Chai Spiced Porridge
Recipe Serves 2 people
Ingredients
Base Recipe Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup oats, rolled
- 1 2/3 cup water for more protein use milk instead
- pinch salt, table
Additional Ingredients
- 2 cm ginger, fresh
- 2 pods cardamom
- 1 whole star anise
- 1 whole clove
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg spice
- 1/2 cup milk, skim
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 tsp rosewater essence
- 4 dates, medjool chopped
- 1/4 cup pistachios chopped
Instructions
- Add the ginger, cardamom pods, star anise, clove, cinnamon and nutmeg to 1 cup of boiling water (this cup will substitute 1 cup of water from the base recipe). Allow to sit for 5 minutes. (NOTE: to make it easier to remove from the porridge later you may like to wrap these in a small piece of muslin cloth and tie with string.)
- Pour the spices along with the 1 cup of boiling water into a saucepan with the remaining base recipe ingredients (i.e. 1 1/3 cup oats, 1 2/3 cup water and pinch of salt).
- Add milk, honey and rosewater essence to the saucepan. Cook on low heat for 6-8 mins until it is cooked to a smooth consistency, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the whole pieces of ginger, cardamom, star anise and clove.
- Divide the porridge into 2 bowls. Top each bowl half of the dates and pistachios. Enjoy!
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