MASALA TEA/ MASALA CHAI/SPICED TEA
MASALA TEA/ MASALA CHAI( Masala Tea is nothing but Spiced Tea) In India, Every household has this practice of having a cup of tea or coffee everyday in the morning and in the evening. Every family has its unique version of making the tea/coffee. In coffee, they are limited options to bring in the difference, there is either filter coffee or directly adding the powder or the instant coffee. where as Tea can be a differentiator , you can experiment variations. Masala means mixture of spices, India is famous for spices. So we have this unique way of preparing the drink with the spice. I would like to share my recipe of Masala Tea in this blog . Ingredients: 3 tea cups milk 3-4 sticks cinnamon 1 pod green cardamom 4 cloves 4 black peppercorns 6 tsp granulated sugar 1 slice ginger (optional) 3 tsp tea powder (Red Label , Taj Mahal, Darjeeling etc) 1 tea cup water (I use whole milk) Instructions: Boil the milk, Add tea powder and then the Masala-[cinnamon sticks+ Black peppercor
