Maddie and I went over to Shripal's house today for a playdate with Avinash. She offered me some chai and taught me how to make it. Turns out the Orange Pekoe tea that Sirisha brought me back from India last year is the black tea that they use as the base for chai. I got so excited about it when I got home I made my own masala (sp?) mix and brewed up some chai for myself. Maddie of course loved it as she is my little tea drinker in training.
I was able to use my mortar and pestle Scott got for me for Christmas last year as well which was a double bonus. Those cardamom seeds fly everywhere!
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon white pepper
Grind all spices together with mortar and pestle or you could use a food processor I suppose. Brew tea and add 2 heaping teaspoons to the hot water. Add milk to your liking.
Shripal put everything in a pot on the stove and boiled it and then added the milk and boiled it again. Then she strained out the tea. She had these really cool Orange Pekoe tea kernels and all I had was the tea bags so I had to adapt a bit. But the flavor was there. Now I have a little canister of ready to go chai mix. Yum!
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