Ingredients:

 

 

Tea leaves - 1 teaspoon

 

Milk- 1 cup

 

Chai masala 1 teaspoon

 

Sugar - 2 teaspoons

 

Ginger – ½ inch (crushed)

 

For the masala:

 

Cinnamon - 1 inch stick (2)

 

Green cardamoms – 10

 

Black pepper – 8

 

Saunf- 1 tsp

 

How to make the masala:

 

Dry grind all the masala ingredients to a fine powder. (Store it in an air-tight container)

 

Use the masala as and when required to make tea.

 

Procedure:

 

Boil one cup of milk in a pan.

 

Add tea leaves, the powdered masala, crushed ginger and sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil again. Boil for a couple of minutes.

 

Strain and serve hot.