I just made a cup and sipped it over the warmth of a glowing computer screen. I highly recommend it, especially if you're tired of pouring your pennies down the Starbucks drain.
Chai (from the New Better Homes and Garden Cook Book)
1 black tea bag (orange pekoe, English breakfast, Lapsang souchong, or Darjeeling, I used
orange spice black tea today, very good!)
1 3-inch piece stick cinnamon
2 cups milk (soy works great!)
2 T raw sugar or honey
1 t vanilla
1/8 t ground ginger
1/8 t ground cardamom
1. In a small saucepan combine tea bag, the cinnamon stick, and 1/2 cup water. Bring to boiling. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove and discard tea bag and cinnamon stick. Stir in milk, sugar, vanilla, ginger and cardamom into the tea. Cook and stir over medium heat just until mixture is heated through (do not boil). To serve, pour hot ixture into war mugs.
For chocolate chai, add 1 tablespoon of unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder in with the milk and spices.
3 comments:
That sounds wonderful! I don't have any cardamom though, do you think it's necessary? So it really tastes like real Chai?
-Amy
Hey Amy!
I've made it several times without cardamom. I just added more ginger in it's place, and it turned out fine.
But if you ever run across bulk spices in a natural foods store or even Fred Meyers, you can pick up, like, 3 tablespoons worth (or however much you want) of cardamom for really cheap.
I think it tastes a lot like the chai you'd find at a coffee shop. You can add more or less of what you want to suit your tastes, though.
Let me know what you think :)
Xenia,
Thanks for all the Lenten recipies. I live in a house with two Orthodox roommates who can't cook, so I ususally end up doing the cooking if I have time. It's always good to have more Lenten recipies on hand.
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