Pine Popsicles
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Pine, specifically white pine, has been used since the Middle Ages. The Native Americans taught early American settlers how to use the needles, bark, and sap in a variety of ways to keep them healthy.
Pine is an antiseptic that can be used internally to support the body in a speedy recovery. In respiratory infections where thick mucus is present, it works to draw phlegm up and out of the lungs. So I thought of using it's medicinal properties in making the pine popsicles with its needles.
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Ingredients
- Pine needles 1/2 cup
- Ginger grated 1 tbsp
- Jaggery 50 grams
- Lemon slices 2-3
- cloves 1 crushed
- Lemon juice from 1 lemon
- Green tea 1 tsp
- Water 3 cups
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Instructions
- First of boil water with grated ginger ,pine needles and clove.
- Add jaggery to it and boil for more 3-4minutes.
- Add green tea to the boiling water ,put off the heat and let it steep covered for 2 minutes .
- Finally add lemon and wait to cool down your pine syrup.
- Strain this medicinal syrup in glass cups and decorate with lemon slices .
- Freeze these cups for 15 minutes and take them out again to place spoons in the middle.
- Keep these cups in freezer for more 30-40 minutes or till they completely freeze.
- Enjoy these popsicles with all the goodness of pine needles this summer.
Notes
Don’t boil green tea, just steep to get the flavour.
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