Masala Paal (Masala Milk) is a special beverage in many of the restaurants. My first experience of tasting masala milk is in Hot Chips, it was so delicious and lip-smacking. I have been thinking of sharing this wonderful recipe, finally I made it today. It is so simple and easy yet so tasty. I have seen slight differences in the masala milk taste served in chennai and other parts of India. I have given here the Chennai Masala Milk with whole masala like cinnamon, cloves, cardamom along with some saffron thread to get a nice colour and finally garnishing with pistachios. The restaurant version of this masala milk includes Saara Paruppu (Piyal Seeds) instead of pistachios. We can find Saara Paruppu (Piyal Seeds) generally mixed with beetle nuts. I don't have stock of piyal seeds hence I have used Pistachios.
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| Madras Masala Paal (Masala Milk) |
Preparation time and Yield :
| Preparation time | 5 mins |
| Cooking time | 15 mins |
| Servings | 2 |
| Yield | 2 Cups |
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| Madras Masala Paal (Masala Milk) |
Ingredients:
| Milk | 3 Cups |
| Sugar | 3 tablespoon |
| Badam | 1/4 Cup |
| Cardamom Powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Cinnamon Stick | 1 Inch piece |
| Cloves | 3 |
| Chopped Pistachio nuts | 1 tablespoon |
| Saffron Thread | 1/2 teaspoon |
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| Madras Masala Paal (Masala Milk) |
Method:- Soak badam in hot water for 30 minutes and remove from water, peel the skin and grind it to a nice paste in a mixer. Take the ground badam paste in a bowl
- Add milk to a sauce pan along with cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom powder and keep it in medium flame and boil the milk till the milk reduces to 3/4th quantity. If you measure the milk it should be around 2 cups.
- Once the milk reduces to 3/4th quantity, add ground badam paste along with saffron threads and sugar and bring it to boil.
- Finally garnish with piyal seeds or pistachios and mix well and remove from flame
- Our yummy Masala Milk is now ready to serve in serving glass. Fill in the serving glass and garnish with 1-2 saffron threads
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| Madras Masala Paal (Masala Milk) |
Note :
- You can add half a teaspoon of pepper and a pinch of turmeric and serve hot. This will be a great remedy to cold & cough.
