Indian Tea Masala Powder / Chai Masala Powder

 

Indian Chai or Tea is a everyday beverage for most of the Indians. Everyday we start our day with Tea made with ginger, Cardamom and Cloves. Sometimes to make tea more spicy we add Cinnamon and pepper. 

It is always good to make our own version of tea masala powder and keep it handy. Add a pinch of it while boiling tea. There is no rule to make tea masala, we can add more or less of any of of the spices according to our taste.  You can also add more spices or other ingredients like lemon grass, nutmeg or herbs if you want.

Here is my version of the tea masala powder.

 

Ingredients

30 Cardamom / Elaichi

A small piece of Dry ginger / 1 teaspoon Dry Ginger Powder

1 teaspoon Black Pepper 

20 Cloves

2 small sticks Cinnamom 

1/2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds

Directions  

1. Collect al the ingredients you want to add to tea masala powder. It is always better to dry them in Sun for 1/2 an hour or place them on a hot tava/ pan for a min. To do this , heat a pan for 2 minutes. Switch off the stove and place the ingredients on it for a min. Now grind them to a fine powder.

2. While boiling tea, add a pinch of it for 2 cups of tea. Enjoy your version of masala tea.