Best with fresh ingredients, but powdered forms work well also. Adjust the spices and sugar to taste. This is very good hot or cold. Also good for iced chai latte treats.
Chai Concentrate
Chai Mix, Powdered (Updated)
We were very disappointed that Nestle unsweetened instant tea has been discontinued. However, we found a new instant tea that we like and have been playing with old recipes.
Adjust the spices and sugar to your taste.
Almond Strawberry Granola with Pecans
Cashew and Chocolate Granola
This is our attempt at our favorite store bought granola.
Powdered Chai Mix (with Hot or Iced Chai Options)
We experimented with the mix recipe, then Megan made her “famous” iced chai. This is good hot, but it is very good iced.
Russian (Friendship) Tea Update
It is the day after a beautiful Easter. It snowed!
Adrian decided to play with our “Rotten” tea recipe so we did not need to use Tang and also to use less sugar. This is what he came up with.
Molasses Cookies
A favorite, special cookie our neighbor, Marilyn shares with us over the holidays. The recipe is slightly vague, but if you have made cookies before, adjusting the amount of flour to your preference is easy. I kept the recipe mostly as written, because that is part of its charm.
Gingerbread Chai Biscotti
These are a drier biscotti, but are wonderful with hot chocolate or tea.
Tikka Paste (For Chicken)
These spices form the background to a wonderful tikka paste. Make a double batch of spices if desired and use the dry mix for a dry rub for grilled chicken. Or, make the paste and follow the recipe for chicken tikka masala, which a few have claimed to be better than a restaurants.
Be sure to use chili powder made of only red chilis. You do not want to use the chilli seasoning for a pot of chili.
Samosas
This was a favorite treat at all church potlucks! While this is very close to what I remember from Swaziland, I would love to be able to compare it and see how close we really are.
If you do not like spice, cut the spices in half for your first batch. These are not hot, but they are spicy.