Let's talke about indian food and beverage recipes

Ok, This thread is sort of interested because as far as I'm concerned, I haven't got a real nice recipe to exchange here....yet! But, I'm really really fond of tchai, real good and sweet tchai and would love to make some for Christmas... Do someone knows how to make the magical mixture?

Chai gets made in many different ways.
Here is one way that I personally enjoy! Mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup milk, add sugar (as per your liking), add fresh ginger slices and bring it to a boil, reduce flame, add 2 tsp tea leaves bring it to boil and switch of the stove. Cover the pot with a lid and leave it for 5 minutes. Strain and enjoy ginger chai.

Thank U!!! I'll get a try with this recipe! Thought their were other spices in Tchai (cardamom and canella maybe) but I'll definitively get a try! And will give U our feeling about it!

in india various tea powders are available......... for different flavours of course.........

get hold of some good stuff.....probably at an indian shop in france.

This is my favourite 'Masala Tea' for cold winter.

When you are making the ginger milk tea, you add few pieces (up to your taste) clove, black pepper, cardamom and cinnamon into the milk tea. Very simple.
Enjoy.

Not the conventional Indian Chai, but pretty tasty all the same!!!

Servings: 4 - 6
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients
7 cupfuls of cold water
3 green cardamom pods
2 black cardamom pods
2 tea bags
4 tbsp Sugar
Milk to mix

Method
1. Pour the water into a large saucepan.

2. Lightly smash the green and black cardamoms in a pestle and mortar. Add to the water and bring to the boil.

3. When boiling, add in the teabags and sugar.

4. Add enough milk to turn the tea a pale beige colour.

5. Bring to the boil again and just as it is rising to the top of the pan, switch off the heat. Strain and serve at once.

masala chai,

bring to boil 1/2 cup of water add 1 cardomom, clove, whole blackpepper, some indian basil leaves and ginger/ dry ginger powder. boil for a minute add tea leaves and sugar to taste then add 1/2 cup milk and bring to boil. turn off the heat and cover for couple of minutes. strain and serve. enjoy

yeah, most people have covered it. If you are looking for the simple way out, just get some chai masala at an Indian store and you can add this powder on to the chai prepared fresh.

What other recipes would you like? Let us know

From a puritan's point of view I suggest:
Get yourself some good Darjeeling leaf tea.
In a pot heat water just short of boiling. Add one tea spoon of tea per every cup being brewed plus one teaspoon for the pot. Stir once & seal the pot. Keep the pot covered by a tea cosy.
Heat milk but dont boil it.
After about 5 minutes of brewing pour the tea through a tea strainer in to cups. Add just the spot of hot milk as you like & a sugar cube. Stir gently, take in the aroma & sip.

This is the closest I've come up with in taste and texture to the chai I had in India and also that which I get in Indian restaurants here at home: fill a large pot with a half gallon of fat free half & half, and just under a half gallon of filtered water. Start the fire under it. Fill a large tea ball with Red Star loose tea, usually about four or five tablespoons. In a second teaball put 2 heaping teaspoons each of powdered cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Add a dash of black pepper. Add the tea balls to the half & half mixture and bring it all to a boil (watch it carefully so it doesn't boil over). Let the boil roll for a few minutes, then turn it down to simmer for 10 minutes or so. That should do it. I know the fat free half and half sounds like sacrilege but it turns out perfectly. It makes a huge pot of chai that you can store in the fridge and heat up whenever you like. We usually add a dash of sugar to each cup.

Ok girls, thanks a lot, now I have to experience these recipes!!! I'll be working on it for this Christmas, and will let U know! Thanks a looooooooooot!!!
Sure, their are other recipes I'd love to know (the thread is also opened to others who may need some culinar help as me! Unless I'm the only one here who doesn't know how to cook?). Actually I love gombos and found some at the supermarket but I don't have any idea of how preparing them...Anyone's got an idea???

I really dont know why one would add these spices to tea. A good Darjeeling tea is worth its weight in gold. So please dont put all these condiments to tea reserve them for may be a Quorma instead? Would you mix coke with Champagne?