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Basic Chai

Traditional chai has numerous variations, depending on which region it is brewed. This is a simple recipe with milk, sugar, and spices.

Source and licence

"Basic Chai" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Chai, revision 4507995), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Basic_Chai&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Associated with Asian by a tradition spanning countries: Asian (confidence 0.6). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Bring 1 ½ cups water to a boil, add the fresh spices, and boil for 1 minute.
  2. Add the tea leaves, cover, and steep for 3–5 minutes
  3. Bring the milk to a boil.
  4. Strain the tea mixture to remove the solids.
  5. Add milk and sugar, and serve hot with samosas or kachoris.