Masala chai! A hot beverage most popular in India where hot milk is made to boil with spices and black tea, then filtered and served with rusks or biscuits which are usually dunked into the chai and eaten!! Nothing like having a glass of chai in the evening with biscuits! They are soo warm and comforting, especially during cold weather!
I’m basically a coffee person and so is my husband. I rarely make chai at home. I do love green tea and the masala one. So I decided to make one for myself. But when I made this chai, very lately I discovered that my husband too loves tea especially the masala one as much as he loves coffee! He very well enjoyed his steamy masala chai with biscuits! I was very glad that he liked it!
Oh, my. Only then it struck me that I haven’t blogged about this recipe yet. So here I am writing the blog post on masala chai! As far as the spices are concerned it is totally up to you.
You can add spices that suit your tastebuds or you could just add tea and cardamom pods for a mild flavor. I love my masala chai to be prepared in just whole milk but you could mix water in whole milk and prepare your tea if you don’t like your tea thick.
Ingredients:
Whole Milk – 1 cup
Sugar to taste
Loose Black Tea Leaves or Black Tea Powder – 2 Tsp
Green Cardamom Pods- 3nos
Whole black peppercorns- 2 nos
Fennel Seeds – 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon Stick- 1 no
Clove – 1 no
One thin slice of Fresh Ginger
Crush all the dry spices using a mortar and pestle and grate the ginger.
In a saucepan add milk, tea, sugar and crushed spices except for ginger.
Bring it to a boil. when the mixture boils add the ginger.
Turn off the heat and let steep for 2 minutes.
Strain out the tea leaves and spices through a sieve.
Serve with biscuits! enjoy!
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