Tea Masala Powder
Aromatic Chai Masala Powder for your regular Indian Tea
Servings 50 grams
Ingredients
- 7-8 1 " inch Cinnamon sticks
- 7 Cloves
- 15 Green Cardamom Pods
- 4 1 "inch Dry Ginger
- 1 Nutmeg Crushed
- 2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Black Peppercorns
- 1 Star Anise
To Make Chai
- 150 ml water
- 150 ml whole milk
- 2 teaspoon Tea leaves
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- ½ teaspoon chai masala powder
Instructions
How to make Chai Masala Powder
- Heat Iron Griddle and dry roast all the ingredients till you get nice aroma,it takes 2-3 minutes.
- Take measures not to burn or change the colour of spices.
- Once it cools down,transfer to a dry grinding jar and ground to fine powder.
- Store it in a dry air tight container,makes around 50 grams of masala powder.
How to make Chai
- In a sauce pan heat 150 ml of water .
- Add 2 teaspoon of Tea leaves and bring it to rolling boil. Tea leaves boils well and releases color.
- Now add 150 ml of milk and boil well.
- Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and ½ teaspoon of prepared chai masala .
- Let it steep in for 2 minutes on simmer.
- Strain prepared tea an serve hot !
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Notes
- Keeping this recipe as a basic ,you can enhance any flavour of your choice.
- Adding 1inch cinnamon stick while preparing masala chai,gives you cinnamon flavoured Tea.
- Likewise ,you can add Cardamom ,Fresh Ginger and lemon grass to get respective flavours of chai.