Ginger Juice/Inji kashaayam

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Ginger/Inji kashaayam is my mother's signature home remedy recipe for enhancing digestion and preventing indigestion. I prefer to call it ginger juice rather than kashaayam as its very tasty with the goodness of ginger, jaggery and lemon. My mother used to serve this juice generally after a heavy meal(ususally restaurant food) to prevent indigestion. I also used to be a ghee lover during my school days. When I felt sick due to over eating of ghee, my mother used to give this and I would be alright within few hours. Or just eating a small piece of ginger with a bit of salt coated on it did wonders for me. Sadhana and Muskaan's Home Remedy event gave me a chance to prepare this juice by myself.(ofcourse got the recipe from my mother) Just then I realised how easy it is to make this kashaayam.
Here is the recipe.

Ingredients to make around 3 cups of inji juice(I gues one person can have around 1/4 cup of juice on single serve. I have 1/2 cup. :-))
Fresh Ginger: 50gms(skin removed, washed and cut into medium sized pieces)
Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Jaggery: 3/4th cup(or less broken into piece)
Juice of one medium sized lemon
Water: around 3 cups

Procedure

1. Soak coriander seeds and cumin seeds in water in a small bowl for half an hour.(add around 1/4 cup water or till the seeds are immersed)
2. After half an hour, drain water(don't throw the water) and grind the soaked seeds along with ginger in a mixer.
3. If needed add more water(drained water can be used for this) and grind until ginger and the seeds are ground well.
4. Strain the juice in a bowl.
5. Add more water(from the measured 3 cups) to the pup that remains in the strainer and strain again.
6. Do the same a couple of times more till the juice is completely removed from the pulp.
7. Add the rest of water(if you want it a bit strong reduce the water to 2 1/2 cups)
8. Add jaggery. After few minutes once the jaggery is dissolved completely, add lemon juice and stir once or twice and serve.

Note: This juice can be given to childern too(5 years and above). If giving only for adults, water and jaggery quantities can be decreased to get stronger juice/kashaayam. It can be refrigerated upto a day.
This is my entry to Sadhana and Muskaan's Home Remedies event.