How To Make Healthy Coconut Milk Tea At Home

Tea is one of the most common and loved beverages across the world. For tea lovers, be it milk tea, spiced tea, green tea, black tea, lemon tea, herbal tea or iced tea, one cup can instantly elevate their mood. Due to various health reasons, people are now opting out of using cow or buffalo milk in their tea. However, others prefer plant-based, vegan milk like soy, almond, oats, or coconut milk to make their favourite beverage. While soy, almond and oats are great for health, did you know coconut milk is loaded with nutrients and minerals and is excellent for your health? Hence, it makes a great addition to tea as well.

Many are unaware that tea made with coconut milk not only tastes delicious but has nutritional value that is beneficial for health. Coconut milk is known to boost the immunity system as it contains lauric acid which has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal properties and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also known to help in weight loss as it contains certain compounds which help treat diarrhoea, steatorrhea (fat indigestion), celiac disease, Liver disease etc. Apart from this, coconut milk contains magnesium, iron, vitamin C, potassium and fibre. Doctors recommend drinking coconut milk as it also supports cardiovascular health.

Here is how you can make coconut milk tea at home and incorporate this healthy drink into your diet every day. For this, you will need thick coconut milk, which you can make by grinding coconut in a mixer and filtering out the liquid without adding any water. You will need a stick of cinnamon, a few cloves, 2 cardamoms for aroma, 1 inch of ginger, peppercorns, bay leaf, and jaggery for a sweet taste.

Recipe-

• To make the coconut milk tea, grind the ginger, peppercorns, cardamon, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf.
• Meanwhile, add four cups of water and bring it to a rolling boil.
• Add the powdered spice to the water and keep stirring to ensure proper infusion of flavours.
• When it starts to boil again, add coconut milk.
• After a few quick stirs, add sugar and as soon as it dissolves, add tea leaves.