Chai Latte - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 4 to 5 whole cloves
- 5 green cardamom pods
- 3 brown cardamom pods
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon black tea leaves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- A pinch of ground cardamom
- A pinch of ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Pour the milk into a small pot, add the cloves, green and brown cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, sugar, tea leaves and ginger, and bring to a simmer. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain into a 2-cup measure and, using an electric milk frother or an espresso machine, steam the milk until it is thick and foamy. Pour into 2 large latte cups and spoon the foam on top. Sprinkle with ground cardamom and cinnamon and serve.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).
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