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Shubhra Krishan
November 26, 2011
11:38 am
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CARDAMOM CHAI

With the first monsoon drizzle, milky cardamom chai begins to simmer in saucepans across India. The sweet fragrance of this precious spice takes tea from ordinary to exotic.

Here’s the recipe:

2 cups water
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon strong black tea leaves
1 pod of green cardamom: crushed and powdered
A sliver of fresh ginger-root, crushed
sugar to your taste

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
Add the tea leaves. Let the tea leaves cook in the water on low heat for about 1 minute.
Pour in the milk, and simmer again.
Put in the cardamom and ginger.
Add sugar.
Let the chai simmer at each step.

Then strain the tea and enjoy it hot, preferably with rain and soulful music!

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Shubhra Krishan

Writer, editor and journalist Shubhra Krishan is the author of Essential Ayurveda: What it is and what it can do for you (New World Library, 2003), Radiant Body, Restful Mind: A Woman's book of comfort (New World Library, 2004), and The 9 to 5 Yogi: How to feel like a sage while working like a dog (Hay House India, 2011).