Many spice plants grow in every Region, and these spice plants have many benefits both for cooking purposes as well as for health and endurance.
One of the benefits for the health of body is called Wedang uwuh. Wedang uwuh is taken from the Javanese, language which means Wedang meaning drink and uwuh means spices.
The type of drink has been around for a long time and has been used to drink by parents. But now wedang uwuh is popular with many people, especially the majority of people who live in the Imogiri, Bantul, Yogjakarta and surrounding areas.
Now can be used as souvenirs from the area. The ingredients for making wedang uwuh, such as gingger, cinnamon, nutoeeg, cloves, secang wood and sugar.
This traditional drink has many benefits, this type of warm drink with leaf ingredients is similar to trash.
Wedang uwuh is served hot or warm, and has a sweet taste, fragrant aroma, and a bright red color when mixed with boiling water.
Even though the raw material looks unattactive, this is the original spice. Wedang uwuh wich consists of spices containing their respective benefits such as ginger is already know for its benefits.
One of which is to improve blood circulation, can reduce high blood pressure and other benefits. Cinnamon spices have antioxidant properties, a mixture of ginger and cinnamon is nutritious to in crease endurance.
The benefits is mainly to in crease immunity and in crease blood flow. Leaf spices containing saponins, polyphenols and flavonsids to relieve pain, colds, improve blood circulation.
How to serve, wash all ingredients, exept sugar. Crushed gingger, boil the water until boils and add all the spices including sugar, stir, then remove, pour into at glass and drink while warm, thank you.