Iced Ginger Chai - 7.9g Carbs, 1.5g Fiber
From: www.elanaspantry.com
I love a good cool, yet spicy drink in the summer. This Iced Ginger
Chai recipe is based on one of my favorite products, Bhakti Chai.
It's heavy on the ginger, cardamom and black pepper which I love.
While I love Bhakti Chai, it does not like me; there is way too
much caffeine in this drink for my body type (vata). Even the
decaffeinated product contains small amounts of caffeine, so in
my version, I use roiboos tea as the base, to get that black tea
flavor without the caffeine. There are many ways that you could
adapt this recipe, more spices, less spices, different spices,
ground spices --feel free to experiment with it.
2 quarts water
1/2 cup fresh ginger, finely chopped (I leave the skin on)
10 pods cardamom
5 whole cloves
10 whole black peppercorns
1/2 tsp fennel seed
1/4 cup organic loose rooibos tea
1. Place all ingredients in a pot and bring to boil.
2. Reduce and leave pot on stove with mixture at a rolling simmer for
30 minutes.
3. Turn off heat; allow mixture to remain in pot overnight to continue
steeping without heat.
4. Strain mixture into a 1 quart mason jar -- you will have between
3-4 cups of chai concentrate.
5. Fill a glass with ice, 1 cup chai concentrate and 1/4 cup almond
milk (or milk of your choice).
6. Add stevia (or agave nectar) to taste.
7. Serve.
Nutrition from: www.caloriecount.about.com
Servings: 4
Serving Size: 507 g
Nutrition per Serving:
39 Calories, 6 Calories from Fat0.7g Total Fat, 0mg Cholesterol,
18mg Sodium, 7.9g Total Carbs, 1.5g Dietary Fiber, 1.1g Protein
Vitamin A 0% - Vitamin C 1% - Calcium 3% - Iron 8%
Nutrition Grade: A
Good points:
No cholesterol
Low in sodium
High in dietary fiber
High in iron
Very high in manganese
High in magnesium
High in potassium
High in selenium
High in vitamin B6
