Ginger Tea

I couldn’t choose a better way to get back to blogging after a long break than a special refreshing ginger tea( adrak chai). I used to have only milk till I got married. It took me 4 months after marriage to make a shift to this special chai of mine. But since I moved to this chai, there has been no moving back. It is either this tea or green tea and very rarely coffee but hardly milk. There are many versions of this adrak chai and many people have their own special and secret ways of making this chai. This was taught to me by my husband and I bet he makes the best ginger tea. On weekends, I get treated to his special chai. Of course, he sneaks in tulsi, two crunched black peppers for added flavour. Now let us move to this very simple and refreshing recipe.

Preparation Time : 2 minutes
Cooking Time : 5 minutes

Ingredients

Water - ¾ cup
Ginger - 2” piece
Sugar - 2 tsp (or to taste)[I like mine sweet]
Milk- ¼ cup
Tea powder - 2 tsp [ I use chakra gold dust tea/ 3 roses natural care]

Procedure

1. Start by heating the water in a vessel on a medium flame
2. Crush / grate the ginger and add it to the water
3. Cover and let the ginger flavours steep for a minute
4. Add the sugar 
5. Cover again for a minute to help the sugar melt
6. Add in the milk and give a quick shake
7. Let the milk heat for a minute ( I get cold milk here that doesn’t require boiling, if you have boiled milk, add it and skip is step)
8. Add in the tea powder and simmer completely, the liquid should not boil with the tea leaves, it should brew. 
9. Use a spoon or ladle and mix gently so that the complete flavour of the dust tea gets into the liquid.
10. Filter the tea through a tea strainer
11. Ta da…..delicious, refreshing super hot ginger chai is ready
12. Enjoy it with Marie biscuits in the morning or as it is… It is a lovely way to kick start your day!!!!