Delish, Easy, Recipes

Hot Chocolate

The rainy season is about bhajis/pakoras, soups, coffees and hot chocolates.

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Boiled Milk
  • 1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
  • 1 ¼ Tsp Corn Flour
  • 1 Tsp Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Compound Dark Chocolate

Preparation

Prep: 10 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes

  1. In a pan and heat it, take 1 ¾ milk and add cocoa powder. Mix well making sure no lumps.
  2. Then add compound dark chocolate and keep stirring. Make a cornflour slurry by mixing ¼ cup of milk and corn flour.
  3. Add this slurry to milk. Add sugar (optional).
  4. Keep stirring for a minute and give a mild boil.
  5. Serve hot and top it with whipped cream.
  6. Fyi – I have used a non-dairy whipped cream so I did not add sugar.

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Ruchita Mane

I've always lived with my Nana-Nani and my Nani makes amazing food so I barely cook. I recently graduated as a Software Engineer and before I could look for a job, the pandemic broke and we were all under lockdown. The search came to a halt and the anxiety about the future hit me hard. I had to get out of that feeling so I diverted my mind into exercising, yoga, meditation and even cooking. I started with helping my Nani by chopping vegetables, making tadkas, kneading soft doughs and in no time, I was rolling round chapatis. Cooking kept my mind in the present and made me patient and consistent. My Nani is glad that I don’t make a mess while cooking anymore, that gives her great joy. My Nanaji says that he doesn’t have to go out to a restaurant because I can cook almost everything. Now I don’t want to stop cooking. Thank you, Lockdown!