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    Ginger & Cardamom Tea / Inchi Yelakai Tea / Inchi Chai / Inji & Yelam Chai - Comforting for Cold Winter

    March 4, 2012 By Aarthi 16 Comments

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    You must have familiar with the love of chai my family and my mother has through this masala chai post..And I have told you that I love to try different ways of making tea..One of the most commonly made tea in our house is this ginger tea..Amma love it all time..

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    I made the perfect French fries on that day to go with this tea, and will post that soon..You can also serve this teas with any vadai or bhajji..There is nothing more comforting than this tea on a cold winter day..
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    Hope you will love it and let me know what you think..
    Ingrediants:
    Milk – 2 cups
    Water – ½ cup
    Sugar to taste
    Tea Powder – 2 tblspn or as needed ( we use three roses, you can use any brand)
    Ginger – 2 tblspn minced
    Cardamom / Yelakai – 4 crushed
    Method:
    Heat water in a sauce pan. Add tea powder, ginger, cardamom and mix well).
    Simmer this for 5 mins untill all essence of the tea gets into the water.
    Add milk and sugar and bring it to a boil. Simmer for 2 mins.
    Now strain it through a tea strainer.
    Serve hot..

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    Take all your ingrediants
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    Heat water
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    bring it to boil
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    add tea powder
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    cardamom
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    ginger
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    and simmer for while
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    add milk to it
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    and simmer
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    add sugar
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    and mix well
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    sieve it
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    and press to get all flavour out of it
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    through away the flavourless part
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    tea done
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    Serve
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    Take great with any fried goodies
    Check out the masala chai recipe too...Click on the image for recipe..
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    About Aarthi

    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Kanan

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      tea in every morning is like a energy drink for Indians. you made it perfect

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    2. Angela

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      Looks lovely. I will definitely try this for my husband who loves cardamom.

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    3. faseela

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      wow....superb tea dear

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    4. Ramya

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      a comfort cup of tea. I have a sore throat now and this is perfect

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    5. Kaveri

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      Ginger tea is my favorite..I don't have plain tea at all..will try adding elaichi and see how the combo works

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    6. maha

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      looking hot n nice too.....

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    7. Pacheco Patty

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      I love Chai tea, thanks for sharing your recipe;-)

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    8. J

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      I love tea! Especially with milk in it!

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    9. Chef Mireille

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      I'm gonna make this tonight!

      Mireille
      http://gourmetglobal.blogspot.com

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    10. Chandrani

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      Very flavorful and refreshing tea for a winter morning.

      Cuisine Delights
      My First Event - "COLOURFUL HOLI".

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    11. RAKS KITCHEN

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      Wow, I love tea if made this way, feel like having it. super!

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    12. Sharmilee! :)

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      Flavourful tea..love that cup!

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    13. Preeti Garg

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      nice cup of tea.....

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      • Lakshmi

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        5 stars
        Thank you so much Aarthi mam for this wonderful recipe... we love that chai glass with holder..where did you buy that

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    14. Anonymous

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      We should add boiled milk or raw milk????

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      • Aarthi

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        use raw milk

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