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).
1 Piece Garlic Clove, 1 Inch Ginger Fresh, ½ Inch Turmeric
Heat up a small soup pot with the water and broth. Keep over medium heat setting.
2½ Cups Water, 2½ Cups Broth
Add the cut ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
Add in the remaining spices. The bay leaf, black pepper, salt, grated nutmeg, sage, and whole juniper berries.
Stir in cilantro too if you choose to add it. Otherwise, skip this step.
1 Tablespoon Cilantro Fresh
Keep simmering over a medium to low-heat setting. Cover and cook slowly for about 12–15 minutes.
When it's done infusing, pour and mix in lime/lemon juice.
Juice of ½ lime
Take from the heat, strain the soup with a large strainer.
Pour the soup back to heat or serve hot in a bowl. You can top it with fresh herbs such as cilantro, parsley, chives.
Cilantro Fresh
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Notes
As a base use, a broth of your choice can be homemade, carton, bouillon cubes mixed in hot water. Can be vegetable, chicken, beef etc. whichever you prefer.