RAILROAD-STYLE CHAI

Railroad-Style Chai image

Indian Railroad-style Chai: this is the real stuff served out of trays and passed through the windows at railroad stops all over India. If you can find mamri tea pearls from India, use 1/4 cup of that in place of the tea bags.

Provided by KitchenBarbarian

Time 10m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 tablespoon fennel seed
4 whole cloves, or more to taste
1 ½ teaspoons cardamom seeds
2 cups whole milk
4 black tea bags, or more to taste
1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste

Steps:

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add fennel, cloves, and cardamom. Continue boiling water for 3 minutes.
Stir milk into the water and return mixture to a low boil; add tea bags, reduce heat to low, and boil until the tea has a strong, but not bitter flavor, 2 to 3 minutes.
Strain tea into 4 tea mugs; sweeten with sugar to individual tastes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 95.8 calories, Carbohydrate 10.5 g, Cholesterol 12.2 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 56.4 mg, Sugar 8.6 g