Cardamom

Set this up the night before and all you’ll have to do in the morning is brush it with butter and bake.

No ice cream maker required to whip up this fruity, fancy-feeling frozen dessert.

This version of aam panna, the ultra-refreshing summer drink, swaps green mangoes for a classic pantry staple: jarred applesauce (yes, really).

Just a sprinkle of this hot, warm, and sweet spice blend will enhance any dish—especially when you take a few minutes to make it yourself. 

Turn your kitchen into a Swedish bakery with this oversized take on the classic cardamom bun known as kardemummabulle.

These coconutty fudgelike treats are are an easy (and gorgeous) addition to any celebration—and they require only four ingredients.

Buttery, floral, and with just the right amount of spice, there’s no better companion for your afternoon tea or coffee break.

Blueberries and saffron may seem like they’re from different worlds, but here they come together like delicious star-crossed lovers.

These doughnuts are oh so pillowy and light—they're the perfect home for this luscious cardamom cream. 

Warm ginger and fragrant cardamom kick this classic loaf cake up a notch.

The best part about grilling ground chicken is that you can mix in as much garlic, herbs, and spices as you wish. (Also, cheese!)

This East African snack is fluffy, crispy, and mildly sweet—like the best parts of French beignets and American old-fashioned doughnuts combined into one bite.

Recipe developer Zaynab Issa’s Karak Chai is richer than most cups of tea, thanks to its generous use of evaporated milk and hints of vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom.  

Rather than tossing your orange peels, add a few to a batch of warming chai for a soothing sick-day (or any-day) beverage.

The roasted, earthy notes of the hōjicha (roasted green tea) carry the warming toasted baking spices for a comforting low-caffeine wintertime brew.

Here’s what happened after carrot cake met carrot halwa, the milky, long-cooking, spoonably-soft confection common in South Asia. Raisins, cinnamon, and cream cheese frosting made way for brown-butter pistachios, cardamom, and sticky carrot glaze and the rest of their romance was history. 

You don’t need a tagine, a conical earthenware pot typically from Morocco, to make this warming, fragrant, tender lamb stew.

Molokhia, a braised chicken and greens dish popular in Lebanon and Egypt, inspired this riff on chicken soup.

This chaider recipe is our warm, spiced-up, wintery alternative to bulletproof coffee. It’s a sweet mash-up of masala chai flavors and mulled cider, with an unexpected buttery finish to smooth it all out.

Feel free to use whatever fresh chile you can find, but remember that this sauce is supposed to pack some heat.