Hyderabadi Dum Chai Recipe | Irani Dum Tea

Hyderabadi Dum Chai Recipe | Irani Dum Chai | Dum Tea Recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. An easy and flavored hot beverage recipe made with tea powder and a uniquely cooked blend of spices. It is basically an extension of the normal or traditional chai recipe with specially cooked spices added to it. The unique way of cooking the spices in a pressure cooker is known as dum cooking and thus makes it a more flavourful and special beverage recipe.

Hyderabadi Dum Chai Recipe | Irani Dum Chai | Dum Tea Recipe with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Tea or chai recipe is a common and perhaps the most popular beverage in Indian cuisine. There are many ways and different sets of ingredients used with the basic tea powder to prepare specific or targeted chai or tea variants. One such fancy and premium chai recipe is the dum ki chai or also known as irani dum tea recipe known for its strong flavor.

Well, honestly I cannot remember a single instance of morning breakfast where we haven’t prepared the chai or milk-based tea. Basically, morning breakfast is incomplete with a cup of chai. I do not crave fancy tea, but a simple milk sugarless tea. However, on weekends, it is a different case. We opt for something fancy, and premium and one such favorite choice is Hyderabadi dum chai recipe. I do agree dum tea can be a time-consuming and complicated cooking process. However, it deserves special attention on a particular day and that is weekends for me. It is purely based on its flavor and the strong taste it has to offer. Do try this and I am sure this tea would be included as one of your special tea.

In addition, some more related and additional tips, suggestions, and variants to the Hyderabadi dum chai recipe. Firstly, it takes a lot of time and planning to prepare this hot beverage. Trust me it is worth it. However, if you are planning something quick and thrifty, traditional tea is a much more effective option. Secondly, I used a pressure cooker to dum cook the whole spices and herbs. The most common way to dum cook is to use a tandoori oven if you have access to it. Lastly, my personal preference is to prepare this tea without sugar. Sugarless tea, give the real taste and flavor of the tea powder and spices added and hence I would recommend that way.

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About Hyderabadi Dum Chai:

It is basically a spice and herb-rich flavored tea recipe with a unique and pressurized cooking way. Dum ki chai has become an internet sensation lately, but it carries a lot of tradition and history. Moreover, it has become a popular hot beverage, especially with street food vendors due to its fancy cooking process and the strong flavored taste. This can be a perfect beverage after a comforting snack meal.

There are myriad ways to make milk-based tea using different sets of ingredients, but this recipe of dum ki chai has to be one of the premium tea recipes. Particularly, the blend of spices used in this recipe makes it a perfect hot drink with any type of heavy meal or a filling snack meal.

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How to make Irani Dum Chai with step-by-step photos:

1. firstly, in a small vessel take 1 cup water.
   
2. tie a cloth on top using a rubber band or thread.
   
3. add 2 tbsp tea powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 inch ginger, 6 pods cardamom, ½ tsp pepper, 1 inch cinnamon, and ½ tsp cloves.
   
4. place the vessel in the cooker. add some water to the bottom of the cooker.
   
5. cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle or until all the flavors are absorbed by the water.
   
6. after the pressure settles down, squeeze off the decoction from the cloth.
   
7. a strong tea decoction is ready.
   
8. in a saucepan take 2 cup milk and get to a boil.
   
9. add prepared tea decoction and mix well.
   
10. get the tea to a boil.
    
11. finally, enjoy Dum Ki Chai Recipe with some biscuits.
    

Notes:

• firstly, make pressure cooking the decoction helps to give more flavor.
• also, you can add more sugar if you prefer the chai sweeter.
• additionally, you can prepare the decoction in hand and mix it with hot milk just before serving.
• finally, Dum Ki Chai Recipe tastes great when served hot and strong.