Keep the cold away. Kenyans drink coffee and tea more than they do hot cocoa. In fact, hot chocolate or cocoa is given and or drank more by children and the elderly.
When it rains like it has been the last couple of weeks, this is my sleeping pill. A cup after taking a hot bath and dinner knocks me out within no time. I usually make a batch just before bedtime. My family loves it.
Serves: 3-4 cups
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cooking Time: 3-4 minutes
Ready In: 5-6 minutes
Ingredients:
? 1/3 cup cocoa powder
? ½ cup sugar
? 1 pinch salt
? 1/3 cup boiling water
? 3½ cups milk
? ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract / 1½ teaspoon vanilla essence
? ½ cup whole cream
Directions:
Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan
Blend in the boiling water
Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir
Simmer and stir for about two minutes
Watch that it doesn’t burn
Stir in 3½ cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil
Remove from heat and add vanilla
Divide between four mugs
Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature
Serve with your favourite cookies or muffins.