Best 13 Masala Chai Recipes

EASY AUTHENTIC MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a small pot. Add ginger, cloves, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, and black cardamom; simmer until flavors infuse, about 5 minutes. Add tea bags; simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Add milk and sugar; bring back to a boil. Strain tea into mugs.

MASALA CHAI (INDIAN SPICED TEA)

Steps:

• put the water on the stove and add spices, bring to boil.
• cover and let simmer for few minutes.
• add sugar or sucanat (whole ground sugar cane--like jaggery) and milk, stir.
• bring back to just barely boiling (watch pot, milk will bubble over).
• add tea leaves, cover pot, remove from heat.
• steep for 5 minutes.
• pour through filter to remove spices and tea leaves.

INDIAN MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• In a mortar, crush the cloves, cardamom pods and cinnamon, or use a coffee grinder.
• Transfer the crushed spices to a small saucepan, add the water, ginger and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let steep for 5 minutes.
• Add the milk and sugar to the pan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from the heat and add the tea.
• Cover and let steep for 3 minutes.
• Stir the chai, then strain it into a warmed teapot or directly into teacups.
• Enjoy!

MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Bring the water and milk to a boil in a saucepot. Add the remaining ingredients, except honey turn the heat down to a simmer, cover, and steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and strain*. Add honey and mix well. Store in refrigerator. Can be served hot or cold.
• *Note if using a glass pitcher, make sure to thoroughly warm the pitcher before adding hot chai.

FRESH GINGER MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Combine ginger, cardamom pods and seeds, peppercorns and 3 cups water in a 5-quart pot. Bring mixture to a rolling boil over high heat. Add the tea and boil 4-5 minutes, until the water is dark brown.
• Add the milk and return to a strong boil until it threatens to boil over, about 4 minutes. (Not all plant based milk will rise when it boils. If yours doesn't, let boil for 30 seconds before continuing with the recipe and lowering the heat.) Place a wooden spoon across the pot to avoid bubbling over. Reduce heat to low, then, when foam has settled, return to medium high heat. Continue to boil for a total of 10 minutes from the time that milk was added, until the liquid has reduced by ⅓ and has a deep tan color. If the foam continues to rise, lower heat slightly.
• Remove from heat. Using a strainer, strain tea into 4 teacups. (For a frothy chai, pour the chai from one cup to another a few times until bubbles form.) Add about 1 tsp. sugar (or more to taste) per cup, and serve immediately.

COCONUT MASALA CHAI SOURDOUGH (SPICE TEA BREAD)

Steps:

• Brew 16 ounces of tea with two black tea bags. (Boil water, steep for five minutes, remove tea bags.)
• Add all of the ingredients except the flour and starter to 320g of tea. You will have some unused tea that you can drink. Let the spices and coconut soak while your starter builds.
• Add your ripe starter and flour to your coconut-spice-tea, mix to incorporate and cover.
• After the dough has rested 20-30 minutes begin four rounds of stretching and folding about 30 minutes apart. Cover between folds.
• The bulk fermentation should be complete about 5-10 hours from when you mixed in the starter and flour, depending on tea temp, ambient temp and starter strength. Look for puffy edges and approximate doubling. The gritty texture of the dough makes large bubbles unlikely.
• Flour your counter and scrape out the dough onto it. Preshape the dough and let it rest for 20-30 minutes.
• Shape your dough into a boule, batard or oblong tube, depending on your intended baking vessel.
• Sprinkle your counter with shredded coconut, roughly in the shape of your loaf. Lightly dampen the top of your dough (spray or wet hand), and flip the damp side onto the coconut, rolling it a bit to coat the surface, then place the dough coconut-side down into your proofing basket.
• Proof in the refrigerator 10-16 hours, or at room temperature 1-2 hours, or combine cold and warm proofing in countless ways. Preheat your oven to 500F 30 minutes before the end of the proof.
• Flip your dough into the hot baking vessel (or onto parchment paper first), score, cover the vessel, and put it in the oven.
• Bake at:
• 500F for 15 minutes covered
• 450F for 10 minutes covered
• 450F for 10 minutes uncovered
• The internal temperature should be around 205-210F. Let the bread cool before slicing.

EASY CHAI MASALA

Steps:

• Mix all the above ingredients and store in tightly closed jars.
• Instructions for the tea preparetion:.
• Prepare your black tea as usual (I like it very strong!).
• Remove the black tea bag.
• Add two teaspoons of the spiced mixture per serving cup.
• This tea will be better if you boil all together again (for example in the microwave).
• Add sugar other sweetener as desired. If you want add more milk; This depends only on your taste!
• Enjoy (time does not include tea preparation).
• Note: You can add 1-2 sugar cups directly in the mixture. Add 3 or more teaspoons mixture per cup.

CHAI MASALA

Steps:

• Pour 6 cups water, the tea, the ginger and the cardamom into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes. Add milk, and sugar to taste, and boil 2 minutes more. Strain and serve.

SPICED MILK TEA : MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Put all the masala mixture ingredients in a spice mill or blender and grind well. You will only use a pinch of this mixture, the remaining can be stored in an airtight jar.
• 2. Pour the milk and 2 cups of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 3. Add in the sugar, tea leaves and masala. Stir until the mixture turns dark (8 minutes).
• 4. Remove from heat, strain into cups and serve hot.

MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Add the cardamom pod, clove, peppercorns and tea leaves. Remove from heat, and let the mixture steep for 2 to 3 minutes. Strain into a cup, and fill cup the rest of the way with milk. Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

MASALA CHAI POWDER

Steps:

• Powder all the above ingredients and mix.
• Store in an airtight container.
• Will keep well for years.

GINGER CARDAMOM MASALA CHAI

Steps:

• Heat the water in a saucepan.
• Once it starts to boil add the tea powder.
• Meanwhile grind the ginger and cardamom and add it to the saucepan.
• After 3-4 minutes of boiling add the milk allow it to boil for 3-4 more minutes.
• The strength of the tea can be adjusted by the ratio of milk and water.
• Now strain the tea and serve immediately.
• Add sugar according to ones taste.
• The amount of ginger can also be adjusted as per ones taste.

MASALA CHAI BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8x8 inch baking pan with cooking spray, and dust lightly with the 2 tablespoons cocoa powder. Place the coconut in the jar of a blender, and pulse to mince; set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the brewed chai, canola oil, and vanilla extract, just until all ingredients are moistened. Fold in the coconut. Spread the batter in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is no longer shiny, about 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 1 hour before cutting.