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Kenyan Chai

Name: Kenyan Chai
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Kenya
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Black tea leaves; 400ml Milk; 300ml Water; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1 knob Ginger; 2 Cardamom

Dessert

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Kenyan tea simmered with milk and ginger — Kenya's everyday sweet milk tea.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kenya is one of the world's great tea producers, and at home tea is simmered with milk and water and sweetened generously to make chai for breakfast and tea time. Ginger, cardamom, or cinnamon are often added, and it's enjoyed with mandazi or chapati.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a home by the tea plantations of the Kenyan highlands, milky tea simmered in a pot is poured into cups in the morning light and served with fried bread.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Black tea leaves 2 tbsp
Milk 400ml
Water 300ml
Sugar 3 tbsp
Ginger 1 knob
Cardamom 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring water, sliced ginger, and crushed cardamom to a boil in a pot.
Add the tea leaves and simmer 2 minutes.
Add the milk and sugar and heat until just below boiling.
Lower the heat so it doesn't boil over and simmer 2 minutes.
Strain into cups.

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