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Creamy chai porridge

April 3, 2014 10 Comments

A creamy, wholesome bowl of chai-spiced oats - the perfect warming dish for those cold winter mornings.

I posted two recipes on my Facebook and Instagram pages last week asking which recipe you would prefer, a rich and decadent – yet healthy – chocolate pudding, or creamy comforting chai porridge. Surprisingly, not only did the chocolate pudding win, but it won by a landslide, with the poor porridge not getting any votes. Am I the only only one out there who loves porridge?

My friends would probably contest that I am a little obsessed with porridge. James likes to tell the story of how he came into my office at work one day to find me sitting in my bosses office talking through how I’d made “The most amazing bowl of oats for breakfast this morning. So the trick is, you need to cook the oats over a low heat…” with my patient and polite boss sitting there nodding his head whilst I passed on all tips necessary for making the perfect bowl of steaming hot oats. If you ask me, the story doesn’t go quite like that, though its probably not too far off.

A creamy, wholesome bowl of chai-spiced oats - the perfect warming dish for those cold winter mornings.

Porridge has long been my favorite breakfast cereal, and I can still remember the first time I ate “proper” oats. I was staying at my aunties house and it was a cold winters morning. I got out of bed to find her in the kitchen preparing a pot of old-fashioned porridge on the stove top. I watched, intrigued – the only porridge I’d ever had up until that point came from a little sachet that you would pour into bowl with a little milk and zap in the microwave. “Would you like to try some?” She ladled some into a bowl, poured on a little cream, a dab of butter and a sprinkle of brown sugar. And it tasted heavenly.

Ever since, porridge has been my breakfast of choice on any given cold winters morning. I have been playing around with how I make it over the years and have no less than a dozen “favorite” versions.  This one I’m sharing with you today is my current favorite version. It combines my beloved oats with my favorite winters drink – milky chai. If like me you are a porridge and a chai fan, you have to try this – the flavours are a match made in oaty heaven.

A creamy, wholesome bowl of chai-spiced oats - the perfect warming dish for those cold winter mornings.

Creamy chai porridge

Notes: This tastes best with homemade chai, and I use my recipe here to make the chai. If you don’t have time to make your own almond milk, simply steep the spices in water and add in milk of your choice (I actually prefer to use coconut milk for this porridge to make it creamier). Feel free to omit the tea bags here too for a caffeine free version.

1/3 cup oats per person
1 cup chai per person
Pinch salt

Place all ingredients in a saucepan over low heat and stir to combine. Cook, stirring occassionally, on a low heat for 15 minutes. Add a little extra liquid it your porridge gets too dry and gluggy.

Serve topped with chopped nuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon

Filed Under: Breakfast, Recipe Tagged With: chai, cinnamon, oats, porridge, spices, vegan, wholegrains

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Comments

  1. Lillian @ Sugar and Cinnamon says

    April 3, 2014 at 4:48 pm

    Such a great flavour idea! I love chai and I love porridge so this would possibly be the best breakfast ever :)

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  2. Lauren says

    April 3, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    I absolutely love porridge – and I have been wanting to do a chai porridge for a while! Perfect reason to do it now :)

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  3. Mike@TheIronYou says

    April 4, 2014 at 1:51 am

    I love porridge, it’s so British, so appropriate and so very good. And it reminds me of my good friend Guy from London whom I miss a lot.
    Great recipe and beautiful pictures too D!

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  4. Josefine {The Smoothie Lover} says

    April 4, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    I absolutely love porridge! It was pretty hard choosing which one to vote for ;)
    I love how creamy and filling porridge is. Cooking the oats in chai sounds heavenly!

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  5. Katie @ Whole Nourishment says

    April 4, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Love the idea of chai oats. I guess people will always go for the chocolate but it’s really hard to beat porridge for breakfast. I’m laughing that we were both thinking along the same porridge lines this week. ;-) And I mentioned to someone else how oats are great if they’re cooked properly, and it looks like this is a good method to guarantee good results.

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  6. Sharon says

    April 5, 2014 at 12:05 am

    I love this. So easy yet so delicious. Just goes to show you don’t need a ton of ingredients to make a breakfast with impact! Have a great weekend Dearna!

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  7. Julia says

    April 6, 2014 at 12:39 am

    I’m crazy about outmeal/poridge, too! It’s one of those simple, healthy, comforting meals but there are SO many ways you can make it phenomenal. I love the idea of adding lots of liquid and cooking on low. And CHAI? I LOVE Chai and can’t believe I’ve never tried making oats with chai before! Now I must check out your homemeade chai recipe and get to cooking!

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  8. Consuelo @ Honey & Figs says

    April 6, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    I adore porrdige as well, but hey, you were talking about chocolate pudding so I had to go with that option lol hahaha. This version looks super creamy and delicious and I’m a sucker for anything chai so I really need to try your version! xxx

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  9. Cailee @http://hellohealthyeating.com says

    April 7, 2014 at 5:43 am

    Oh wow!! What a nourishing recipe and a beautiful bowl!! You have such great photography!! Love your blog btw!! SO pretty!

    Reply
    • tohercore says

      April 9, 2014 at 10:50 am

      Thank you for your kind words Cailee! :)

      Reply

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