Wedang Jahe

5.0 from 11 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Drink

Cuisines: Indonesian

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2 inches ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
• 100 gram palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), shaved or roughly chopped if using block version
• 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised and knotted
• 1 pandan leaf (Indonesian: daun pandan), knotted
• 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns (Indonesian: biji lada hitam), crushed
• 2 green cardamom pods (Indonesian: kapulaga), crushed
• 4 cloves (Indonesian: cengkeh)
• 500 ml water

Instructions

1. Dry frying the ginger until fragrant, chopped, and bruised.
2. Add the ginger and the rest of the ingredients in a sauce pot. Bring to a boil, cover the pot, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes until fragrant and all sugar has dissolved.
3. Turn off the heat and let steep while still covered for another 5 minutes.
4. Strain into individual tea cups and served. Garnish with some lemongrass stalks (optional).