Fet's Indian chai

Recipe from: - 8 October 2012

Ingredients 7

Servings 1

Time 00:10

Ingredients

1

glass full cream milk
1/4

glass water
1 1/2

Tbs

sugar
1

Tbs

black tea (Assam or Darjeeling)
4

whole black pepper corns
2

green cardamom pods
thumb piece of ginger - peeled

Method

00:20

In a pestle and mortar grind the pepper, cardamom pods and ginger.

Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, remove for the heat and boil again 4 times before reducing the heat to a simmer for 5 minutes.

The chai will turn a darker colour the longer it’s boiled. After 5 minutes strain the tea through muslin or a fine strainer to remove the tea and spices.

Drink immediately.

Reprinted with permission of Damian Ettish.

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