The word 'Chai' holds a special meaning amongst all other words and when heard anywhere any time my heart does a teeny weeny dance :) Apart from that Chai is an Indian version of Tea and tastes heavenly as you slurp it on a cold evening, better still when had round the table with friends and a good conversation any time :)
Till a few days back, our lazy weekend evenings would be spent by having some chai made by Aniket. But now that he has gone back to Mumbai for good, I have to make it myself which I initially thought is a very bad idea because I do not know how to make good tea! After quite a few trial and errors, here is a version of chai that I finally like. Try it out, I'm sure you will like it! :)
Ingredients for one cup of tea:
Water- 1/4th cup
Milk-3/4th cup *Whole, skimmed or semi skimmed according to your preference. I use semi-skimmed milk
Tea leaves - 1 and a half Tsp (Assam tea or any of the Indian tea leaves available)
Crushed Ginger- half an inch.
Sugar- to taste *I use a little more than 1 tablespoon
For the chai-masala(coarsely crush all the below ingredients, best to crush it each time you make tea for the freshness of whole spices)
5-6 whole black pepper
3-4 whole green cardamom
about half an inch of Cinnamon stick
4-5 whole cloves
Method:
1. Take water in a pan and as the water warms add chai masala and crushed ginger. Leave for about half a minute and then add tea leaves. Leave this until water beings to boil and for about 2-3 minutes after.
2. Now add milk and wait for a couple of minutes. Before the milk begins to boil add sugar.
3. As the milk boils and raises, take the pan off the heat and allow the milk to settle and once done put the pan back on heat and allow the milk to raise. Repeat this for 2-3 times as desired.
4. Strain your tea into your favourite cup/mug
Enjoy your cuppa chai! slurppppppp! :)
I have enjoyed and still love going to many tea-hangouts like Infinitea in Bangalore, Boston tea party, and papaji's but the best tea is the home made one :)
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