Masala Chai or Spiced Tea from Maimoona Yasmeen’s Recipes
Ingredients:
Tea powder: 4 teaspoons
Milk: 2 standard cups
Plain water: 1 standard cup
Green cardamoms (hari elaichi): 2 whole
Cinnamon (dalchini): 2 small sticks
Black clove (lavang): 1
Mace (javitri): 2 strands
Star anise (chakr phool): ½
Peppercorns (kali mirch dana): 6
Grated fresh ginger: 1 teaspoon
Sugar: 3 teaspoons (or as per the requirement)
Procedure:
1. Grind or crush roughly green cardamoms, cinnamon, black clove, peppercorns, mace or javitri and star anise or chakr phool together.
2. Add plain water to a saucepan.
3. Switch on the flame and when the water comes to boil, add fresh grated ginger.
4. Boil on low flame for about 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Add tea powder and boil for 2 minutes.
6. Add the ground spices and boil for another 2 minutes.
7. Keep the lid closed, to infuse the spices in this boiling tea water.
8. Now add milk and sugar.
9. Boil for 4 to 5 minutes and then switch off the flame.
10. Sieve and pour the tea in the cups.
Ingredients:
Tea powder: 4 teaspoons
Milk: 2 standard cups
Plain water: 1 standard cup
Green cardamoms (hari elaichi): 2 whole
Cinnamon (dalchini): 2 small sticks
Black clove (lavang): 1
Mace (javitri): 2 strands
Star anise (chakr phool): ½
Peppercorns (kali mirch dana): 6
Grated fresh ginger: 1 teaspoon
Sugar: 3 teaspoons (or as per the requirement)
Procedure:
1. Grind or crush roughly green cardamoms, cinnamon, black clove, peppercorns, mace or javitri and star anise or chakr phool together.
2. Add plain water to a saucepan.
3. Switch on the flame and when the water comes to boil, add fresh grated ginger.
4. Boil on low flame for about 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Add tea powder and boil for 2 minutes.
6. Add the ground spices and boil for another 2 minutes.
7. Keep the lid closed, to infuse the spices in this boiling tea water.
8. Now add milk and sugar.
9. Boil for 4 to 5 minutes and then switch off the flame.
10. Sieve and pour the tea in the cups.
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- Tea
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