Golden Turmeric Milk Recipe - Masala Haldi Doodh
A comfort drink with many health benefits and often used as an alternative remedy to boost immunity and stave off illness due to turmeric’s anti-inflammatory & healing properties.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Whole Milk
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Black Peppercorns Lightly crushed
- 1/2 tsp Dry ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp Ghee Or Coconut oil
- A Pinch of Cardamom
- 1 tsp Honey Or any sweetener of choice
Instructions
- Add milk to a saucepan or pot and bring to a boil over medium heat with occasional stirring.
- Add in all the spices. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until all the flavours infuse into the milk.
- Finally add 1/2 teaspoon of ghee (clarified butter) or coconut oil and cardamom powder. Boil for another minute and turn off the heat.
- Strain the drink through a fine strainer. Pour back and forth between 2 glasses to get that froth.
- Add in sweetener of your choice. If adding honey, please add after the milk gets lukewarm or when you are just about to drink it.
- Top up with a pinch of cinnamon powder and serve warm. Optionally you can garnish with nuts & saffron.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Skip any spice that you don’t like other than pepper.
- Make this milk using fresh turmeric when it is in season.
- You can make a vegan version by replacing regular milk with vegan milk of your choice and add maple syrup instead of honey.
- You can just add a teaspoon of my Turmeric Tea Powder to 1 cup milk and boil. Add a sweetener of choice & sip warm.