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Railroad-Style Chai
KitchenBarbarian
"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."
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Ingredients
10 m servings 96 calsOriginal recipe yields 4 servings (1 quart)
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Directions
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- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add fennel, cloves, and cardamom. Continue boiling water for 3 minutes.
- 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.
- Strain tea into 4 tea mugs; sweeten with sugar to individual tastes.
Footnotes
- Cook's Notes:
- It's important to use a cheap granulated tea. For years I tried to make this using the best Darjeeling and Asaam teas that I could find and it never came out right. The cheap granulated tea (basically what we put in tea bags) is the key. It takes a strong-flavored tea to stand up to the flavor imparted by the spices.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 96 calories; 4.3 g fat; 10.5 g carbohydrates; 4.3 g protein; 12 mg cholesterol; 56 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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2/2/2015
I liked this tea even though I'm not big on the liquorice taste of fennel. I used some tea from tea bags I got in a hotel room, I figured you can't get cheaper than that. I've never been on an I...