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Chai spiced hot chocolate

A decadent and easy hot chocolate recipe that's been spiced with warming chai spices to make it extra special this festive this season!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American, European, Indian
Calories: 271

Ingredients
  

  • 400 ml milk whole or semi-skimmed
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • ½ cup dark chocolate roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 2 tbsp honey or any sweetener to taste
  • 3-4 green cardamom
  • ½ inch cinnamon stick
  • ½ tsp nutmeg powder

Equipment

  • Sauce pan

Method
 

  1. Mix the cornflour with 2-3 tablespoons of the milk and set it aside. In a saucepan add the milk, honey and cocoa powder, whisk it together and set it to boil over a medium flame
  2. When the milk mixture comes to a boil, lower the flame and add in the cornflour slurry. Keep stirring and cooking until the milk thickens. Next add the chocolate and remove from flame. Let this sit for 5-7 minutes, undisturbed
  3. In the meanwhile, lightly toast the cardamoms and cinnamon, in a pan, over medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Remove and grind to a fine powder
  4. Back to the saucepan, whisk the melted chocolate in with the milk until it is fully incorporated in it. Then add the nutmeg powder and a teaspoon of the cinnamon and cardamom powder, give it a good mix
  5. Pour this in coffee mugs and serve your deliciously chai spiced hot chocolate, warm with your favourite cookies. Cheers!
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Notes

  • The cardamom and cinnamon powder is more than what you'd need for this recipe. Store the remaining in an air tight jar to use again
  • I have used 75% dark chocolate for my recipe here. You could use any chocolate as per taste
  • Adjust the amount of the sweetener in the recipe, as per taste
  • ml - millilitres
  • tsp - teaspoon
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • 1 cup = 25- millilitres