Vanilla Powder
Vanilla beans are the fruit of a few very particular kinds of orchids which bears the only edible
fruit from the family Orchidaceae, and hey require special growing conditions and careful handling
to thrive. Once green vanilla beans are harvested, the pods also have to be dried, cured, and ten
aged to become the baking ingredient we know and love to use in many recipes. Whole vanilla
beans are one of the most expensive spice in the world. But vanilla beans return the favour by
providing you with such rich, intense aromas and flavors in your baked goods. They are a special
ingredient, but worth it. Our beans are traditionally to develop the full, complex vanilla flavor and
artificial canilla (vanillin) cannot properly replicate the complexity of natural vanilla. The entire
process takes around 10 to 12 months after pollination and our farmers have turned vanilla
processing and curing into a true art. Making vanilla powder takes another few more steps forward
where cured vanilla beans are dried to an extent and ground to the desired quality.
How to use natural Vanilla Powder

Baking with Vanilla Beans
If you wish to the vanilla powder in a batter for a cake or for cookies, just put the desired amount
of powder the batter to infuse it with a natural vanilla flavor.
If you have a recipe for a cake. Cookies or any food that requires vanilla extract, you can use these
vanilla powder instead of vanilla extract. Add vanilla powder when you cream the butter in the
recipe as this will ensure the powder and seeds are well incorporated into the batter.
You can also mix vanilla powder into sugar, infusing the sugar with vanilla. Mixing powder into
the sugar will release the aroma of the vanilla and infuse the sugar with a natural vanilla taste.
Then these vanilla infused sugar can be used when sugar is required in any recipe.
Flavoring using Vanilla Powder.
For the baking recipes that contain milk, you can use vanilla powder to milk and heat up the milk
in a saucepan or a suitable pan over medium-high heat for some time hence it can be used in
puddings, custards, and other milk based recipes.

Also you can drink fresh milk incorporated with vanilla flavor by adding a small amount of vanilla
powder in to hot milk and keeping it for few minutes to blend the flavor into the milk.
Mixing vanilla powder in your sugar container will provide your vanilla flavored sugar. You can
use vanilla flavored sugar into your tea, coffee or anything that needs sugar.
If you need a vanilla infused coffee for your day to day routine, mix vanilla powder to your coffee
container for few weeks. Over the time, your coffee beans will become infused with vanilla flavor
and will add a great taste to your morning coffee.