Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, masala chai tea. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Masala chai (/tʃaɪ/; lit. 'mixed-spice tea') is a tea beverage made by boiling black tea in milk and water with a mixture of aromatic herbs and spices. But in India, saying "chai tea", is like saying "tea tea". So that's why in India, one says Masala Chai The base of the Masala Chai is typically black tea.
Masala Chai Tea is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Masala Chai Tea is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have masala chai tea using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Masala Chai Tea:
- Prepare 5-6 cardamon pods
- Take 1/2 cinnamon stick
- Take 2 star anise
- Prepare 4 cloves (optional)
- Get sliced ginger
- Make ready 2-3 tsp lose leaves black tea (I am using 3 tsp)
- Make ready 2 cups water
- Prepare 2 cups milk
- Make ready Sweetener of your choice
Masala Chai is an Indian spiced tea made with whole spices and milk. Tea along with Filter coffee is a preferred drink for many people.
Steps to make Masala Chai Tea:
- Lightly crushed cardamon and star anise, break the cinnamon stick into half (the spices will release its flavour faster during the process if you do this step)
- Put black tea leaves and spices in a sauce pan (or you can put all these in a teabag like me). Add the water and bring to boil, let it simmer for 10 minutes (medium to high heat), until tea looks really dark/concentrated. If you are using normal tea bags, use 3 or 4. The tea needed to be strong as you will add a lot of milk later.
- Add in milk, and let it simmer for another 10-15 minutes until tea look reduced.
- Turned off the heat and pour your masala chai to a mug with a strainer.
- Add your sweetener of choice and adjust to your liking (I am using brown sugar). Enjoy your fresh brewed masala chai tea.
- Note: Add more milk and less water if you want a richer/creamier taste. Or add less milk and more water if you want it less richer/creamier. I haven't tried it with plant based milk, but I am sure it should be fine too.
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