Masala chai

Created by Barry Vera
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  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

1 ¼ cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
4 black peppercorns
6 green cardamoms
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon fennel seeds

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Preparation

Dry roast all the ingredients except the ginger for about 1-4 minutes.

Then add the ginger and leave to cool. Grind down in a pestle & mortar or a coffee grinder.

Keep in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Add ¼ teaspoon to flavour 2 cups of tea.

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Comments (8)

   
19 Jun 2009 12:00 AEST
Dannielle
Leeville
Lovely
absolutely lovely, i boil up 2 cups of milk in the saucepan, add about 2 tsp of masala and then a heap of sugar, so yummy, my version of chai'd milk i suppose, very highly recommended
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07 May 2009 06:03 AEST
freya rose
darwin
chai buba
great chai ... try with nutmeg and a couple of bay leaves ... and drop the fennel for a change
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25 Apr 2009 12:55 AEST
lucy
Adelaide
Chai masala
My indian grandmother's recipe was 1/2 milk, 1/2 water , 1 teaspoon of loose tea per person and chai pawder to taste. Usually in the large 1 ltr pot this was 500ml each of boiling water and hot milk, about 3 - 4ts english breakfast tea (I suppose 2 - 3 tea bags, I don't use them) and 3/4 -1 ts chai masala. Bring them to a boil, then take off the heat and leave to infuse 10 minutes, then reheat and serve. YUMMY
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19 Apr 2009 06:10 AEST
Matt
Glen Waverley
Milk amount for Morten
Morten, Depends on how much tea you want to make. If it's for 2, then just measure out 2 cups of milk and use the amount of tea you'd use for 2 people, eg, 2 teabags.
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16 Apr 2009 05:08 AEST
Morten
Denmark
Amout of Milk and Tea
How much milk and tea is used for one 1/4 teaspoon masala mix?
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05 Apr 2009 07:11 AEST
Shamila
Eight Mile Plains
Beautiful!
The spice mix smelled heavenly! Accidentally added too much ginger but it was still delicious.
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04 Apr 2009 06:48 AEST
Matt
Glen Waverley
Amazing Chai!
Just tried out the Chai, my wife and I both loved it. We had to make a couple of small changes, instead of English breakfast tea, we used 2 standard tea bags, and instead of 9 cardimom pods, we used 1 teaspoon (maybe a little more) of ground cardimom. The results were fantastic. Just like you'd get at a cafe! Thanks for the recipe.
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03 Feb 2009 09:48 AEST
A Grixti
Belair Adelaide
Great Chai tea,
I love chai, to finally find a recipe that allows me to make this wonderful beverage is fantastic.
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