Lemongrass Tea
Detoxifying and refreshing lemongrass tea
My mum treated me to a spa session and they served a home-made lemongrass herbal tea after the massage. It was so refreshingly healthy that I could not resist making the drink at home. Lemongrass is a detoxifying ingredient so this is really beneficial especially after prolonged periods of pigging out. It also aids digestion, combat heat, is a natural remedy for fever, anti-inflamatory & anti-cancer, among a host of other health benefits. If you can find pandan (screwpine pines) in your area, brew them with lemongrass for an unbeatable fragrance. Ginger is added for a slight spiced taste and to get rid of excess “wind” in the tummy.
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If your kitchen stink for some reason (maybe after frying food such as belacan or lard), you can brew this tea to freshen up the air instantly and naturally. When I was brewing the tea, my kitchen is filled with the wonderful aroma of lemongrass, which happens to be my favourite aromatherapy scent!
Lemongrass Tea Recipe
- Serves: 4
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
A healthy and refreshing recipe for lemongrass and pandan herbal tea. Detoxifying, cooling and aids digestion.
If you follow this recipe exactly, you may find that the drink is not sweet at all, and it is intentionally so, as I personally feel it tastes best with only a tiny hint of sweetness. Feel free to adjust the rock sugar to your preference.
Ingredients
- 150 grams lemongrass (serai) pounded to release the flavour
- 5 pandan (screwpine) leaves tied in a knot
- 5 slices ginger
- 1.8 litres water
- 40 grams rock sugar or honey rock sugar to taste
Instructions
- In a pot, add the ingredients except rock sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
- Add rock sugar and stir until dissolved. Discard lemongrass stalks, ginger and pandan. Drink warm or chilled.
(Get more photos, cooking tips and ingredient list on page 2)
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This is very refreshing tea. Love it :)
Oh! I never had lemongrass tea…it sure look very refreshing. Very nice picture!
Thanks for the recipe and hope you are having a fabulous week :)
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sanjay
Looks very refreshing and thirst quencher. Love your info about lemon grass. Thanks for sharing. =)
ah,so good thnks for sharing this..
i actually never had lemongrass with pandan, but anything to aid digestion is a must try for me!
Nice, now I know what to do with the leftover lemongrass next time instead of letting them dry up in the fridge.
So good! Your mom treated you to a spa session. Lucky you! This drink feels so fresh and therapeutic.
My MIL love this drink-and think it is alkaline which neutralise our body too.
This is a super-fast herbal drink I love to make for my family. How nice to enjoy this refreshing drink after a massage session! ;)
How nice to have this drink after the spa : ). I like its aroma and always find it good for soothing heat.
I will definitely try
Lovely! I sure want to try this drink! Need to go buy some lemongrass first. ;)
This is such a simple recipe and yet refreshing and healthy too!
Can you please confirm the type of Pandan Leaf used, is it commonly known as PANDANUS AMARYLLIFOLIUS? It is a tropical plant and is used widely in Southeast Asian cooking.
Thank you.
Yes, correct :)
Thank you for confirming that plant leaf type.
Hi Wiffy, I have tried! It is so easy to prepare and such a refreshing beverage. Mu guests love it in this hot weather :)
glad to hear that and thanks for trying the recipe.
This sounds so refreshing! Love the idea of brewing it just for the fresh scent in the kitchen too.
I have made this drink a few times. Smash some sugarcane and add into it makes it naturally sweeter. I got inspired after trying this drink at a nyonya restaurant.
Gd idea!
Hi
I tried making this. But how come mine turns out a bit murky unlike the one on your pic?
Do I have to strain it?
Thanks!
Hi SC, don’t need to strain. How long did you simmer? My guess is that the water is too reduced, maybe due to high heat (just need a gentle simmer). If that happens again, add some hot water to thin the drink.
Hi SC,
Using sugarcane will definitely make it murky and not clear like Wiffy’s. My colleague’s mum uses honey in this drink instead of rock sugar.
Thanks everyone for the tips. Will try again.
But the drink is till delicious. :D
Hi,
How do you get the lemongrass tea to be so clear? Everytime I made it, mine turned out brownish, the colour of iced lemon tea. N I peeled almost all the outer leaves to expose the whitest core of the lemon grass too. I love the addition of pandan leaves to round out the flavour, but they made my tea cloudy n “dirty”. Any tips for me?
It is slightly cloudy as shown in my photo. What sugar do you use?
Raw sugar made from sugarcane. I think I probably boil it too long after adding the sugar since the sugar doesn’t dissolve easily
Is the sugar light brown? I’m using rock sugar which is clear.
I also use clear rock sugar, since that’s the only kind available locally. Probably the lemongrass I used isn’t of good quality. My lemongrass is sort of brownish green n dirty, so I had to peel almost all the outer layers to expose the white core. N when I smashed the stalk, it released very pungent yellowish citronelle oil… If I also use pandan leaves, the chloropyll from the leaves leaches into the tea, giving it a murky brown colour when the tea boils