Masala Chai I
Masala Chai I — a beverage recipe, 11 ingredients.
contains dairycontains nuts
Ingredients
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- 100 grams powdered ginger
- 25 grams cloves
- 100 grams whole black peppercorns
- 60 grams whole cinnamon, broken small, or 40 grams ground cinnamon
- ½ seed of nutmeg, crushed
- 35 grams green cardamom pods
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¾ teaspoon dried tea leaves—to be traditional, a strong Indian tea such as an Assam is best.
- 1 pinch of masala mixture
- ½ cup milk
Make it lactose-friendly
- ½ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- Combine all of the spices, and blend well in an electric grinder.
- Store the powder in a clean container at room temperature; you only need a small quantity for each cup of chai, and a full recipe will keep you stocked full of chai for months.
- Boil water and milk together in a saucepan.
- Add sugar, tea leaves, and masala. Boil until the mixture becomes dark (about 5–10 minutes); the longer you boil, the stronger the chai.
- Strain into teacups to serve.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0