Madras Masala Paal (Masala Milk)
Delicious and lip-smacking Madras Masala Paal is a popular beverage in most of the Chennai restaurants. Homemade Masala Paal is a healthy and soothing drink.
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 110kcal
Equipment
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Milk Whole milk would be a better choice
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- ¼ Cup Almonds
- ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1" Piece Cinnamon Stick
- 3 Cloves
- 1 tbsp Pistachios Finely Chopped
- Few Saffron Threads
Instructions
- 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
Notes
- Instead of whole masala, we can add 1/2 tsp of cinnamon powder and a pinch of cloves.
- Always serve the masala pal warm. Consuming just before sleeping makes us sleep peacefully also good for curing throat infections.
- We can add few peppercorns or pepper powder too. 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.
- Usually in restaurants the masala milk is topped with Malai
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g