World Cuisine Recipe ❘ Hot and Spicy Himalayan Tea (Chai Tea)

Milk, black tea, cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves are simmered together in this recipe for hot and spicy chai tea.

Ingredients

• 7 cups water
• 6 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 ¼ inch piece fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 12 whole cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• ½ teaspoon black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons Darjeeling tea leaves
• 1 cup milk

Cooking Directions

1. Combine water, brown sugar, ginger root, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cloves, bay leaves, fennel seeds, and peppercorns together in a pot; cover and boil for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, add tea leaves, and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Stir milk into tea mixture and bring to a boil; strain tea into tea cups.

Nutrition Facts

• calories88.1
• carbohydrateContent18.2 g
• cholesterolContent3.3 mg
• fatContent1.1 g
• fiberContent1.6 g
• proteinContent2 g
• saturatedFatContent0.5 g
• sodiumContent35.8 mg
• sugarContent15.1 g