Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Ginger Milk Tea (Adrak Chai) is a vegetarian Indian drink made with simple everyday ingredients 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: 2 minutes
- Cook time: 8 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 · 2 people
- Category: Drink
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup water
- ¾ cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon loose leaf tea ((adjust to taste, depending on the brand))
- ¾ to 1 tablespoon (7 to 10 grams) fresh ginger root (peeled & grated or minced)
- 1 tablespoon organic sugar
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon ground cardamom ((adjust to taste, read notes))
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ((pepper powder))
- ¼ to ⅓ teaspoon dried ground ginger ((ginger powder, saunth, use less for a less spicy chai))
Method
How to Make Ginger Milk Tea
- Pour water to a pot and begin to heat it. Add fresh ginger and tea. Bring it to a rolling boil and let simmer on a medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, until the chai turns dark.
- Pour milk and bring it to a boil on a medium high heat. Reduce the heat and bring it to a boil again.
- Reduce the heat completely and add sugar, ground dried ginger, cardamom and black pepper.
- Using a soup/batter ladle mix well and aerate the ginger milk tea 4 to 5 times. Turn off and cover the adrak chai.
- Let rest for 3 to 4 minutes and the strain ginger milk tea to serving cups. Store the leftover strained tea for 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator and serve. Reheat gently on a low heat.
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.
