Ginger juice
After the recipe for baobab juice , and bissap juice that I shared here in the previous weeks. I come back this time with a drink just as popular as the other 2, the still called Gnamakoudji.
The word gnamakoudji would be of Dioula origin, among Ivorians and would mean: spicy water, or spicy water! Because it is a drink that stings anyway 😄
This African drink is very very popular in West Africa in general. It is consumed in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and even also in Cameroon!
How to make ginger juice?
Ginger juice recipe
This juice is mainly made from fresh ginger and water.
But there are several variations of the recipe, we have for example:
- The pineapple ginger juice : just add the freshly pressed pineapple juice at the end of its preparation or crush the ginger with the pineapple at the start. You can also simply buy a pineapple juice with 100% fruit at the supermarket to add it 😉
- Lemon ginger juice : this is the most widespread recipe, and it is also this recipe that I will offer you in this post. You just have to launch the lemon districts before letting macerate. And I personally, I find that the combination of lemon and ginger goes very well together!
- Cameroon's ginger juice : here the sugar is first caramelized, before being added in the juice, after the infusion. The color of the juice will then be darker compared to those made with normal sugar
It should be noted that, in the traditional recipe , we do not boil the mixture of water and ginger. But in this recipe, I decided to add an additional step which consists in bringing the mixture to a boil just for a short time before adding the sugar.
This additional step will allow me not only to neutralize any unwanted bacteria that could have slipped into the drink, but also to infuse the mint and lemon.
Yes, I love to add mint to my homemade drinks! I find that it adds a little more refreshing .. but it's optional huh?!
How to extract fresh ginger juice?
For those who have a powerful blender , you can simply do like me: peel the ginger, cut it finely and mix it with water in the machine.
Another alternative would be to use a juice extractor , if you have it: it will make your task easier, since you will no longer need to filter.
conservation
Ginger juice can be kept up to 4-5 days in the refrigerator if it is closed in a bottle. But to better benefit from flavor and quality, it is preferable to consume it within 24 to 48 hours after its infusion
Benefit ginger juice
I could not finish this post, without telling you about the benefits of ginger on our health:
It facilitates digestion
Ginger or ginger juice facilitates digestion . It is effective against bloating, and facilitates intestinal transit . Even I confirm this virtue, drink the ginger juice always relieves me after having eaten a meal a little too generous 😀
He relieves nausea
During pregnancy, simply drink a large glass of ginger juice and fresh lemon on an empty stomach to relieve your nausea
He boosts the immune system:
I think many of you know or? During the covid, I remember how almost everyone was drinking homemade concoctions. Ginger was one of the eccentric ingredients of all these small recipes. It actually acts on our metabolism to strengthen it.
It promotes weight loss
Some people make a cure of ginger juice to lose weight. The warming virtues of this spice contribute to the burning of fats and calories to lose weight. They also improve digestion while eliminating LDL (bad cholesterol).
To find out more about the benefits, take a look at this site
I arrive at the end of the post, and thank you for reading until the end! If you like homemade drinks, also check these other African drink recipes, I'm sure you're going to love:
- Baobab juice: with powder and pulp!
- Bissap juice: easy recipe with pineapple and mint!
- 6 good reasons to consume bissap!
- Easy pasteque juice with just 3 ingredients!
Do not hesitate to record this post on Pinterest , to try it later!
Ginger juice
Team
- blender
Ingredients
- 2 l of water
- 300 gr of fresh ginger
- 100- 200 gram of sugar according to your convenience
- 1 optional vanilla sugar
- optional fresh mint leaves
- 3 lemons
Instructions
- Clean, peel and rinse ginger.
- Cut into small pieces to facilitate grinding.
- Put the pieces of ginger in a blender, and mix with a part of water until ginger is puree
- Boil water. As soon as boiling is reached, remove from heat.
- Pour the ginger puree into hot water
- Press 2 lemons directly in the preparation and cut 1 lemon into a neighborhood (with the skin) to add to it too. Also add the mint leaves
- Leave to infuse until the juice becomes cold again.
- Filter, add the sugar to your liking and put it in the refrigerator.
- Serve cold with ice cubes.
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Thank you for your return
And my grain salt is that I then diluted, that is to say 500ml of juice in a bottle of soda stream adds water and 3 gas pressure and a sparkling drink that I drink at the whim of the day and which gets rid of my nausea from treatment, thank you very much for your recipe.