Mint Chai Recipe (Pudina Tea)
Mint Chai (Pudina Tea) is an Indian milk tea made using fresh mint leaves, milk, black tea leaves, and jaggery. It is soothing and warming and gives you instant relief from the cold (vegetarian, gluten-free).
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon chai masala powder
- 1 inch piece of ginger peeled and crushed
- 2 teaspoons loose black tea leaves (chai patti) or 2 tea bags
- ½ cup whole milk (full-fat milk)
- 15-20 fresh mint leaves rinsed
- 2 tablespoons powdered jaggery
Instructions
- Combine water, chai masala powder, and ginger in a saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil on medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Add tea leaves and milk and simmer for 2 more minutes.
- Add mint leaves and cook for 30 seconds. Do not overcook after adding the mint leaves otherwise the tea will turn bitter.
- Strain the tea in a jug and stir in jaggery.
- Pour the tea into serving cups and serve hot.
- You can also strain the tea directly in serving cups and add jaggery into the cups themselves.
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Notes
You can replace jaggery with white granulated sugar, brown sugar, or sugar-free substitutes like monk fruit or stevia.
I prefer using whole milk (full-fat milk) for a creamier chai. You can replace it with skim or low-fat milk if you wish to.
You can also use plant-based milk like almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, etc for a vegan chai.
Nutrition
Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 123mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 417IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 1mg
