Every night, no matter how late it gets for me (sometimes between 2-4am 😅), I cook dinner for myself and my husband.

What daily rituals do you refuse to break from?

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Morning chai ☕️.

When traveling, I carry an collapsible electric pot to brew chai by boiling tea, sugar, spices, milk and water.

Also, many desi folk have their own recipe to make microwave chai that they’ve perfected. You’ll find a crowd discussing the best way to do it in any office kitchen at 4 PM.

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I was thinking “kettle” when I wrote “pot”.

This video does a good job of showing the process: https://youtu.be/8fQAxZahx_U 

Main thing is that the spices and tea should be boiled in the water for a while. The video also shows the deep caramel color that my family prefers.

Fun fact: McDonalds in the Middle East sells chai made in this fashion. It’s called “kadak” which literally means “stiff” or “hard” in some Indian languages and is often used in India as an adjective to describe the tea that has the deep caramel color and flavor,

https://youtu.be/YxLm0jmazq8

TIL collapsible electric pots exist. Curious to hear your take on what makes the perfect chai.