Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Cutting Chai Recipe | Mumbai Cutting Tea Recipe | How to Make Cutting Chai is a vegetarian Indian beverages made with ginger, cardamom, and cloves in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
