Skillet To Plate https://www.skillettoplate.com A Concoction Of Food And Photography Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:23:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.11 Masala Chai https://www.skillettoplate.com/masala-chai/ https://www.skillettoplate.com/masala-chai/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2019 04:52:50 +0000 https://www.skillettoplate.com/?p=3801 Masala chai! A hot beverage most popular in India where hot milk is made to boil with spices and black tea, then filtered and served with rusks or biscuits which are usually dunked into the chai and eaten!! Nothing like having a glass of chai in the evening with biscuits! They are soo warm and comforting, especially during cold weather!

MASALA CHAI

MASALA CHAI

I’m basically a coffee person and so is my husband. I rarely make chai at home. I do love green tea and the masala one. So I decided to make one for myself. But when I made this chai, very lately I discovered that my husband too loves tea especially the masala one as much as he loves coffee! He very well enjoyed his steamy masala chai with biscuits! I was very glad that he liked it!

MASALA CHAI

MASALA CHAI

MASALA CHAI

MASALA CHAI

Oh, my. Only then it struck me that I haven’t blogged about this recipe yet. So here I am writing the blog post on masala chai! As far as the spices are concerned it is totally up to you.

MASALA CHAI

You can add spices that suit your tastebuds or you could just add tea and cardamom pods for a mild flavor. I love my masala chai to be prepared in just whole milk but you could mix water in whole milk and prepare your tea if you don’t like your tea thick.

MASALA CHAI

MASALA CHAI

Ingredients:

Whole Milk – 1 cup

Sugar to taste

Loose Black Tea Leaves or Black Tea Powder – 2 Tsp

Green Cardamom Pods- 3nos

Whole black peppercorns- 2 nos

Fennel Seeds – 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon Stick- 1 no

Clove – 1 no

One thin slice of Fresh Ginger

Method:

Crush all the dry spices using a mortar and pestle and grate the ginger.

In a saucepan add milk, tea, sugar and crushed spices except for ginger.

Bring it to a boil. when the mixture boils add the ginger.

Turn off the heat and let steep for 2 minutes.

Strain out the tea leaves and spices through a sieve.

Serve with biscuits! enjoy!

 

]]> https://www.skillettoplate.com/masala-chai/feed/ 1 Turmeric Milk https://www.skillettoplate.com/turmeric-milk/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 01:31:26 +0000 http://www.skillettoplate.com/?p=3512 Turmeric Milk – whole milk simmered in spices, turmeric powder, ginger and sweetened with honey. It’s freezing outside and sick kids call for a warm cup of turmeric milk! isn’t?? Soo much of goodness in that cup!

TURMERIC MILK

Turmeric is one of the key ingredients in many Asian dishes, imparting a mustard-like, earthy aroma and pungent, slightly bitter flavor to foods. It is used mostly in savory dishes but also is used in some sweet dishes. It is a principal ingredient in curry powders. Although typically used in its dried, powdered form, turmeric also is used fresh, like ginger. It has numerous uses in East Asian recipes, such as pickle that contains large chunks of soft turmeric, made from fresh turmeric. [source: wiki] Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory properties and it is considered as an Ayurvedic medicine in India.

Everyone has their own version of making turmeric milk. This is my version. Some prefer to use non-dairy milk but I’ve used home milk in this recipe. Also, I prefer to use fresh ginger and whole spices.

Turmeric Milk Turmeric Milk - whole milk simmered in spices,turmeric powder, ginger and sweetened with honey. It's freezing outside and sick kids calls for a warm cup of turmeric milk! isn't?? Soo much of goodness in that cup! Turmeric is one of the key ingredients in many Asian dishes, imparting a mustard-like, earthy aroma and pungent, slightly bitter flavor to foods.It is used mostly in savory dishes, but also is used in some sweet dishes. It is a principal ingredient in curry powders. Although typically used in its dried, powdered form, turmeric also is used fresh, like ginger. It has numerous uses in East Asian recipes, such as pickle that contains large chunks of soft turmeric, made from fresh turmeric. [source: wiki] Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory properties and it is considered as an Ayurvedic medicine in India. Every one has their own version of making turmeric milk. This is my version. Some prefer to use non dairy milk but I've used home milk in this recipe. Also I prefer to use fresh ginger and whole spices. Here you go with the recipe! Ingredients: Whole milk- 2cups Turmeric powder- 1tsp Bay leaf -1 Cinnamon stick -1 A pinch of grated nutmeg Black peppercorns -1tsp Star anise-2 nos Cardomom-2nos Honey to taste Ginger -1/4 inch piece sliced and crushed Method: Using motor and pestle crush together ginger and peppercorns In a saucepan simmer together milk, crushed ginger peppercorns with all the ingredients except honey for ten minutes. Strain the milk add honey and enjoy it warm!

Here you go with the recipe!

Ingredients:

Whole milk- 2cups

Turmeric powder- 1tsp

Bay leaf -1

Cinnamon stick -1

A pinch of grated nutmeg

Black peppercorns -1tsp

Star anise-2 nos

Cardamom-2nos

Honey to taste

Ginger -1/4 inch piece sliced and crushed

Method:

Using motor and pestle crush together ginger and peppercorns

In a saucepan simmer together milk, crushed ginger peppercorns with all the ingredients except honey for ten minutes.

Strain the milk add honey and enjoy it warm!

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