Take a sip of this drink during rainy season

Image courtesy Royalty Free Images from Getty ImagesI like this traditional drink. It warms you during cold weather or rainy season, also good for the throat.
The recipe is so easy to do.

You will need ginger, brown sugar, sugar, and water. You can decide each portion as your preference.
If you like it hot, add more ginger.


So here's to make it:

• Wash and peel ginger, then slice it, not too thin. Or you can crash the whole ginger then slice it thickly.
• Boil water, put ginger in the boiling water.
• Add some sugar brown and sugar as you like.
• Let it boil for awhile so the ginger essence comes out.

This is the basic recipe. In Java, we have variations of that drink.
In Central Java, we'd add sticky rice balls in the drink. The ball is filled with sweet crushed peanut and it's colored (green, pink, or white).
In Jakarta, we have dried peanuts, soft bread crumbles, boiled green bean, and sweet condensed milk.
In West Java, we add coconut milk in that drink.

Why not try those when weather is not friendly and enjoy your ginger drink in front of the fireplace.