Ayurvedic Spice Milk

Milk provides a unique nutritional value that cannot be derived from any other type of food. Milk, when digested properly, nourishes tissues, promotes balanced emotions, and helps to balance all the doshas. It is one of the most important foods to promote ojas.

Ojas been a refined substance the body produces from the most subtle level of proper digestion. Ojas brings strength, strong immunity, happiness, and contentment according to Ayurveda. Therefore milk is a very important food to include regularly in one's diet especially if you follow a vegetarian lifestyle.

In order to digest milk properly, one should avoid drinking cold milk right out of the refrigerator. Milk should be brought to a boil. Allow the milk to foam up and then bring the heat down so the milk is on a slow boil for about 5 to 10 minutes. Heating the milk changes the molecular structure of the milk so it is much easier for human consumption and it reduces kapha, making it lighter to digest. While cooking it you may add a pinch of ground turmeric, a pinch of ground black pepper, a cinnamon stick, or a few pinches of ginger to reduce the heaviness of the milk and reduce any mucous causing side effect.

Vedic Spice Milk Recipe
-whole organic milk
-turmeric
-saffron
-cinnamon
-black pepper
-powered ginger
-green cardamom
-sugar

In the Spring season I would boil 2 cups water with one cup milk ,add saffron as it is your most delicate flavour and then add a pinch of the rest of the ingredients. Slow boil for about 5-8 minutes. Great for kids.