Masala Chai Recipe | How to Make Masala Tea

Homemade tasty masala Tea recipe or masala chai recipe is a flavored tea made by using many Indian spices and herbs. So sometimes this is also called spiced milk tea or herbal tea. It is a worldwide popular drink. This is a traditional drink which is prepared by using cloves, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, black peppercorn, and ginger. It gives a warm feeling in winters. Here I gave you some simple steps to make this drink at home. 

Ingredients

• 4 cloves (long)
• 4 green cardamom (elaichi)
• 1 cinnamon stick (dalchinni)
• 1/2 tbsp of black peppercorn (kali mirch)
• 1 tbsp tea
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp dry ginger powder
• milk 1/2 cup
• 1/2 tbsp grated ginger (adark)
• water as required

Method

To prepare tasty Masala tea at home follow the following steps.

To Prepare Chai Masala Powder

• Firstly, clean all the spices with cloth (do not wash the spices).
• Take a blendar jar, add all the clean spices cinnamon, cloves and green cardamom and black pepercorn.
• Blend them, make powder finely.
• Store it in airtight jar.

To Prepare Masala Tea

• Now take a saucepan or pan or any utensils in which you want to make it.
• Add some water into the pan and boil it.
• Now add tea leaves or tea and 1/2 tbsp chai masala (the masala which you make by grinding all the spices).
• Boil it for 2 minutes.
• Now add sugar and boil it for 3-4 minutes.
• After that, add dry ginger powder.
• Add milk and boil it again for 2-3 minutes
• Now, add grated fresh ginger and cover the tea.
• Boil it for 3-4 minutes.
• Your hot masala tea is ready.
• Serve it hot.

Tip

• You can also add fresh basil leaves (tulsi patte).