Milk is not one of my favorite drinks. I always disliked a cup of milk whether you add sweetness to it or not. So, when I was little my mum devised a few clever ways to make me have some. The one that I did not put up much of a fight with was for the warm cup of cardamom milk during the cooler months. As the slow autumn chill is coming through here currently, I had a sudden urge to try this elaichi doodh back again.
What is cardamom milk?
Cardamom milk is an excellent winter warm drink where steamed or boiled milk is infused with the aroma and flavour of cardamom. This elevates it from just being a drink to a copy dessert like feeling. It is also the same recipe called as cardamom moon milk.
Ingredients to make elaichi doodh
Milk: classic elaichi doodh used full cream milk. However, it is up to you to use skim, lactose free or half and half milk or plant milk like soy or oat. Ensure you have a thick bottomed pan to boil it in.
Cardamom: green cardamom pods are the ones used in the recipe. When you buy them,ensure they look deep sage green or slate green and are so fragrant as soon as you open the pack. The skin is discarded (use in curries or to make tea) and the seeds are ground to add to the milk.
Sweetener: this can be entirely your choice. Honey, cane sugar, stevia, monk fruit or add none if you prefer it that way.
Let’s make cardamom milk
Making cardamom milk is as simple as slow boiling the milk and stirring in the cardamom powder and sweetener .
- Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods.
- Crush them well.
- Slow boil the milk till it is bubbly and frothy.
- Stir in the cardamom and remove from heat.
- Stir in the sweetener. If using honey, wait till the milk cools down a bit.
- Pour into cups and serve warm.
Will cardamom milk induce sleep?
Cardamom as a spice is a soothing relaxant. Along with milk that is well known for inducing sleep the Cardamom milk combination makes it and excellent combination. It certainly is not a remedy for sleeplessness.
Can elaichi milk be vegan?
If you are following this recipe with soy milk, oat milk etc, the recipe naturally becomes vegan, however you don’t want honey in the recipe.
Can we serve this chillied?
Absolutely, pop them into small bottles and leave them in thr refrigerator. If using UHT milk, it will stay for almost a week with no issues.
Cardamom milk
Equipment
- saucepan thick bottomed
Ingredients
- 2 cups full cream milk
- 2 green cardamom
- 2 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Peel the cardamom pod and extract the seeds.
- Crush the seeds into a fine powder.
- Bring the milk to slow boil,
- Add the cardamom powder.
- Once warm and bubbling, remove from heat and stir in the sweetener ( honey)
- Pour into cups and serve.
Milk recipes from this blog
Kesar doodh – aromatic saffron milk
Mexican Atole | Hot corn drink
Ulundhu paal | blackgram drink
Jeera milagu Kashayam paal | spiced milk
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Hope you are a better milk lover than I am and enjoy this recipe more often. Let us know if you have some soothing warm drink recipes like this that you absolutely love in the comments below.
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