Ingredients:

• 8 cups – Milk/soy Milk
• 6 whole Cloves
• 2 Cinnamon sticks, broken into small pieces
• A pinch pepper
• 1 cup – Sugar
• 1 tbsp – Orange zest, grated
• 500g – dark chocolate

Method:

1. In a large pan, add cloves, cinnamon, pepper, sugar and orange zest to milk.
2. Simmer for a while, stirring constantly.
3. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
4. Keep over low heat for 15 minutes till you get a nice aroma.
5. Chop chocolate and place in a heat-proof bowl.
6. Strain hot spicy milk into the bowl and stir well to melt chocolate.
7. Pour into tall mugs and serve hot.

Recipe courtesy of Pavithra