I recently moved away from my favorite Indian restaurant who had the most incredible chai. It tasted so intensely of cardamom and cloves, which I loved. For the last year I’ve been trying to recreate it, with no success. (I would try their chai then go home and make my own until I moved this month) after trying many online recipes, I’ve found one that was pretty tasty, but still was nothing like it. Here is the original recipe:
1 cinnamon stick
6-8 green cardamom pods
1 tsp whole black peppercorns
3-4 whole cloves
2 1/2 cups water
2 tbsp grated ginger
3 tbsp loose leaf black tea
2 cups milk
Sweetener
I have made slight adjustments to this recipe, adding much more cardamom and cloves and less of the other ingredients, hoping it would let my favorite two ingredients shine. But it’s still not happening. Sometimes I’ll add 16 cardamom or 10 cloves but nothing changes. Here’s my adjusted recipe that I use:
* 12 green cardamom pods
* 8 whole cloves
* 3/4 teaspoon peppercorns
* 1 whole cinnamon stick
* 1.25 tbspoon grated ginger or ginger cubes
* 3 cups water
* 3 tbsp loose leaf black tea or 8 grams
* Pinch of salt
* 2 cups milk
-Add Mortar and pestle spices and salt into large pot.
-Put first 2 cups of water and take note of the water level. This level is where the water should be after it evaporates. Then put in remainder 1 cup of water
-Boil spices I until they reach the water level. -Then add in black tea and turn down to simmer. Steep until whenever
-add in milk and sugar. Turn up the heat until it just starts to boil to caramelize, then turn down the heat.
Is it my routine instead of the spices that make my chai so MEH?
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