave to infuse. Then you need to take out the garlic and ginger, strain and drink throughout the day.
• In general, we recommend adding Ginger for weight loss not only to tea, but also to any herbal decoctions - strawberries, mint, lemon balm.
• Orange tea with ginger root for weight loss. Use a blender to blend half a spoonful of finely chopped ginger root, 60 g peppermint leaves, and a pinch of ground cardamom. Pour boiling water over the mixture for 30 minutes, then strain, add 85 ml of lemon juice, 50 ml of orange juice and honey to taste. This tea is drunk cold - the mint flavor will increase the feeling of freshness.
• If you need to normalize the functioning of the bladder and kidneys, combine ginger tea for weight loss with lingonberry leaves.
Rules for using ginger tea for weight loss
Let's summarize a few important points related to the use of ginger tea for weight loss:
• Ginger can be used all the time, and not only on days of active weight loss, brew it with green or black tea.
• One lemon wedge for one cup is sufficient.
• If you drink tea with honey, then the honey must be diluted either in a warm infusion or eaten from a spoon.
• Since ginger tea for weight loss is invigorating, we do not recommend drinking it in the evening.
• After making ginger tea for weight loss, it must be filtered, otherwise the tea will be too rich.
• For two liters of water, you need a piece of ginger root the size of a medium plum.
• When preparing the ginger for tea, cut it into as thin slices as possible, such as using a potato peeler.
• Drinking tea before meals will dull appetite and hunger.
• The recommended intake of ginger tea for weight loss is two liters per day.
• It is best to brew slimming tea in the morning. Pour into a thermos and sip a cup of tea throughout the day.
Slimming ginger salad (very good on fasting days)
• 30% raw carrots and 20% baked beets - sweet taste (stimulates the pancreas and stomach);
• 10% orange peel - bitter taste (stimulates the work of the small intestine and heart);
• 20% lemon - sour taste (stimulates the gallbladder and liver);
• 10% celery powder - salty taste (stimulates the kidneys, adrenal glands);
• 10% ginger or pepper - a burning taste (stimulates the work of the large intestine and lungs);
• 1 - 2 tbsp. l. any vegetable oil.
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