Chai - A Cup of Tea
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Recipe type: Drinks and Beverages
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2
 
Chai or Tea is the classic Indian warm beverage made with tea leaves, milk and spices. It’s a great pick me up drink, with lower content of caffeine than coffee, while giving an instant boost of energy with spices like cinnamon, cardamom and ginger.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 4 cardamom seeds
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • ¼ tsp minced fresh ginger
  • 2 tsp black tea leaves
  • Sugar – to taste
Instructions
  1. Time: 10-15 min
  2. Serves-2
  3. In a saucepan when the water starts to warm add the cinnamon stick, ginger, and 2 of the cardamom pods. Bring the water to boil and add the tea leaves. I use brands like Brooke bond Red Label, Taj Mahal Tea and Brooke Bond Natural Care.
  4. Let the tea simmer a little before you add milk. After adding the milk, let the tea simmer on a low flame.
  5. Lastly take out the seeds from two cardamom pods and crush the seeds into powder using a mortor and pestle and add to the tea. Close the saucepan with a lid of the pan for couple of minutes for the cardamom powder to get infused into the tea.
  6. Remove from the stove and strain the tea in to the cups. Add a spoon of sugar in each cup or to taste before serving.
Recipe by Hot Sweet Spicy Recipes at http://hotsweetspicyrecipes.com/chai-a-cup-of-tea/