Turmeric Milk Recipe (Haldi Doodh)

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk (full fat milk from cow)
• ¾ to 1 teaspoon organic turmeric powder for adults, 2 pinches to ¼ tsp for kids
• ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper (or long pepper powder),1 to 2 pinches for kids

Optional Ingredients (Read notes)

• 1 teaspoon organic sugar (jaggery or honey)
• ⅛ teaspoon ground green cardamom (or 1 crushed green cardamom)
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnammon (or ¼ inch Ceylon cinnamon)
• 1 pinch dried ground ginger (sonth/sonti)
• 1 clove (crushed)

Steps

How to Make Turmeric Milk

1. The traditional method starts by boiling cow's milk. Pour the milk into a pot and bring it to a gentle boil. If you want to use all the other optional spices, add them and boil for 2 mins.
2. Switch off the heat and let the milk cool until it is only slightly hot. Add the ground black pepper and turmeric and mix well.
3. Pour the turmeric milk into a cup and drink it while still warm. If you use other whole spices, you may filter or strain the milk. Add sweetener if needed. If using honey, wait until the milk has cooled to warm before adding it.