Community Pick
masala chai (indian spiced tea)
"this is a classic indian masala chai. i would venture to say half a billion people are drinking some version of this every morning. and for good reason -- it is super delicious!"
photo by Anonymous
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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3-4
ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 3 -5 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick, crushed
- 2 -3 cardamom pods, crushed
- 1⁄4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup sucanat
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons black tea leaves
directions
- put the water on the stove and add spices, bring to boil.
- cover and let simmer for few minutes.
- add sugar or sucanat (whole ground sugar cane--like jaggery) and milk, stir.
- bring back to just barely boiling (watch pot, milk will bubble over).
- add tea leaves, cover pot, remove from heat.
- steep for 5 minutes.
- pour through filter to remove spices and tea leaves.
Questions & Replies
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Would it taste bad with honey? or ghost peppers perhaps?
Reviews
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This was a lovely chai that I will make again. I doubled the recipe but kept the milk the same for personal preference as we are not fans. I also only added 1/3 cup of sugar to the doubled recipe and still found it a touch too sweet - next time I think I will double the recipe and leave both the sugar and milk at the original levels. Thanks for posting! EDIT: I am updating this to 5 stars as this is the best chai recipe on 'zaar and I have tried a lot of them. The only thing I would change is adding peppercorns and ginger next time. -
Very tasty. I agree with other reviewers that it needs a dash more flavor, so I added more cloves and used honey to taste in place of sugar the second time I made this. Also, I added the milk at the end, since I feel the tea steeps better before the milk thickens the tea. Thanks.
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Yummy and So delicious. I love this meal recipe. I just made it with my buddies. ( https://pakistanirecipesinurdu.wordpress.com/ ). Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe. -
Loved this iced. Used honey instead of sugar and added the milk last with the ice. -
First let me say that I am not crazy about tea until I was introduce to Somalian tea. While in college I used to get this tea to boost my energy and mentality level. So I decided to make it at home when I have a craving for it. I used 2 cups of water, 3 black tea bags, 1 tsp of ground cardamom, 1 tsp of Ginger, 1 stick of cinnamon, 6 whole cloves, a dash of honey, a dash of cinnamon and sugar spice, raw sugar to taste, and milk to your liking. Remember not to forget to stray it before adding the milk. This tea is great to boost your immune system especially when you are fighting a COLD. Good luck hope you enjoy your tea.
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Tweaks
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Loved this iced. Used honey instead of sugar and added the milk last with the ice.
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This is my husbands favorite drink. I use 1 cup water and 2 cups whole milk to make it more "sinfully" good. I also use a few more cloves and throw few pepercorns then crush them a little (as another poster recommended.) because we like it spicy. I am a little allergic to cloves (trying to fight it...) so I tried it with vanilla instead of cloves as another poster sugested and it just didnt taste like a chai. I am curious if nutmeg would work, maybe I'll try it sometime. Thank you! -
Wonderful Chai Tea - I used 2 Tbs of Honey instead of sugar and used a paper coffee filter in the strainer. The results speak for themselves - Smooth, aromatic and delightful. Thank you for posting !
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I agree with Codychop. It definitely could use some more spice. Also not liking things overly sweet, I only used two tsp of honey in place of all the sugar and thought it was just sweet enough. Next time I will add more spices. -
This is so VERY VERY good! I used 0.5 tsp of ground cloves instead of whole cloves, and added 0.5tsp of black pepper. I also ground the cardamon pods with a mortar and pestle - removing the skins first.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bonnie bonbon
Virginia Beach, VA
I am updating my profile for the first time in years, so now that I'm married, I can no longer be Bonnie M! One of my main interests Ayurveda, which is the name for ancient Indian medical science. For me, a significant part of taking care of the whole person is eating the right foods -- foods that we love *and* that treat our bodies well. Now I have a three year old in tow, so even more reason to prepare healthy, delicious, and simple foods!
