How to make Indian Milk Tea (Chai)

Ingredients

13/16 cup of water
1 milk
1 teaspoon tea leaves
1 milk
1 sugar



Directions: How to Cook Indian Milk Tea (Chai)

Ha, my favourite drink, and topic! How to make the perfect chai and then sip (note sip, not drink!) it in peace.

The Perfect Chai:

1. For each cup, of chai u need about 4/5 th cup of water, u are going to lose some water in evaporation etc.. and u are going to add milk for the rest. This measure can be changed to suit your proportion of tea+milk.

2. Boil the water and then pour it into the tea pot. Now ad the tea leaves, I use about 1 teaspoon/cup.

3. Now close the pot, and if u want to preserve the heat, close it with a sort of insulating cap u get for the pot.

4. Now heat some milk separately.

5. The cups can be pre-heated by rinsing with hot water.

6. After the tea has brewed for 7-10 minutes, pour the tea into the cups through a strainer, add milk + sugar.

Modified Chai (doesn't need pot etc..)

1. Boil the water in a regular vessel

2. Turn off the gas, add chai and close the vessel with a plate so that the steam stays in

3. Other steps are same

Ginger+Ilaichi chai:

1. Cut some pieces of ginger, crush them with a spoon. Add it to the water when u boil it. U can also add Ilaichi (cardamom ) to add flavor.

U can try various types of tea. The best is got by mixing the so called dust tea and leaf tea. Dust adds strength, while leaf gives a distinctive flavor to it. Try Darjeeling tea, its great.

And remember tea should never be boiled, it should be brewed.