TEA MASALA/ CHAI MASALA

A good cup of tea is an ideal way to start a day. There are a number of versions or recipes for preparing tea. The most popular is the Masala chai, an Indian spiced tea with milk.

Either the whole spices or the pre-mixed spice powder can be used to prepare the masala chai. The second option is more convenient and one more advantage is that your tea will always taste the same. It is advisable to make the tea masala in small portions as over the time it may lose its aroma. The given measurements will yield you 60gms of tea masala.

 Recipe for Tea masala

Ingredients for Tea masala

• 3 inches cinnamon stick
• ¼ cup cloves
• ¼ cup green cardamom
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 2 tbsp dried ginger powder or 25gms dried ginger
• 1 small nutmeg or 1tsp grated nutmeg

How to make

Break the dried ginger, cinnamon stick and nutmeg (if using whole) into smaller pieces.

Dry roast the spices accept dried ginger in a thick bottomed pan on medium to low heat for five minutes.

Let all the spices cool before putting them in a mixer jar. Grind it to get a coarse powder. 

Store it in a small airtight jar.