Masala chai recipe | Masala tea recipe

Masala chai recipe an Indian spiced tea made with whole spices, tea powder and milk.

Masala chai recipe with video and step by step pictures. It  is one of the popular and favorite drinks in India.

Tea is one of the most common beverage had in most of Indian homes. Each family have their own version of making tea according to their personal choice of ingredients and measures. Tea is considered to keep our body warm so may be thats the reason its popular in most of chill locations. However many people in India have tea throughout the year.

There are two ways to make Masala chai : 1.From scratch as shown here in this post 2.Using masala tea powder

This masala tea is full of flavour perfect for this chill weather. I usually make masala tea during winters when I feel like having spiced hot tea. Hubby loves all tea varieties so make for him too.Tea has become an integral part of many households and ours is no exception, I have tea once during evenings which is very refreshing to run between chores and the kids 🙂

What is Masala tea?

Masala tea is an Indian beverage made with whole spices as main ingredients and is packed with strong flavour.  The whole spices include cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom etc. Masala chai can be made using a different combination of flavours but I have given the recipe with the basic spices used. Compared to other tea recipes this masala chai is my favorite.

Variations:

• For vegan option skip milk and replace it with almond milk or soya milk or cashew milk.
• Furthermore add more spices like fennel seeds, black pepper, nutmeg, star anise etc.
• For winter season in addition you can even add tulsi leaves to this tea. It gives a soothing feel also prevents from catching cold often.
• The tea powder brand too makes a difference. Use assam tea powder for best results.

Serving Suggestion:

• Serve masala chai with any snack especially any deep fried crispy snack such as pakoda, vada would be apt with ginger tea.
• Plain marie biscuits with tea is a match made in heaven.

More tea recipes here:

• Mint tea
• Ginger cardamom tea
• Ginger lemon tea
• Chocolate tea
• Green tea
• Sulaimani tea

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Masala tea recipe

Masala tea recipe a spiced and flavourful tea perfect for this weather

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Servings2

AuthorSharmilee J

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup water
• 1 cup milk
• 1.5 tsp tea powder
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 inch ginger
• 1/2 inch cinnamon
• 2 nos cardamom
• 1 no clove

Instructions

• To a hand mortar and pestle add ginger crush it roughly transfer to a plate and then add cardamom crush it roughly set aside.
• To  a sauce pan add water - add cinnamon,crushed ginger and cardamom.
• Add clove,tea powder and let it boil in low flame.
• Boil until it reduces to almost half.Now add milk to it.
• Add sugar and let it come to a rolling boil.
• Mix well simmer for 2 mins.Then strain, froth well and serve hot.
• Serve hot!

Notes

• Let the decotion be thick to get thick masala chai
• If you want your tea to be a little thin then reduce milk to 1/2 cup.
• Use freshly crushed ginger,cardamom for more flavour.
• Add milk only after the tea concotion is boiled well.

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Masala tea recipe

How to make masala chai recipe:

1. First to a hand mortar and pestle add ginger crush it roughly transfer to a plate and then add cardamom crush it roughly set aside.
2. Then to a sauce pan add water – add cinnamon, crushed ginger and cardamom.
3. Add clove,tea powder and let it boil in low flame.
   
4. Boil until it reduces to almost half. Now add milk to it.
   
5. After that add sugar and let it come to a rolling boil.
   
6. Mix well simmer for 2 mins. However do not boil for more time at this stage otherwise it will alter the taste. Then strain and discard the remains from the strainer. Finally froth well and serve hot.
   

Serve hot masala chai with biscuits!

My tips in making masala chai:

• Let the decotion be thick to get thick masala chai
• If you want your tea to be a little thin then reduce milk to 1/2 cup.
• Use freshly crushed ginger,cardamom for more flavour.
• Add milk only after the tea decotion is boiled well.
• Usually I use cane sugar for tea , coffee but you can use replace itwith  regular white sugar too.
• Serve masala chai piping hot hence make it and serve immediately.