Masala Tea | Badam Tea | How to make Tea in 2 Ways
Masala tea is a quite refreshing beverage with the flavors of ginger and cardamom. Badam tea has nourishing almond goodness in it.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
For Masala Tea
- 1.5 cups Water
- 3 tsp Tea powder
- 4 tsp Sugar
- 1.5 cups Milk
- 1 tbsp Grated ginger
- 2 nos. Cardamom
- 1/2 inch piece Cinnamon
For Badam Tea
- 1 tbsp Almond (badam)
- 1.5 cup Milk
- 1.5 cup Water
- 3 tsp Tea powder
- 4 tsp Sugar
- 2 nos. Cardamom (crushed)
Instructions
Masala tea preparation
- In a saucepan, heat water. Add tea powder and sugar to it. Let it boil.
- Then include milk and bring it to rolling boil. Add grated ginger.
- Next add cardamom and cinnamon piece. Stir once and let it boil. Strain masala tea and serve with biscuits.
Badam tea preparation
- Take almonds in a mixer and powder it finely.
- Next in a sauce pan heat milk. As it boild, include powdered almond. Stir and boil it for a minute in simmer.
- Next heat water in a separate sauce pan. Add tea powder, sugar and crushed cardamom to it. Bring it to rolling boil.
- Strain badam milk (prepared in above step) in to it. Now boil badam milk in tea mixture for a minute and strain.
- Serve badam flavored badam tea with biscuits.
Notes
- I use milk and water in 1:1 ratio. If you are not using full fat milk, reduce water and increase milk.
- Grated ginger and cardamom add unique flavor to masala tea. You can even add some pepper corns.
- You can add ginger to badam tea as well.