Black tea/Kattan Chaya with spices

Hello,

Summer holidays I was travelling last week to Sri Lanka. Its a beautiful country with warm and lovely people. I thoroughly enjoyed the delicious Sri Lankan cuisine. There are lots of similarities between south Indian cooking and Sri Lankan cuisine. Like a lot of spices and coconut milk and coconut is lavishly used in Sri Lankan cuisine. I had an opportunity to visit tea garden and 
of course tasted the yummy Sri Lankan tea. 
Its similar to sulaimani/kattan chaya we drink in Kerala. 

Sulaimani is made with simple ingredients available at home. Except for instead of sugar to sweeten the tea you can use dates syrup. But I prefer to make black tea with sugar, I think dates syrup do change the flavour of tea altogether. Its my personal observation. 

I have visited tea factory the process of making tea is very interesting. The pictures speak for all. 

The journey of tea leaf to your delicious tea cup!

Black tea/sulaimani/kattan chaya

Water - 2 cups
tea powder - 1/2 to 1 tea spoon/2 tea bags
cardamom - 1
clove - 1
dry ginger powder - a pinch
sugar - as required
lemon juice - 3 drops

Note : Dates syrup - 1 tsp if you like the taste of dates syrup use it instead of sugar

Method of Preparation

Boil water in a tea sauce pan add tea powder, cardamom,clove and dry ginger powder.Add sugar/dates syrup. slow cook in low flame for 2 minutes. Close the sauce pan for a while, strain the tea in cups. Cut a small lemon and squeeze the lemon directly into your tea, 1 , 2, 3 drops of lime juice. See the colour of your tea turns into golden brown!   Enjoy you cup of mild flavoured yummy tea for breakfast, evening anytime you like!