{"id":261,"slug":"basic-chai","title":"Basic Chai","description":"Traditional chai has numerous variations, depending on which region it is brewed. This is a simple recipe with milk, sugar, and spices.","ingredients_raw":["Cardamom","Cinnamon","Ginger, grated","2 spoons tea leaves","½ cup milk","Sugar to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["cardamom","cinnamon","ginger","spoons tea leaf","milk","sugar"],"steps":["Bring 1 ½ cups water to a boil, add the fresh spices, and boil for 1 minute.","Add the tea leaves, cover, and steep for 3–5 minutes","Bring the milk to a boil.","Strain the tea mixture to remove the solids.","Add milk and sugar, and serve hot with samosas or kachoris."],"categories":["Tea recipes","Recipes using tea","Recipes for chai","Asian recipes","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using cardamom","Recipes using cinnamon"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"2","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Chai","source_ref":"4507995","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Basic_Chai&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"d7e3955c30bd0433070a59cc38c87e99ab0fd9e7f9558c06f2200848e9b3b37f","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/basic-chai"}