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- I am posting this for David Heisterberg, djh@osc.edu, whose news
- is "perpetually broken." Don't blame me if it gives you a tummy-ache
- or gets you in trouble in any other manner:
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- With the weekend coming up, you might find use for this recipe for bhang
- from _Flavors_of_India_ by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff.
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- 2 cups water
- 1 ounce marijuana (fresh leaves and flowers of a female plant preferred)
- 4 cups warm milk
- 2 tablespoons blanched and chopped almonds
- 1/8 teaspoon garam masala [a mixture of cloves, cinnamon, and cardamon]
- 1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon rosewater
- 1 cup sugar
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- Bring the water to a rapid boil and pour into a clean teapot. Remove
- any seeds or twigs from the marijuana, add it to the teapot and cover.
- Let this brew for about 7 minutes. Now strain the water and marijuana
- through a piece of muslin cloth, collect the water and save. Take the
- leaves and flowers and squeeze between your hands to extract any liquid
- that remains. Add this to the water. Place the leaves and flowers in
- a mortar and add 2 teaspoons warm milk. Slowly but firmly grind the
- milk and leaves together. Gather up the marijuana and squeeze out as
- much milk as you can. Repeat this process until you have used about
- 1/2 cup of milk (about 4 to 5 times). Collect all the milk that has
- been extracted and place in a bowl. By this time the marijuana will
- have turned into a pulpy mass. Add the chopped almonds and some more
- warm milk. Grind this in the mortar until a fine paste is formed.
- Squeeze this paste and collect the extract as before. Repeat a few
- more times until all that is left are some fibers and nut meal.
- Discard the residue. Combine all the liquids that have been collected,
- including the water the marijuana was brewed in. Add to this the
- garam masala, dried ginger and rosewater. Add the sugar and remaining
- milk. Chill, serve, and enjoy.
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- It seems a bit labor intensive, but then it is meant as an offering to
- Shiva.
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