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Healthy Diwali legium Recipe (Herbal Tamil colon cleanser)

What you need:

3-4 pieces (about 250 gm) Ginger (Adrak, Inji) - 100gms
3/4 cup Jaggery (Gur, vellam)
3/4 cup coriander seeds (dhania, kottamalli) (seeds from cilantro plant)
A few pieces of cardamon (elaichi)
A few cloves (lavang) (2-3)
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera, jeeragam)
1/2 tbsp oil (add more if you need, but less is healthy). Canola oil is a healthy choice.

How to make it:

1. Blend the ginger and jaggery in a food processor/blender to a fine paste (Tip: You can add a bit of water).
2. Roast the spices (coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves) and blend again with the ginger-jaggery blend above.
3. Heat oil in a pan till it becomes warm.
4. Add the blended paste to the oil and keep summering for 5 mins till it blends.
5. When the paste doesn't stick to the pan, stop heating.

Legium (Lagium) is ready!

This herbal preparation cleanses the colon and is a very healthy supplement. During Diwali its taken as a tonic to cleanse the body. Also a popular tradition in Tamil Nadu.