The 'Recipe of Real Mineral Water'

Water is one of the precious gift from Mother Nature. The value of water is something that we can’t calculate. We can’t compare it to that of something which is easily available to find its value.

Water is also a primary need of all human beings as well as for other living organisms in this huge world. We, being human, are able to think and decide to have everything hale and hearty, which in turn urged human beings to invent and manufacture “The Mineral Water”. The mineral water we consume every day for drinking, undergoes a lot of processing which somehow lightly disturbs the nature of the real water.

RO is another method of purifying water which for 1 liter wastes the same amount or twice the principal amount of water. We generally don’t care about the outlet water that comes out from the RO, which sums up that a hug amount of water is being wasted that goes into the drainage and mixes up with the sewage daily, which is ultimately useless.

We use natural mineral water in our home. We further purify the water, making it more mineral rich. Our home made mineral water tastes like the temple’s ‘Theertham’, often my friends and people who drink our house’s water say so. My Mom is the genius brain behind the further purification of water who makes it taste like the ‘Temple’s Theertham’. 

And I’m here with the recipe of our homemade mineral water.

Ingredients required are:

1. Vendhayam – Fenugreek Seeds – Methi (Good for Diabetes and Painful menstrual periods)
2. Milagu – Pepper – Kaali Mirch (Good for digestion, respiratory relief and weight loss)
3. Sitharathai – Alpinia Galangal – Kulinjan (Good for cough and cold)
4. Vetti Veru – Bunchgrass Root – Khus Khus (Good for skin and fever)
5. Adhi Madhuram – Liquorice – Mulethi (Good for immunity, memory improvement and sweetening agent)
6. Jeeragam – Cumin seeds – Jeera (Good for Curing itchiness, body heat and anti-ageing)
7. Thethankottai – Clearing Nut – Nirmali (Good for curing abdominal and eye disorders, clears the water naturally)
8. Thulasi – Basil Leaves – Tulsi (Good for headaches, fever, curing kidney stones)
9. Pacha Karpooram – Edible Camphor – Kachcha Kapoor (Good for curing abdominal, skin and cold problems)
10. Nannari – Sarsaparilla – Indian Sarsaparilla (Wonder root) (Good for liver, curing arthritis, psoriasis and urinary problems)

 

Ingredients

With all these ingredients, you only need a copper pot and a mud pot. Generally drinking water kept in the copper pot is good for health. My mom keeps the water for a day in copper pot and transfer it to the mud pot for chillness which has no harm for us. 

The Process

Basically it’s a 2 step process.

Step 1:

The process is simple. You can also use RO or mineral water for this “Real Mineral Water”. Fill the water in the copper pot, Put (3) Sithrarathai – 1 or 2 Nos, (5) Adhi Madhuram 1 or 2 Nos, (7) Thethankottai – 2 or 3 Nos, (8) Tulsi – few leaves, (9) Pacha Karpooram – A pinch powdered, (10) Nannari – 1 or 2 Nos. Keep it for a day.
 

Copper Pot with Tulsi leaves and Pacha Karpuram powdered in the top

The Numbers in the bracket are used to refer the ingredients in order to map the ingredients' list.

Step 2:

 

The Mud pot in our home

After filtering it from the copper pot, transfer it to the mud pot.
Take a small piece of clean cloth and to make a bundle with the following ingredient and let it be in the mud pot as you can drink from the mud pot.
For the bundle,
(1) Vendhayam – 1 small teaspoon
(2) Milagu – 6 or 7 Granules
(3) Sitharathai – 1 or 2 Nos
(4) Vettiveru - Small amount
(5) Adhi Madhuram – 1 or 2 Nos
(6) Jeeragam – 1 small teaspoon
(7) Thethan kottai - 2 or 3 Nos
(10) Nannari - 1 or 2 Nos,

Tie the bundle and put it in the mud pot, you can drink the water, need not worry about the bundle.

Note: The quantities used here are prescribed according to the size of copper and mud pot used in my home. The ingredients requirement may vary as per your requirements.

This is how ‘The Real Mineral Water’ is made. Enjoy having a good and real mineral water from now on.

Yours East Gaterr