cutting chai recipe mumbai cutting tea recipe how to make cutting chai with detailed photo and video recipe. basically a flavoured mixed spiced tea beverage prepared by boiling black tea, spices and full cream milk. it is typically served as a refreshment during during morning with breakfast or with snacks in evening.
traditionally, chai was served in 2 steel cups which has been replaced by glass cups. these steel cups were placed one over the other and the chai was split in these 2 cups and were enjoyed by 2 people. perhaps, this act of sharing the chai gave its name as cutting chai. moreover, local street vendors of mumbais saw this as opportunity and started to serve half cup of chai in a reduced price. in addition, there is another theory which says cutting chai got its name because of the strong flavour it has to offer in a small quantity.
furthermore, some important tips while preparing masala chai or cutting chai. the quantity of milk is completely open ended and you can add as per your taste and preference. i prefer to have my chai on thicker end hence i have added 3/4 th cup. secondly, i like to have subtle spiced chai, hence i have added only grated ginger and cardamom. you can add chai masala to spice it up further. lastly, you can even prepare the chai with just milk to have creamy cutting chai.
The mumbai masala chai is quite strong tea and mainly cardamom, ginger goes in making this special tea. Further the tea is brewed / cooked for a long time to get the strong flavor in the chai.
Yes, I can see that from reading your recipe. My question was are there other versions of cutting chai with different milks, or is the one I saw on the street everywhere just a different type of masala chai entirely?
Got Quite nostalgic about cutting chai. Born & Bought up in Mumbai, now in Bangalore. Missing all the wonderful things in Mumbai. Chaats, Vada Pav Pav bhaji etc etc. Thks Maria for this wonderful Post. Will be going this May. ? Take care.
You can club the cutting chai with Onion Pakoda or Samosa or masala vada. You could even have sandwiches or veg cutlet or aloo tikki with tea. Bun maska and cutting chai is our favorite. Sometimes I just pair cutting chai with bread-butter. Simple food but amazing.
1. Keep all the ingredients ready for making the cutting chai. Peel the ginger skin and keep aside. The number of cardamoms in the below pic is only for reference and not the actual amount added in the chai.
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After cutting the body into small parts with an electric tree cutter, Sane allegedly boiled parts of it in a pressure cooker and roasted them on gas to dump them easily, police said. He had allegedly kept the pieces in a bucket, tub, cooker and other vessels in the kitchen, and cut them so small that police could not even count them, an officer said.
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For the last few months, protests, petitions and campaigns to protect the green cover of the Aarey colony in Mumbai have escalated to a new level after the tree authority department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) permitted the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to cut 2,646 trees to construct a Metro Phase III carshed in the area, a move vehemently challenged by green activists and the civil society. The protests were also supported by various Bollywood celebrities and politicians. Citizens have been coming out in huge numbers to form human chains and conducting silent vigils outside the proposed car depot
During my short stay in Mumbai for an official training I got all hooked by the street food culture there. I literally lived on pav bhaji, vada pao, pav sandwich, bombay sandwich, samosa and washed it down with glasses after glasses of cutting chai.
While the office had a posh cafeteria we favored this cutting chai especially from a small tea sop outside what was called tapri. You will find these tapris buzzing with life and sending out hundreds of cutting chai every day.
Once I moved out of Mumbai I have been making cutting chai at home. It is very simple and easy recipe, more of just a way of serving :). It is a very strong and flavorful tea that just a cutting or half serving keeps you going.
To make cutting chai use very good quality loose tea leaves. I do not recommend tea bags for making cutting chai. This tea is meant to be very strong so that you can make do with a very small quantity. Also the this tea should have pronounced flavor of ginger and cardamom.
As Mumbai Chai/ Mumbai tea is famous for anti-ageing and lower cholesterol levels, you can avail of these benefits at your home with HerBlend Bombay cutting Masala chai/ Bombay masala tea.
Mumbai's ubiquitous 'vada pav' and 'cutting chai', loved by the common man and celebrities alike, is now dearer by Rs 2 to Rs 5, sad news for many in Mumbai who consider the simple delicacy a staple meal.
On average, there has been a rise of Rs 2 to Rs 5 for 'vada pav' and Rs 1 to Rs 3 for 'cutting chai', depending on the shop, ambiance and locality in Mumbai-MMR. The cost of 'samosa pav' has also gone up by Rs 3 to Rs 5. The price of 'vada pav' in a stall was around Rs 12 to Rs 15 while 'samosa pav' went for Rs 14 to Rs 17. 'Cutting chai' was around Rs 7 to Rs 10.
'Vada pav' and 'cutting chai' have been part of the culture of this metropolis. Bombay changed to Mumbai but not the 'vada pav'. People of Mumbai love it and it has spread to most of the important cities of India," says Raj Suri, who also publishes tour guides and maps of the Mumbai-MMR.
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Nina Parekh, a resident of Mumbai, attached various pictures of trees being cut and filed a petition alleging that for the metro projects in Mumbai, the authorities have given permission to cut 5000 trees. Petitioners say, that about 100 trees have already been cut for the metro project. Photographs of trees being cut at Churchgate, Cuff Parade and Hutatma Chowk area were attached by the petitioner.WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
The top court had restrained the authorities from cutting any more trees in the Aarey colony after the solicitor general had submitted on behalf of the state of Maharashtra that no further trees will be cut.
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