One of my good friend and coworker Deborah R. made a good suggestion about posting the recipe for the instant Chai mix, so she does not have to fuss and worry about finding all the ingredients (that I have listed in my Chai recipe on this blog) every time she craves for Chai. I agree with her, this is a good idea. So here is my modified recipe for the instant Chai mix that you can have it handy in your pantry and just mix it in a mug of boiling water with a tea bag.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
• 1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
• 1 cup French vanilla flavored powdered non-dairy creamer
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds powdered in a coffee grinder
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder
• ½ teaspoon of all spice
• ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper
• ¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon of salt
Process all of the above ingredients in a food processor for about 3-4 min and make a fine powder. Store it in an airtight container.
Directions to make chair from this instant mix:
Put a tea bag in a mug of boiling water, mix in 1 table spoon of spice mix, and let it stand for couple of min, strain if necessary. Your delicious Chai is ready.
Hints:
This can make an in expensive gift in a decorated decked up jar for the holidays.
This will make about ~20 servings.
You can adjust the amount of spice you put in the chai and if you want to make the chai strong, you can add 2 teabags instead of one in a mugful of boiling water.
If you don't want to fuss with the tea bag and want totally instant chai mix, you can add 1½ cup of unsweetened instant tea powder with above ingredients and just add two table spoon of the chai powder in one mug of boiling water.
I personally don't care much for the instant tea powder and I like my Tetley teabag.
Recipe modified by Surekha from a recipe at http://www.recipesecrets.net/forums/drink-recipes/25325-starbucks-mystic-chai-tea-mix
Photograph by urbanfoodie33
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Photograph of whole spices by tvancort
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