Indian Milk Tea (chai) #06

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy	Indian	Beverage	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Water
		Tea leaves
		Spices: some cloves
		cardamom squeeze the
		whole nut a little before
		adding cinnamon stick
		Milk
		Sugar
		Ginger, optional
		Peppercorns, optional

INSTRUCTIONS

I joined some lessons in cooking indian food in germany. we produced
the chai in the following way:  Bring water to boil. add tea lives (any
low quality black tea as BOP)  and reduce heat (don't switch off). Add
the spices: some cloves,  cardamom (squeeze the whole nut a little
before adding), cinnamon  (stick, not necessary). cook slowly for one
or two minutes. add some  milk (not too much, about 100ml/1l tea) and
cook a little more. Then  pass all through a sieve. Sugar on your own
taste.  I didn't see any chai with ginger yet, but i think you can also
add  stripes of ginger with the spices. I sometimes add some
peppercorns,  too. You can add the spices (not the tea leaves) to the
cold water,  too.  MLRETTEL@CIP.INFORMATIK  .UNI-ERLANGEN.DE (MICHAEL
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