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Masala tea with milk and water with spices and sugar

Masala Chai (Spiced Milk Tea)

Spiced tea is wonderfully good for you — you have to try it! I'd gotten so tired of plain tea and wanted something different. I found a recipe for an Indian tea called "masala." As we know, the East loves all kinds of spices and adds them to everything — and this is no exception: to make masala chai, first gather up an array of spices like cardamom and ginger. This tea is made with milk. I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that in India they drink tea with milk, too. I've always been a little lukewarm on tea with milk — I disliked it as a child, since we were always given it in preschool and later at school. But masala chai isn't even in the same league as that tea.

Maria Kruus

Recipe author

Masala tea with milk and water with spices and sugar

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Milk

100

Water

200

Sugar

Black tea

Nutmeg (freshly ground)

0.25

Ginger (fresh, finely chopped)

0.25

Cloves (whole)

Cardamom (1 pinch of powder)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 13 % 1 g

Fats 25 % 2 g

Carbohydrates 63 % 5 g

39 kcal

GI: 40 / 0 / 60

Cooking method

Cooking time: 10 min

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To make masala chai, first prepare all the spices: the nutmeg should be ground, and the fresh ginger chopped very finely, along with the cloves and cardamom. Then take a saucepan and pour in the milk. Add the tea and the prepared spices to the milk. Set it on the stove and bring to a boil, stirring. Once it boils, lower the heat and simmer for about 2–3 minutes. Then pour the tea into mugs. Masala chai should be drunk right away — if it sits, it loses that flavor. Enjoy your tea!