Step 1

Prep your fresh ingredients. Peel garlic and chop roughly. Cut ginger and turmeric root roughly too. (if you don't have turmeric root, use turmeric spice powder).

Step 2

Heat up a small soup pot with the water and broth. Keep over medium heat setting.

Step 3

Add the cut ginger, garlic, and turmeric.

Step 4

Add in the remaining spices. The bay leaf, black pepper, salt, nutmeg, sage, and juniper berries.

Step 5

Stir in cilantro too if you choose to add it. Otherwise, skip this step.

Step 6

Keep simmering over a medium to low heat setting. Cover and cook slowly for about 12-15 minutes.

Step 7

When it's done infusing, pour and mix in lime/lemon juice.

Step 8

Take from the heat, strain soup with a large strainer.

Step 9

Pour soup back to heat or serve hot in a bowl.