Recipe of indian masala chai, recipe of masala tea. Recipe of masala for masala chai.

Indian Masala chai recipe

Masala chai literally means "mixed spiced tea" which is a flavoured tea beverage  made by brewing tea with Indian aromatic spices and herbs.

Ingredients

1 Green cardamoms pods ( hari ilaichi) :- 6 pods

2 Cinnamon sticks ( dalchini) :- 1 stick 6 inch long

3 Cloves (laung) :- 10

4 Ginger dried ( sonth) :- 1inch piece

5 Nutmeg ( jaiphal) :- Half a piece

6 Milk :- 1cup

7 Water :- 1 cup

8 Sugar :- As per your taste

9 Tea :- 2 teaspoons. 

 Recipe 

To make masala for Indian masala chai or masala tea first crush and grind all the dried ingredients in a mortar. You don't have to make a fine powder. Its OK if the powder is a bit coarse. Heat a pan on medium flame and saute the ground powder for a minute with continuous stirring. Make sure not to burn the powder or overheat the pan. Store the  masala for Indian masala tea/ masala chai in a airtight container.

Now heat water in a pan and add the half teaspoon Indian masala chai powder and let it simmer for 3 minutes. Add tea in the pan and again let the water boil for some time. Add hot milk in the water and again boil. In the last add sugar as per your requirement. 

Your Indian masala chai/masala tea is ready. Serve your masala chai hot with Aloo pakora/fritters/bhajia.

Precautions

1 Do not overheat the masala powder.

2 Add only boiled and warm milk in chai/tea.