Chai Recipe

“Cha brings me back to my childhood and it warms me up inside”

Ingredients

• Water (2 parts)
• 2 or 3 black tea bags (Tea India, Wash Bakri brand, any orange pekoe tea).
• 2 % or full fat Milk (1 part)
• Spices (Use a mortar or spice grinder for crushing spices)
  • 4 to 5 pieces of cardamom
  • 4 to 5 cloves
  • 1 teaspoon green fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon ajwain seeds
  • 1 cinnamon stick or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon fresh gingerroot or ground ginger
• Sweetner: sugar, honey or Jaggery (gur). Sweeten as preferred.

Instructions

• Add water, spice, tea bags and sweetner to a saucepan
• Cover pan and bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer
• Add milk and bring to a boil, once foam like consistency has formed, turn off and remove from heat (tea colour should appear deep pink tannish brown colour)
• Add a pinch of cha masala and pinch of cinnamon to taste
• Let tea rest for about 5 mins
• Strain and serve