NEVER Brew Your Masala Chai in Water Again — Try This Old Indian Trick

📖 Get Asha's Indian Kitchen, 100 of my recipes measured in US cups (317 pages): https://ashasharmacooking.com NEVER Brew Your Masala Chai in Water Again — Try This Old Indian Trick A pale, thin cup of chai almost always comes down to three fixable mistakes: brewing in a mug instead of a pan, adding milk too early, and dropping whole cardamom pods into the water. This video walks through why everything needs to happen in one pan on the stove — spices boiled in water first, then tea cooked until genuinely dark, then milk added in small splashes rather than a single pour. The most surprising step is the last one: once the milk goes in, the chai is lifted off the flame each time it rises to the rim and returned to the heat two or three times, which is how street stalls get that thick, smooth finish. If the cup comes out bitter, the tea went too long; if it tastes thin, the milk went in too fast. #masalachai #chairecipe #indiantea #homemadechai #spicedtea #chailovers #milktea #cardamom