Chai is a
very famous Indian hot drink. Most of my German friends like it a lot. To make
Chai, first and foremost step is to decide how many cup tea you want to make.
Obviously you can dilute it, but it is always better to consider the quantity
beforehand.
Ingredients
for two cup tea:
1 cup water
1 cup milk
Some flavors
like grated ginger, tea masala, cardamom, Tulsi or fresh Basilikum
1 Tsp Chai
patti / Black tea powder / schwarztee
1 Tsp sugar
(as per taste)
Before
explaining the method, I want to mention that I use tea more as a medicine for
cold. In that case according to Ayurveda, Ginger and Basil are the good choices
as flavors because they are `hot`by nature. If you live in Hot climate like India,
I would say, you must use cardamom or mint leaves as flavor
because of their ´cold´nature. In fact I drank tea with fennel and cardamom
seeds too. So actually it is just a matter of choice what to use. Never use Lemon
as flavor because it will make curdled tea.
Method:
First boil
water and add the herbs, it will enhance the flavor and prevent curdling of
milk due to ginger. Then add tea powder, at last add milk and sugar. To mix sweetner just make it without
sugar and add that afterwards. Give it a nice boil and filter it then enjoy it
hot.
