Wedang is a Javanese word that means drinks, while uwuh mean garbage. This drink is so named because the materials in the form of foliage similar to the trash. Wedang uwuh served hot / warm, sweet and spicy taste with a bright red color and fragrant aroma. These drinks are sold in the region Imogiri cemetery. Spicy flavor because of the ginger, while the red color because of the cup. Uwuh Wedang this is a typical drink from Imogiri, Bantul.
Materials and methods to make:
To make 1 cup (250 ml) wedang uwuh required the following materials:
- 700 ml water
- 40 g of dry wood shavings cup
- 50 g sugar cubes / sugar
- 6 cm ginger, crushed
- 2 pieces of cinnamon leaf dry
- 3 pieces of clove leaf dry
- 3 pieces of dried leaf nutmeg
- 10 grains of cloves / clove stem dry
Ways of making wedang uwuh are:
- Fuel ginger, crushed.
- Pour water in a saucepan. Enter the ginger, cloves / clove stem, leaf clove, cinnamon leaf, nutmeg leaves, wood shavings cup, ginger and rock sugar.
- Cook over medium heat until boiling. Boil for about 15 minutes.
- Remove and filter (can also be served without the filter).
- Pour into a glass. Serve warm.
Benefits:
Wedang uwuh has benefits that are good for health because the content of the ingredients. All materials in wedang uwuh Baan commonly used in herbal medicine. Ginger is believed to lower cholesterol, and blood flow. Cinnamon contains many anti-oxidants. Shavings of cinnamon and cloves, is a herb that is warm, can also provide flavor as well as a unique taste sensation. Nutmeg leaf containing saponins, polyphenols, and flavonoids beneficial to relieve pain, relieve stomach pains due to colds, blood circulation, and solve problems in other important lambung.Bahan in wedang uwuh is a cup. Herb commonly called cup wood (Caesalpinia sappan) has long been recognized as ingredients for treating various diseases, such as syphilis, coughing up blood, and inflammation.
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