Fresh Ginger Tea | Inji Tea | Ginger Tea with milk | Ginger Chai

Marriage has taught me all things tea ;-) since my husband is a coffee lover I am so bored over coffee that my morning is never complete without a fragrant tea. A few weeks back I had posted my favorite Cardamom Tea and Sukku Kaapi (Dry Ginger coffee)today I want to share another version of tea which is really soothing and it is Ginger tea. In fact you can do a fusion of Cardamom and Ginger tea for better taste. So with my hot cuppa I am so glad to invite you over for today's post. in my hometown you will find many tea wales selling ginger tea in huge carriers that they transport in cycles and for just a mere Rs4 you will get awesome fresh and piping hot ginger tea.

Ginger is inevitable in Indian cooking. Most Indian recipes call for Ginger/ Garlic paste. But it would not be fair if I don't mention few of the many benefits of Ginger along with this recipe. Ginger has many medicinal properties of which the key benefits are aids digestion, improves immunity, relieves stress, relieves menusural discomfort and nausea, reduces inflammation, increase blood circulation and respiratory disorder to name a few

GINGER TEA WITH MILK RECIPE

Recipe - Own
Serves - 4
Prep time - 5 mins
Serving suggestion - hot along with Indian snacks or biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups milk (any fat %)
1/4 cup water
4 tsp of tea powder (I used blue TajMahal)
2 tbsp of chopped and smashed ginger (from 2"inch fresh ginger)
Sugar - 1 tbsp (you can use steavia/ sugarfree)
1 tsp cardamom powder

Method

1.In a milk/saucepan bring water to boil add the tea powder and ginger (mash it using a pestle or rolling pin) let it boil for 2 minutes. 
2. Now add the milk and bring it to boil and add the sugar, cardamom powder. Switch off and strain the tea. 
3. Serve hot along with you favorite snack

Cooks Wisdom

1. Smashing ginger giver more intense flavor, you can use a pestle it a rolling pin to do this
2. I used taj mahal (blue) for tea powder
3. Adding cardamom is optional but it is recommended
4. I have made this tea using 2% milk and you can skip water and make this tea with full milk