cardamom Archives

Rice recipes

Persian jewelled rice

50 minutes

Biscuit recipes

Decadent doughnut cookies

10 minutes

Sweet treat

Chocolate cardamom crème caramel

70 minutes

Doughnut recipes

Banana fritters with apple spice

15 minutes

Warm pudding

Our take on Donna Hay’s sticky date pudding

2 hours

Curry recipes

Cape Malay chicken biryani casserole

1 3⁄4 hours

Fruity dessert

Peach-and-cardamom pies with brown-sugar lattice crust

25 minutes

Lamb recipes

Mansaf (lamb in yoghurt sauce)

4 hours

Hot drink

DIY chai

10 minutes

DIY chai

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

4 cups milk
1/2 t white pepper
2 cinnamon sticks
5 smashed cardamom pods
1 split vanilla pod and seeds
2 cloves
1 star anise
Brown sugar, to taste
Toasted marshmallows, for serving

Method

Heat 4 cups of milk in a saucepan, then add 1/2 t white pepper, 2 cinnamon sticks, 5 smashed cardamom pods, 1 split vanilla pod and seeds, 2 cloves, 1 star anise and brown sugar to taste.

Simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes to infuse but do not allow the mixture to boil. Strain and divide the milk between 4 glasses.

Top with toasted marshmallows and serve immediately.

Discover more hot drinks here.

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Sweetcorn tamarind soup

Pork cacciatore

Sweet potato dhal with yoghurt flatbread

Middle-Eastern orange cake with spiced syrup

Our version of Nigella’s bread-and-butter pudding

Persian jewelled rice

Decadent doughnut cookies

Chocolate cardamom crème caramel

Banana fritters with apple spice

Our take on Donna Hay’s sticky date pudding

Cape Malay chicken biryani casserole

Peach-and-cardamom pies with brown-sugar lattice crust

Mansaf (lamb in yoghurt sauce)

DIY chai

DIY chai

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