Masala Chai

Masala Chai is gingery, warm spiced chai with sweet notes from cardamom and earthiness from cinnamon and nutmeg. The floral notes from dried rose petals makes it extra delicious!

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Course: Beverages

Cuisine: Indian

Diet: Gluten Free

Keyword: 15 Minutes Recipe

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Servings: Servinngs

Calories: 86kcal

Author: Aayushi Patel

Equipment

1 Sauce Pan
1 Fine Mesh Strainer
Cups to Serve Chai

Ingredients

3 Tsp Black Tea Leaves (Chai leaves)
2 Cups Water
1 Inch Knob of Ginger
4-5 Green Cardamom Pods
1-2 Black Peppercorns
1 Clove
1/2 Cinnamon Stick
6-7 Fresh Mint Leaves Optional
1 Lemon Grass Stalk Optional
1 Cup Milk
3 Tsp Sugar

Instructions

If you are using chai masala skip adding whole spices. Only pound fresh ginger.
In a mortar pastel, add your sliced ginger, along with cardamom pods, black peppercorns, and cloves. Lightly pound them.
In a sauce pan add water. Let it heat up on a medium high flame. To this add black tea leaves. Add the pounded ginger and spices. Bring it to a boil.
Once the tea decoction starts to simmer, add fresh mint leaves and fresh lemon grass stalks. Let it boil for a minute.
Now add milk and sugar. If you have chai spice blend (aka chai masala) add 1/4th tsp now along with sugar.
The chai can boil too fast, so keep a close eye on it.
On a medium flame, let your chai boil. Once the chai boils and starts to rise, lower the flame to low. Now once again bring the flame to medium high. Once the chai starts to rise, turn off the stove.
Strain through the mesh strainer in your Kettle or directly in the serving cups.
Serve with your favorite cookies or snacks.

Notes

It takes a few tries to know your preference on how you prefer your tea.
Ginger in tea is a must. Make sure you add the pounded ginger and let the tea leaves boil for a minute before adding milk. If the ginger is not boiled with the tea leaves, the milk might curdle.
You can either use whole milk, or 2% milk to make this chai. If you are using 2% milk, I would suggest you use 1:1 water to milk ratio.
Add sugar after adding milk. Adjust as per your taste.
Add the whole spices according to your preference.

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