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Masala chai recipe

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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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09 May 2012 09:16 AEST
Joy
Strathpine
Sweeter please
How can I make it sweeter without sugar please? I have a very sweet tooth, however the sugar is not a good option and I am not a fan of artificial sweetner. Thank you
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25 Mar 2011 03:31 AEST
Frankie
Willoughby
YUMMY
So good! Just had it with lipton black tea but put in more than the recommended amount. Added one sweetener, perfect! Just like a chai latte but with a lot less calories!
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03 Feb 2011 07:41 AEST
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Delicious
Thanks for the video recipe. The spice recipe is amazing! I bring to a boill 2 cups water, 2 cups milk and steep 2 tablespoon of black tea and 1-1/4 teaspoons of chai spice mix. Steep for 15 mins. Then add 3 tablespoons of sugar and rewarm until it starts to almost come to a boil. Take off the stove and strain. Froth with a frother and serve into 2 to 3 mugs. Delicious!
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20 Aug 2010 06:49 AEST
leanne
budgewoi
chai tea
easy, quick and wonderful
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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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