Masala Tea (indian Spiced Tea) |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is wonderfully heady and comforting, and perfect with an Indian meal. I've made it as directed, but also have a coffeemaker I use just for tea, and most often make it in that. I'll just put the spices in a coffee filter with the tea, then throw a cardamom pod in each cup when I serve it. It's great cold too (but I prefer it hot, with a little sugar) Ingredients:
2 tablespoons darjeeling tea (see note below) |
8 white cardamom pods or 8 green cardamom pods |
2 inches cinnamon sticks |
4 whole cloves |
5 cups cold water |
sugar or honey or milk, to taste |
Directions:
1. Warm your teapot by rinsing it with boiling water.
2. Place the tea& spices in the teapot.
3. Boil the 5 cups of water and pour over the tea& spices.
4. Let steep for 5 minutes, stir, and serve with a cardamom pod added to each cup.
5. Add sugar, honey and/or milk to taste.
6. NOTES:.
7. You can substitute Assam or Ceylon tea for the darjeeling, and can use teabags instead (1 or 2 per cup of water, depending on how strong you like your tea).
8. If using a coffeemaker, 4 teabags for a 10-cup pot seems to work perfectly.
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