Vegan Indian Masala Chai. Fabulous almond milk tea with homemade chai spice blend (cardamom, cinnamon, pepper) and fresh ginger. Vegan Chai tea recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Beverage
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup water
- 1.5 Tbsp raw sugar or other sweetener to taste
- 2 tsp chai patti/loose tea
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp chai spice/chai masala blend ((see notes for large batch), or use 1/4 tsp ground cardamom, 1/8 tsp cinnamon, a good pinch of ground clove,, black pepper, ground ginger)
- 1/2 to 1 tsp minced/grated fresh ginger (,some fresh gingers are too strong, so use to taste)
- 1.25 cup Almond breeze plain almond milk or oatmilk or soymilk other non dairy milk.
Method
- In a small deep pan at medium heat, add water, sugar, tea leaves, chai masala blend and ginger. Bring to a bubbling boil. 7 to 9 mins
- Slowly pour the almond milk. Bring the mix to just about a boil. 6 to 8 minutes.
- Strain into a cup and serve hot. Compost the tea leaves.
- Note: some plant milks tend to separate when added to the hot water. Add a Tbsp cold/room temperature water to the boiling water to bring the temperature down. Then pour in the plant milk.
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.