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Hyderabadi Dum Chai Recipe

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About

It is basically a spice and herb-rich flavored tea recipe with a unique and pressurized cooking way. Dum ki chai has become an internet sensation lately, but it carries a lot of tradition and history. Moreover, it has become a popular hot beverage, especially with street food vendors due to its fancy cooking process and the strong flavored taste. This can be a perfect beverage after a comforting snack meal. There are myriad ways to make milk-based tea using different sets of ingredients, but this recipe of dum ki chai has to be one of the premium tea recipes. Particularly, the blend of spices used in this recipe makes it a perfect hot drink with any type of heavy meal or a filling snack meal.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp tea powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 6 pods cardamom
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • ½ tsp cloves
  • 2 cup milk

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Instructions

  1. firstly, in a small vessel take 1 cup water.
  2. tie a cloth on top using a rubber band or thread.
  3. add 2 tbsp tea powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 inch ginger, 6 pods cardamom, ½ tsp pepper, 1 inch cinnamon and ½ tsp cloves.
  4. place the vessel in the cooker.
  5. add some water on the bottom of the cooker.
  6. cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle or until all the flavours are absorbed by the water.
  7. after the pressure settles down, sqeeze off the decoction from the cloth.
  8. a strong tea decoction is ready.
  9. in a saucepan take 2 cup milk and get to a boil.
  10. add prepared tea decoction and mix well.
  11. get the tea to a boil.
  12. finally, enjoy Dum Ki Chai Recipe with some biscuits.

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Step-by-step

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firstly, in a small vessel take 1 cup water.
2
tie a cloth on top using a rubber band or thread.
3
add 2 tbsp tea powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 inch ginger, 6 pods cardamom, ½ tsp pepper, 1 inch cinnamon, and ½ tsp cloves.
4
place the vessel in the cooker. add some water to the bottom of the cooker.
5
cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle or until all the flavors are absorbed by the water.
6
after the pressure settles down, squeeze off the decoction from the cloth.
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a strong tea decoction is ready.
8
in a saucepan take 2 cup milk and get to a boil.
9
add prepared tea decoction and mix well.
10
get the tea to a boil.
11
finally, enjoy Dum Ki Chai Recipe with some biscuits.Irani Dum Chai

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Notes

  • firstly, make pressure cooking the decoction helps to give more flavor.
  • also, you can add more sugar if you prefer the chai sweeter.
  • additionally, you can prepare the decoction in hand and mix it with hot milk just before serving.
  • finally, Dum Ki Chai Recipe tastes great when served hot and strong.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/hyderabadi-irani-dum-chai-recipe/