No afternoon get-together in Salalah is complete without a thermos of spicy tea or plain red tea. I'm sitting in the mountains now with my laptop and a thermos of spicy Chai Salalah. Yes, the wireless internet modem works here. Thank you Nawras.
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Chai Salalah Ingedients:
- Milk
- Ground cardamom
- Fresh or powdered ginger
- sugar
- lipton red tea bags
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Directions:
Put four cups of milk in a pot on the stove with four spoons of ground cardamom, about a third of a cup of sugar (depending on how you like it) and a spoon of ginger. Wait for it to come to a boil then throw in five teabags and let it come to a boil again. Stir until the milk is golden coloured. Turn the heat off and put the tea through a strainer before putting it in a thermos. Serve in small little tea glasses.
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I love Chai Salalah.
Sounds yummy, Oddly enough I am just drinking chai my mother made. Only difference is I do not put sugar into my tea 99% of the time. I know I'm a weirdo haha
ReplyDeleteSalalah aristocratic tea lol. Love it! Your post reminds me of an article written by George Orwell (I love him!) In case you want to read it:
ReplyDeleteA Nice Cup of Tea http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm
Very symbolic, but very amusing too.
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Sounds very similar to Kenyan chai. Both have a lot more milk in them than Somali chai, which is super sugary, but watery.
ReplyDeleteYou are a great photographer Nadia(if the photo is yours :)).
ReplyDeleteI love this type of spicy tea.
Are you shifting from coffee to tea?
yum! sounds delicious! mashaAllah
ReplyDeleteLove your blog :)
I use to drink such chai with my friends in Salalah, really i spent good time there.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog Nadia, really you deserve the best.
Some times they called me " مشكاك" , becouse i am from the north i like it.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a huge chai fanatic, so I'll defiantly try it your way sometime.
ReplyDeleteI thought Abdullah is an expat. How strange!!
ReplyDeleteI got addicted to this in Germany! I love it!!!! and sounds like a nice place your at.. IN the mountains.. *sigh* would love to be there!
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