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    Milagu kashayam recipe home remedy

    Updated on May 21, 2021 by Raks Anand 3 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Milagu kashayam is a perfect home remedy for common cold and it's symptoms like fever, body pain, cough etc. With full video and step by step pictures.

    Milagu kashayam recipe

    Mom calls it milagu karukku kashayam. Sugar is caramelized (almost burnt) and used in this kashayam. May be that's why the name karukku.

    Black pepper and cumin seeds are roasted until it crackles. Later powdered and boiled to make kashayam.

    I remember having this as a child, but always been forced to have this. Even though it's not that bad, when it's called as 'marundhu' (medicine) or kashayam, it's really allergic as a kid, right 😜

    milagu kashayam

    And for the fact that it's spicy as hell. Never able to handle it. Even if you are trying it out, keep a glass of water with you for emergency.

    I have seen mom adding betel leaves in it at times. I have given honey for sweetening, you can also replace it with palm sugar (panakarkandu) or jaggery. Check out my kothamalli thanni 

    Also check my mom's no bitter sweet kashayam

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    Milagu kashayam recipe

    Milagu kashayam is a perfect home remedy for common cold and it's symptoms like fever, body pain, cough etc. With full video and step by step pictures.
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Servings 1 cup
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 tablespoon Black pepper
    • 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 1 tablespoon Sugar
    • 1 tablespoon Honey
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    Instructions

    • Dry roast black pepper until it pops, lower the flame and add cumin seeds.
    • Keep roasting until cumin seeds crackles too. Set aside.
    • Meanwhile, in low flame, add sugar to the same pan, let it melt and start turning deep in colour.
    • Carefully add 2 cups water. Let it boil. Powder the pepper and cumin.
    • Add to the boiling water. Mix well.
    • Let it boil for 5 mins in medium flame or until the water reduces to half.
    • Filter and let it become warm. Mix honey (or jaggery/ palm sugar).

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    Notes

    • While roasting pepper, cover with a lid as it pops.
    • Add cumin after the pepper pops as cumin seeds tend to get roasted soon.
    • While caramelizing sugar, do it in medium flame. Be careful while adding water.
    • The filtered residue can be again boiled with water to get a lighter dose of kashayam.
    • As this is strong, just take one dose per day. 
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    How to make milagu kashayam:

    1. Dry roast black pepper until it pops, lower the flame and add cumin seeds.

    roast pepper, cumin

    2. Keep roasting until cumin seeds crackles too. Set aside.

    cool

    3. Meanwhile, in low flame, add sugar to the same pan, let it melt and start turning deep in color.

    caramelize sugar

    4. Carefully add 2 cups water. Let it boil. Powder the pepper and cumin.

    powder

    5. Add to the boiling water. Mix well.

    powder

    6. Let it boil for 5 mins in medium flame or until the water reduces to half.

    simmer

    7. Filter and let it become warm. Mix honey (or jaggery/ palm sugar).

    filter

    Sip hot and slowly as it is spicy.

    milagu kashayam for body pain fever

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    Comments

    1. kaameni jaya raman

      November 23, 2017 at 2:54 am

      hi mam! first of all thank you soo much for ur delicious recipes! in preparing myself for my wedding im learning cooking especially traditional meals by referring to ur awesome recipes!

      having said this, im very much interested to know sirutaaniyangal reciepies... pls do share some... ������

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    2. Saranya

      January 03, 2020 at 5:25 am

      Can I use Palm sugar to make it?

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      • Raks Anand

        January 03, 2020 at 9:55 am

        Yes sure you can.

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