Wedang Uwuh Recipe

This Imogiri Jogja specialty wedang uwuh recipe is so simple but delicious and fragrant. The taste is warm, slightly spicy, and the sweetness of the rock sugar is so delicious. Plus a variety of aromatic spices are also brewed, the taste and aroma make the body relax and fresh. The drink contains various kinds of leaves such as cinnamon leaves, nutmeg leaves and clove leaves. Other ingredients are wood shavings from the sappan tree, ginger, and various traditional spices.

Ingredients

Water - 1.5 liters
Dry sappan wood shavings - 20 grams
Rock sugar - 150 grams
Ginger, roasted geprek - 5 fingers
Dried cinnamon leaves - 5 pieces
Dried clove leaves - 5 pieces
Dried nutmeg leaves - 5 pieces
Cloves - 5 sticks
Clove flower - 5 grains
Nutmeg - 1/8 grain
Cinnamon - 3 cm
Cardamom - 5 grains
Pandan leaves - 1 sheet
Citrus leaves - 5 pieces
Lawang flower - 1 grain
Lemongrass, crushed - 2 sticks
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Plans

Boil water in a saucepan until it boils. Then add the ginger and boil until fragrant.
Add all the remaining ingredients, boil for about 10 minutes, until you can smell the delicious aroma and the water is dark red. Turn off the heat, then remove the wedang uwuh stew.
Wedang uwuh is ready to be served warm, can be filtered or not filtered.
1. Ginger, pandan, lemongrass, can be fresh or dry.

What are the mixes of wedang uwuh?

Wedang uwuh when interpreted directly means garbage drink, but this is just a term. The original ingredients of this drink are a mixture of several spices, namely ginger, sappan wood, leaves and cinnamon, lemongrass leaves and roots, nutmeg leaves and nutmeg seeds, cardamom and rock sugar.

How many minutes to boil wedang uwuh?

Regarding how many times to boil, Mae said that wedang uwuh can be boiled or brewed several times. With a note, the boiling time is not up to 15 minutes, only about five to 10 minutes.

Wedang uwuh is brewed or boiled?

If you don't want to bother, the wedang uwuh can be brewed like tea. But the water must really boil for the spice juice to come out. Then, let the wedang steep for a few minutes until the color is reddish. "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's not boiled, as long as the water is boiling," explained Agung.

When is the right time to drink wedang uwuh?

When the weather is cloudy or rainy, drinking a glass of wedang uwuh can be the right choice. Because wedang uwuh contains spices that can warm the body. "Or during the monsoon season, lo, during the rainy season it's also good because it's warm," he added.