Recipes For Healthy Drinks After The Delivery

Garlic Milk

Garlic is commonly considered as a very good galactagogue or a substance that promotes lactation in new mothers.

Ingredients:
Garlic - 3 cloves
Water - 1 cup
Milk - 1 glass
Sugar, honey or jaggery - ½ tsp

Method

Grate the cloves of garlic until very fine. Take a pan and boil the grated garlic in water until the water is reduced to one-fourth of the original quantity.

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Now, add a glass of milk to it and let the mixture boil well.

Switch the stove off and let the milk mixture cool. Pour it into a glass and serve with honey, jaggery or sugar.
Serve this drink in the morning or in the mid-morning.

Fennel Water

Fennel has been used to stimulate lactation. It also soothes colic in babies. It enhances the digestion in both the mother and baby.

Ingredients:
Fennel seeds - 2 tablespoons
Water - 1 litre
Sugar or honey - ½ teaspoon

Method

Take a pan and pour in the water. Add the fennel seeds into it and bring to a boil. When it boils, simmer the water for five minutes.

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Cover and set aside to seep for a few minutes.
You can now strain the water and store the warm fennel water in a thermos flask.

You may drink this water whenever you feel thirsty. You can add the sugar or honey if you want to make it a little more palatable.

This water needs to be made fresh each day.
If you are not interested in drinking fennel water, you may roast the fennel seeds and chew on it.

Carom Water

Carom seeds or ajwain is thought to be beneficial in digestion and in cleansing the stomach. The carom water is said to be helpful in speeding up the recovery after childbirth.

Ingredients:
Carom seeds powder - ½ teaspoon
Water - 1 cup
Ghee - ½ teaspoon
Jaggery - 2 teaspoons

Method

Take a pan and heat ghee in it. When the ghee is warm, add the powdered carom seeds and water to it. Mix everything well.

When the mixture starts to boil, add the jaggery.

Reduce the flame and let the mixture simmer. The jaggery must completely dissolve.

Now remove the pan from the flame and let it cool.
Strain the mixture and drink it when slightly warm.

If you want to skip the unnecessary calories, you may choose to skip the ghee. Just take the pan, and heat it.

Add the carom powder and water. You may add the jaggery to make the liquid more palatable. Strain and drink the liquid.