Medium

Railroad-Style Chai

Total Time
39 min
13m prep · 26m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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Indian Railroad-style Chai: this is the real stuff served out of trays and passed through the windows at railroad stops all over India. If you can find mamri tea pearls from India, use 1/4 cup of that in place of the tea bags.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seed
  • 4 whole cloves , or more to taste
  • 1.5 teaspoons cardamom seeds
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 4 blacks tea bags , or more to taste
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar , or to taste

Instructions

  1. 1

    Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add fennel, cloves, and cardamom. Continue boiling water for 3 minutes.

  2. 2

    Stir milk into the water and return mixture to a low boil; add tea bags, reduce heat to low, and boil until the tea has a strong, but not bitter flavor, 2 to 3 minutes.

  3. 3

    Strain tea into 4 tea mugs; sweeten with sugar to individual tastes.

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