Масала чай

Masala chai

Ingredients:

water

🥛  milk

4-5 black peppercorns

4-5 cloves

4-5 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed

pinch of green fennel seeds

small piece cinnamon stick

🫚  1 tsp fresh ginger, peeled and roughly sliced

1 black tea bag

sugar/stevia, to taste

Directions:

Get a filled to the brim mug or two of water into a pot, depending on how many servings you intend to make.

Throw in peppercorns, fennel seeds, cloves, crushed cinnamon and cardamom, and ginger. Bring to a boil and then simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

Add in the black tea (either a teaspoon of looseleaf, or empty the tea packet in the pot if it's bagged). Simmer for 5 more minutes.

Add in milk - the boiling spices should leave a ring on the sides of the pot to use as a reference of how much to add to restore the water that's boiled out of there. Bring to a boil but carefully - it can run over.

Strain and serve with some sweetener.