- Hot & Bold
- Tea
- Vegetarian
- Prep 5 min
- Cook 12 min
- Serves 2 cups
Real chai is simmered, not steeped. The tea, spices and milk cook together until they are dark, creamy and fragrant. Best drunk on a cold afternoon.
Ingredients
- 250 ml water
- 250 ml whole milk
- 2 tbsp loose Assam tea, or 3 black tea bags
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 4 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 5 black peppercorns
- 2 to 3 tsp sugar or jaggery, to taste
Method
- Put the water, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and peppercorns in a small pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add the tea and simmer for 2 minutes more, until the liquid is dark.
- Pour in the milk and the sugar and bring to just below the boil. Simmer gently for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring, until it turns a deep caramel colour.
- Strain into two cups and serve hot.
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