Masala Chai

Name: Masala Chai
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500ml whole milk; 250ml water; 3 tsp strong black tea leaves or 3 tea bags; 3cm fresh ginger, sliced; 6 cardamom pods, lightly crushed; 1 cinnamon stick; 6 whole black peppercorns; 3 cloves; 2 tbsp sugar or to taste

The spiced Indian tea with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and black pepper simmered in milk — warming and aromatic.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Indian

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

500mlwhole milk

250mlwater

3 tspstrong black tea leaves or 3 tea bags

3cmfresh ginger, sliced

6cardamom pods, lightly crushed

1cinnamon stick

6whole black peppercorns

3cloves

2 tbspsugar or to taste

Instructions

Combine water with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, peppercorns and cloves in a small pot.

Bring to boil and simmer 5 minutes to extract spice flavours.

Add milk and bring back to boil.

Add tea leaves and sugar.

Simmer 3 minutes — do not over-boil or it becomes bitter.

Strain through a fine sieve into cups.

Serve hot with biscuits or samosas.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

217

Protein

8.3g

Fat

8.1g

Carbs

38.2g

Fiber

14.2g

Sodium

101mg

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