Kashay (cup full of nutrition)

Kashay (in Konkani) is a milk beverage, spiced with coriander, fennel and cumin seeds.

It is full of nutrition and has cooling effect to our body, a good substitute for tea and coffee. Perfect for any season specially a rainy afternoon, this always reminds me of my home town… GOA J



Ingredients: (For kashay powder)

1 cup coriander seeds

½ cup fennel seeds

½ cup cumin seeds

Method:

Dry roast (without oil) all the spices separately till

it starts to change color and give nice aroma. Now let it cool and grind it to a fine powder and Store in an airtight container.



kashay powder



Kashay:

Ingredients

1 cup of milk

½ cup water

2 tsp sugar or according to taste

1 tsp kashay powder

½ tsp grated ginger

Fresh lemon grass

½ tsp turmeric powder(optional)

Mix together milk, water, sugar, kashay powder, ginger and lemon grass and bring to a boil. Then simmer for about 5 mins and turn the gas off, cover it and let it sit for few mins. Strain it just like tea and serve hot.

Enjoy!