Chai Tea Recipe – OPOS Masala Chai Recipe

CHAI – TEA
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who make great tea and people who make mediocre tea. You know what I make. Indian tea is very temperamental. Some days my tea is great. Some days, its ok. Drinkable. I had given up on my tea making skills. I lacked consistency when it came to tea. Blame it on batman!

Then this happened. My close friend Prasanna posted about this dum tea. I was intrigued by the method. I tried it and it was a huge success. This is the only way I am going to make tea for the rest of my life. In this method, you make tea in a pressure cooker. The flavors are locked and sealed inside the cooker. It creates a very bold flavour. Its easy, its tasty and you will make it again and again.

Indian households make chai / tea mostly using loose tea leaves. Don’t spend too much on getting the best tea leaf available. Indian tea is made with mamri tea leaves. Mamri tea is tea that has been cured in an unique inexpensive way. It produces granules or powder instead of the popular curl tea leaf. Infact, my mother would refer to it as tea “powder”. She has never used the word tea “leaf”. So pick up an inexpensive tea “powder” with the label “made in India”.

Then comes the spices. I have used ginger, cardamom and cloves. Slightly crush them in a mortar and pestle to release its flavor.
A note on ginger – Too much ginger will make the milk curdle and you will ruin your tea. So don’t go over board on ginger.

Here is the fool proof and the best method of making tea.
Hope you like the video. Enjoy!
Note: 2 liter or 3 liter pressure cooker is recommended for this recipe

Chai Tea Recipe - OPOS Masala Chai Recipe

 

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Prep time

1 min

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

6 mins

 

Indian Chai Tea recipe with step by step pictures and a detailed video. Chai tea made with spices and indian mamri tea leaves.

Author: Kannamma - Suguna Vinodh

Recipe type: Tea

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 1.5 cups

Ingredients

• 1 Cup water (add it to the pressure cooker)

For Tea

• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup water
• 1½ teaspoon loose tea leaf powder
• 1 teaspoon ginger, crushed
• 2 cardamom, crushed
• 2 cloves, crushed
• 2 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Add a cup of water to a two liter pressure cooker.
2. Place a bowl inside the cooker and add in all the ingredients mentioned above.
3. Cover the cooker and cook for 3 minutes on medium flame. About 1-2 whistles might come in these 3 minutes.
4. Switch off the flame and remove the pressure manually.
5. Strain the tea and serve hot.

Notes

I have used ginger, cardamom and cloves. Slightly crush them in a mortar and pestle to release its flavor.
A note on ginger - Too much ginger will make the milk curdle and you will ruin your tea. So don't go over board on ginger.

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