Indian Spiced Chai / Tea Masala

[lickmyfart]

I have a "Chai tea" tea bag. Can I substitute any of the ingredients your mentioning with the contents of this tea bag? Thank you!

[18024]

I would rather use...fresh spices....than dry powders...it taste bettter. One more thing mam.. two table spoon of masala is too much....really too much. I would never use that much masala even in my dinner recipe. 1/2 table spoon would be enough, when boiled well with tea before pouring milk and sugar.

[saa89100]

hi, this is very nice , but how can i make it without the milk ?

[dapoirierinc]

Thank you for the video! I love Chai and have been trying to make it like I had when I was in India. Your video really helps.

[ReptileMistress]

This is the best Chai Tea instructional video I've seen & I've watched many. You are very clear & make it easy. Thank you! I cannot wait to try your recipe.

[aevinray]

Well anyway, I had tried this recipe today & it turned out really really good! Blv me, I never had such an amazing cup of tea before...... Thank you so much, Alia!

[aevinray]

Can I use whole spices for that?

[suppusoora]

Hi Alia,

I add my tea powder to the spiced water before adding the milk...it gives nice color to the tea..try it..it tastes great..

[Besaha1]

this looks great I wrote down the recipie and left it on my fridge, because I drink tea or coffee 2 0r 3 times a day. this is a great recipie!!

[YTfancol]

I am so trying this.

Thank you so much !!

[jmeic826]

thank you for sharing this recipe! how would this taste if chilled/iced?

[catfreak190]

@jmeic826 I would recomend making it hot first, then add it to a blender with some ice but it tastes better hot and the ice dilute the lovely sweet and spicy taste from the tea.

[Mcuisine]

Alia please make more videos! I love it!

[practicalmagic9]

ohmgee!i love the calligraphy on the opening title, alia!and yay! a recipe to make this tea myself!my daughter and i will have to make this together!and i agree:there really is no substitute for cardamom!it is one of those spices that is so very unique!and LOVE your teapot!lastly:i was in south seattle with my dh yesterday and we drove by a small market that sold halal meat!I got so excited,because we do not have many middleastern markets in the tacoma area!

[kooktocook]

Very enjoyable tea. I enjoyed a version of it in Sri Lanka. Thank you for posting as I will certainly give this a try. KtC

[MrEZCooking]

Hi Alia! I love chai tea and masala tea! I currently make it with a cardamon flavored tea from Ceylon and I use a Soy creamer! Your recipe adds the black pepper and that is the only ingredient I dont use! Your tea looks luscious! Thanks for sharing it!

[starkrazi]

I love Chai. all i need is the anise spice and i can make some! Thanks Alia.

[Vireochan]

Thank you very much for this! I did not have the same spices, but using your preparation, and the spices that I did (using a pinch of garam masala since I don't have any cardamom) I now have a pretty decent cup of tea.

[cookingwithalia]

@Vireochan I hope you can try it again with cardamom - that's the big thing that makes this tea special!!!

[fgx3prak]

I make masala chai everyday. Of course, taste is highly subjective and in India, masala chai is made quite differently - more tea leaves for sure and tea is boiled (horror!)). However, Try coarsely ground fresh spices which give you a much better result than mixing the factory-ground and possibly stale spices. I know this because I have personally tried all the shortcuts and come to accept the bit of effort needed to make good masala chai.

[ilikethewok]

Heavenly!! Thx for this recipe.

[a13x4]

Where do you get the "anise" powder? And do you have to use loose tea? Thanks.

[Dimanta]

Can I use black tea teabags? If yes, how many tea bags I would need?

[cookingwithalia]

@Dimanta I dont think it's easy to infuse tea bags in milk. You should try and see. this tea works best with loose tea!

[Blanca85]

@Dimanta Just put the tea bag in and let it brew before adding the milk

[Dimanta]

@Blanca85 Thanks! Ill try that before I get some loose black tea. So many ingredients to buy but its worth it!

[Dimanta]

Im so happy you posted this recipe! :) I am going to make it this week :)

[Pixirinin]

Thank you for this recipe, I love tea, and I am looking foward to trying it.

[razsharfu]

normally we add more of tea and less of spice when making chai. i prefer just whole cardamon and ginger in my chai. love chai! cant wake up without it.

[Dwergideon]

It looks amazing, its just such a shame it takes so long to make :( if i want a nice warm drink, all i have to do is press a button on the cappucino machine, is it really worth the 20 minutes in the kitchen to make this?

[cookingwithalia]

@Dwergideon it actually only take 10 minutes to make! once you prepare the spice mix, you can just make a big batch and keep it your kitchen cabinet. To make the tea itself, it is just 10 mn.

[Dwergideon]

@cookingwithalia Okay, thank you very much for replying. I might actually try this, it really looks amazing, but overall i'm too lazy to spend a lot of time on a drink ;-)

P.s. I love your work, keep it up :D

[MrsFery]

@Dwergideon yes, it's worth every single minute! :-)

[IrisMG]

I love chai! I love the Stash double spiced chai, but have always wanted to make my own! Going to try this one for sure!

[StrainSop]

I LOVE chai!! just don't get to drink it alot

[sammie1207]

I love the teapot you used, do you know if I can find it online????? thanks for the recipe..

[hamsterwinnie]

would u suggest using coffee filters to filter the tea? or doing it twice with the strainer is fine?

[rocknaomi]

@hamsterwinnie you dont have to strain twice. its your choice

:)

[TheCuteGurl88]

thats alot of flavour :S

[username121nj]

easy recipe..thx Alia

[Lilaan]

I love chai :) Cardamom smells so good! it's sort of citrus-y... but it looks different from yours. Mine is sort of blue-ish

[cookingwithalia]

@Lilaan there is green cardamom and black cardamom. I am using green cardamom.



[sohahamdani]

what is in the 3rd bowl from start?

[cookingwithalia]

@sohahamdani it's Anise powder. you can click the link below the video (it says "To print this recipe, click the following link..." to get the written recipe.