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Masala Chai Recipe (Spiced Milk Tea)

This Masala Chai Recipe is simple, easy to make, and tasty with its sweet, spicy, and hot flavor! So, Let's have a look at the 5 minutes recipe.
Course Drinks & Beverages
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Masala Chai, Masala Chai Recipe, Spiced Milk Tea, Spiced Milk Tea recipe
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Servings 2 people
Author GravyFlavour

Equipment

  • Teapot
  • Tea strainer
  • Morter and pestle (stone spice grinder)
  • Electric spice grinder
  • Tea kettle
  • Tea set
  • Ginger grater
  • Spice jars/containers
  • Frying pan (to toast spices)
  • Spatula
  • Spice rack/spice organizer

Ingredients

Masala/Tea Spice Powder Mixture

  • 8-9 piece Green Cardamom
  • 5-6 piece Cloves
  • 1 stick Cinnamon medium size
  • 2 piece Nutmeg small cracked
  • 5-6 piece Black pepper pods
  • 1 tsp Fennel seeds

Masala Chai/Spiced Milk Tea

  • 2 cup Liquid milk
  • ¼ cup Water
  • 4 tsp Sugar or as per your taste
  • 1 inch Fresh ginger smashed
  • 1 tsp Masala/Spice powder mixture
  • 2 tbsp Chai/Tea leaves

Instructions

Preparing Masala /Spice Powder Mixture

  • Take a frying pan and put green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper pods, and fennel seeds one by one in that pan.
  • Dry toast with all these ingredients for a few seconds.
  • Now cool down those whole spices and grind them with the help of a mortar and pestle. You can also use an electric mixture or spice blender to prepare the powder as well. No need to make fine powder, coarsely ground will be enough.
  • Transfer the powder mixture into an air-tight glass bottle or jar and keep it aside for later use.

Preparing The Tea

  • Before starting to make the tea, cut 1-inch size ginger and smash it with a pestle. Keep it aside.
  • Take a tea-making pot and pour 2 cups of liquid milk. Also, add ¼ cup of water to the pot. (Instead of liquid milk, you can also take 2 cups of water. When it will become warm, add 4 tbsp of powder milk to the water and mix. Then follow the other procedure as it is.)
  • Then add 4 tsp of sugar or add sugar as per your taste in it. Give a mix and let it boil. (Actually, you can skip mixing sugar at this point and can mix in the tea while serving.)
  • After 1 or 2 boiling of the milk, add 2 tbsp of tea leaves. Mix and wait until another 1 or 2 boiling.
  • Now lower down the heat and add smashed ginger. Then add the required amount of masala or spice powder mixture. Give it a good mix and wait for another boil. Let all the spices infused in the tea.
  • When you will get your desired color and smell of tea, turn off the stove.
  • Serve it hot with your favorite snacks.