Chai ya iliki

Name: Chai ya iliki
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Tanzanie
Ingredients: 600 ml water; 400 ml semi-skimmed milk; 6 g loose black tea; 1.2 g lightly crushed green cardamom seeds; 20 g sugar

🫖 Strained milky black tea scented with green cardamom.

Ingredients

600 ml water
400 ml semi-skimmed milk
6 g loose black tea
1.2 g lightly crushed green cardamom seeds
20 g sugar

Preparation

Lightly crush the cardamom seeds. Bring them and 600 ml water to a boil in a tall saucepan, then simmer 5 minutes.

Add black tea leaves and steep over very low heat 3 minutes. Add 400 ml milk and sugar and gently heat 3 minutes, watching to prevent boiling over.

Remove from heat and strain into a heatproof teapot. If much water has evaporated, top up with a little hot water and mix.

Divide equally into 4 cups and cool 5 minutes. Contains caffeine and milk and no ginger. Each equal cup includes 5 g added sugar

food accompaniments are separate.