Get Cooking!
1. Pound all the medicinal ingredients.
2. Pour some water and soak them for about 10 - 15 minutes
3. Using the same water, sprinkling it little by little, grind into a soft paste.
4. Add around 1/2 cup water, mix up the paste (like kuzhambu) , pour into a heavy bottomed vessel (like an uruli or stone vessel)
5. Heat it on a slow flame, stirring it with a flat ladle.
6. When the water evaporates, and it becomes kind of a paste, add the jaggery in small pieces, stirring it in.
7. Add the ghee little by little.
8. When the mix boils up and comes together into a constant consistency, turn off the heat.
9. After getting cooled add 50ml honey.
10. Store in a container.
11. Take one spoon of lehyam on deepavali after taking bath & before taking food. It helps in digestion.