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By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Oct 7, 2011
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Enjoy this slow cooked spiced tea – perfect if you love Indian cuisine.

Spiced Chai

  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total 3 hr 25 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 8
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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons cardamom pods
  • 6 tea bags black tea (about 2 tablespoons loose tea)
  • 4 cups cold water
  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons whole allspice
  • 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
  • 1 piece (1 inch) peeled gingerroot
  • 1 cup vanilla-flavored syrup or honey

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    With rolling pin or mortar and pestle, crack open cardamom pods to release seeds. In 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, place pods and seeds in.
  • Step 
    2
    Cut paper label from strings on tea bags; tie strings of bags to keep attached and place in cooker. Add remaining ingredients except syrup.
  • Step 
    3
    Cover; cook on High heat setting 3 hours.
  • Step 
    4
    Remove tea bags. Stir syrup into chai. Cover; cook 10 to 15 minutes longer or until thoroughly heated. Carefully ladle chai into cups, to avoid whole spices.

Nutrition

150 Calories
4g Total Fat
4g Protein
24g Total Carbohydrate
25g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4g
6%
Saturated Fat
2 1/2g
11%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
4%
Sodium
55mg
2%
Potassium
180mg
5%
Total Carbohydrate
24g
8%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
25g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
15%
15%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 1/2 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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