Golden Milk & Cinnamon Shots
Two immunity boosting drinks
Hello everyone,
Welcome to this week’s edition of Yesterday’s Curry. Thank you so much for reading!
Today I am going to share a couple of very quick and easy immune boosting recipes which have spices at the forefront. When I revived my newsletter last month, one of the main things I wanted to introduce was speedy and accessible ways to use spices in everyday cooking.
Since starting Yesterday’s Curry Spice Blends, I’ve been cooking with spices more than ever before, and am constantly testing different ways of using them. Spices are not only for providing flavour to food, but equally importantly they impart a myriad of health benefits. I’ll be dedicating entire newsletters to individual spices and their medicinal properties at a later stage, but the following recipes are two ways to dip your toe into using spice as a healing tonic if you’re feeling a bit under the weather or want to ward off illness.
The first is Golden Milk, aka Turmeric Latte. Turmeric is widely known as being incredibly good for you. Its main component, curcumin, promises to alleviate inflammation and is a powerful antioxidant. It is even more effective when paired with piperine, the compound found in black pepper which in itself acts as an expectorant(fights mucus). Ginger is a powerhouse all rounder, and has antioxidant properties as well as being great for colds and digestion. Cardamom is another anti-inflammatory which improves oral health and detoxifies the body, and cloves are antioxidants which fight free radicals in the body. Infuse all of these potent spices in a creamy concoction of milk and honey and you have a delicious drink that is also extremely good for health.
I hope you find these 2 recipes useful and they find their way into your spice cooking rotation! So without further ado: