Masala chai recipe | Indian Milk Tea Recipe
Masala chai Recipe | Indian milk tea also known as Masala chai is a very famous Indian beverage which is made by brewing tea leaves with fragrant spices, sugar and milk.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 1½ cups water
- 1/2 cup full fat milk
- 3-4 teaspoon tea powder
- 2 teaspoons sugar or as needed
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger grated
- 1 cardamom
- 1 clove
- 1 Cinnamon piece
- 1 peppercorn
Instructions
- Heat 1+1/2 cups of water in a saucepan.
- To this add grated ginger and whole spices. Let it come to a rolling boil.
- Lower the flame, add 1+1/2 spoon tea leaves and 2 tea spoons of sugar.
- Let the decoction simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add 1/2 cup milk. Let it boil on medium heat so that colour turns dark.
- Taste the test and if you feel more milk is required then add some and let it simmer for a while so that it doesn't have the milk flavour.
- Lastly, strain/sieve the ready tea in cups and serve immediately.
Notes
1. For making masala chai/tea here I have used whole spices. Some like it to use in powder form. So it's completely your choice to use the former or later.
2. For making powder of spices just grind them and store in an Air tight container.
3. Summers are harsh in India so adding masala is not preferred by us. We just add ginger sometimes.
4. The ratio of water and milk is very crucial to make tea. If you put too much of water and less milk it would taste watery. Or if the milk is more it would have milk flavour.
So this is trial and error method which you can master in few times.
5. The tea would taste bitter if you add too much of tea leaves and brew it for long time. Make sure to add milk at the right time mentioned in the recipe above.
6. Tea curdles if you add ginger and not bring to boil before adding the milk. So make sure to boil the concoction well.