All chai lovers can resonate with that need and love for "ek cup chai" [a cup of tea] at the start of a sleepy day or the end of an exhausting evening. From creating a relaxing me-time bubble to a full-of-chatter gossip session, a simple cup of tea is powerful enough to create any ambience of your choice. Well, why stop at just a drink when you can take your chai to the dessert level? Yes, this is no bizarre fusion. Your cup of chai can also make some delicious desserts. Curious? Here are some dessert ideas you can try.
5 Chai-Based Desserts You Would Love As Much As That Cup Of Tea:
1. Masala Chai Ice Cream
Summertime is here and even if you love your cup of hot chai a lot, you cannot help crave for something chilled in the heat. Well, with this recipe, you can enjoy your masala chai in the form of a tasty ice cream. The recipe is easy to prepare. Click here for a full step-by-step recipe along with a guided video.
2. Masala Chai Cake
Add a touch of masala chai to your cake recipe, and win the hearts of all desi dessert lovers in your family. The delicious cake can be served with some rabdi. Pro tip: Make sure to cool down the chai mix before adding it to your cake batter.
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Chai flavours: If you are a fan of Mumbai's cutting chai, you can transform it into a delicious milky kulfi. Photo Credit: iStock
3. Cutting Chai Kulfi
If you are a fan of Mumbai's cutting chai, you can transform it into a delicious milky kulfi, perfect to beat the heat. To make this unique and incredible kulfi at home, you will need Assam tea, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, milk, sugar, and cloves for the tea; and for kulfi, you need rabri, condensed milk, pistachios and some dried rose petals. Here is the full recipe along with a video.
4. Masala Chai Cookies
Forget store-bought cookies and try these homemade chai cookies for your tea-time snack. This recipe uses all the spices used in masala chai, which are added while prepping the regular cookie dough. These include ground cinnamon, ground ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves. Enjoy these masala cookies with your cup of tea.
5. Masala Chai Tres Leches
A tres leches is a very light sponge cake soaked in milk, popular throughout Latin America. Thanks to the use of milk, this dessert also tastes delicious with some Indian fusion. One such fusion is the addition of the aromatic masala chai flavours. Include chai spices in the sponge cake recipe as well as infuse black tea in the milk mixture. Once the dessert is ready, sprinkle it with pistachios and rose petals for that desi-style presentation.
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Which of these chai desserts are you going to try first? Share with us in the comments.
About Jigyasa KakwaniJigyasa finds her solace through writing, a medium she is exploring to make the world more informed and curious with every story published. She is always up for exploring new cuisines, but her heart comes back to the comforting ghar-ka-khana.