Turkish Salep Recipe: This Creamy Hot Cinnamon Milk Will Warm You Up (4 Ingredients, 5 Minutes) Turkish Recipes Beverages Middle Eastern Recipes Low Sodium Recipes

Salep is a hot drink made with milk and cinnamon, and thickened with salep flour, which is from the tubers of an orchid (Orchis). This hot drink recipe is popular is Turkey and enjoyed during the frigid winter months. The cinnamon hot milk is often found in coffee shops and being sold by street venders.

Here’s some interesting trivia about this drink from Turkish Cravings: "During the 17th and 18th century, its consumption spread beyond the Ottoman Empire’s borders to England before the rise of coffee and tea. In England, it was known as saloop and used to be made with water, instead of milk. Apparently, because tea and coffee were much more expensive then, salep used to be served as an alternative in English coffee houses. Surprisingly, nowadays, hardly anyone knows about this beverage in the UK."

To make this Turkish recipe to sip on this winter, you will need only four simple ingredients. Here is your short shopping list: whole milk, salep powder (read about the health benefits of salep) or cornstarch, granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. The hot milk looks pretty garnished with cinnamon sticks. 

Try this easy salep recipe, grab a blanket and cozy up by the fire. If you're intrigued but don't want to purchase salep powder, buy a premade salep drink mix.

Cuisine: Turkish
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 tablespoon salep powder (you cold substitute cornstarch)
• granulated sugar, to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Here's how to make it: 

1. Put the milk, salep powder and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a low boil and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. 
2. Pour into two mugs. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, if desired.

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