Easy Cutting Chai Recipe | Mumbai Cutting Tea Recipe | How to Make Cutting Chai
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 1 minutes
- Cook time: 9 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: beverages
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 inch ginger
- 3 pods cardamom
- 4 cloves
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ inch cinnamon
- 3 cup water
- 3 tsp tea powder
- 3 tsp sugar
- 1 cup milk
Method
- Firstly, in a mortar pestle take 1 inch ginger, 3 pods cardamom, 4 cloves, ½ tsp pepper, and ½ inch cinnamon.
- Gently pound the pestle into the mortar to help masala release its flavors. Keep aside.
- In a saucepan take 3 cup water and warm it on medium flame.
- Once the water is hot enough, add prepared chai masala and boil for 3 minutes or until the flavors are infused in water.
- Now add 3 tsp tea powder and boil for 2 minutes.
- Once the tea flavors are infused in water, add 3 tsp sugar and boil until the sugar is melted.
- Further, add 1 cup milk and get to a boil.
- Just mix it and boil for 2 minutes for the aroma to be absorbed by the chai.
- Finally, filter out the chai and serve Cutting Chai with biscuits.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.