Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Hyderabadi Dum Chai Recipe | Irani Dum Chai | Dum Tea Recipe is a vegetarian south indian beverage made with water, tea powder, and sugar 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: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: beverage
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp tea powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 inch ginger
- 6 pods cardamom
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 inch cinnamon
- ½ tsp cloves
- 2 cup milk
Method
- firstly, in a small vessel take 1 cup water.
- tie a cloth on top using a rubber band or thread.
- add 2 tbsp tea powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 inch ginger, 6 pods cardamom, ½ tsp pepper, 1 inch cinnamon and ½ tsp cloves.
- place the vessel in the cooker.
- add some water on the bottom of the cooker.
- cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle or until all the flavours are absorbed by the water.
- after the pressure settles down, sqeeze off the decoction from the cloth.
- a strong tea decoction is ready.
- in a saucepan take 2 cup milk and get to a boil.
- add prepared tea decoction and mix well.
- get the tea to a boil.
- finally, enjoy Dum Ki Chai Recipe with some 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.
