Aromatic Indian Ginger Tea

I have been very fond of tea all my life. It has been a favorite drink while chatting with my friends on cold winter evenings. I can be credited for making at least 75% of the people I have met get addicted to the kind of tea I make. It has built great bonds with people. I even introduced it at my workplace to another 2000 people. And as long as the workplace cafe followed my recipe, the demand for this wonderful drink kept going up and up. Tea has great health benefits too besides bringing people together. But try not to go beyond 2 cups in a day:-)

So what is it that makes this particular recipe so unique? Its mainly GINGER and how much and how well grated it is when you make the tea. Here is the recipe:

1 Cup Water

2 Tbsp Sugar(Or as per your taste)

3 Tbsp Ginger- peeled and finely grated(Use the smallest mesh in your grater)

1 Tbsp Tea leaves(I use Taj Mahal Tea leaves, which you could get in any Indian store)

1/2 cup of 2% milk(or whole milk)

Bring 1 cup water and 3 Tbsp of finely grated ginger to a boil. Let it boil for two minutes and make sure to cover it because you dont want to keep all ginger aroma in the water and not let it escape. Then add tea leaves and let it boil for 2 more minutes. This boiling process is to ensure that tea leaves and ginger juices are well absorbed in the boiling water. Now add 1/2 cup of milk(warm or cold). As soon as you add milk, boiling will settle down. Now wait for another 3 mins for this solution to come back to boiling stage. This is the final stage of boiling. Add sugar at this stage.Once it comes to a boil, let it boil for another 2 minutes. The more you boil at this stage, the richer color you will see. Now put off the flame and pour this hot tea into a cup using sieve so that tea leaves and ginger are separated. Let your nose sense the ginger aroma when vapors escape from your cup. Drink this hot in a cold morning or evening.

If you have questions on this recipe, I will be happy to answer it. But, its worth trying at least once. The best time is when you have close friends coming to your house for late night chit chat.

Slight variation in this recipe(using pepper powder too when adding ginger paste), this tea is really good for sore throat. The warm tea with tinge of ginger and black pepper feels really good on sore throat. Try it and let me know how did you like it.

I will be soon posting more recipes that will be prepared using Indian spices, vegeterian and very low on fat content and high on nutrition index and taste. Let me know how you feel about this recipe.