
5 Spice Masala Chai
Time for a chai break! When we're back in Kerala, everything tends to work like clock work. Breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner are at certain times of the day. Tea at my maternal grandparents' place is at 3pm, right after a post-lunch power snooze. Tea at my paternal grandparents' place is a little more relaxed, it's at around 3-5pm, depending on when everyone's back from their afternoon activities. The tea itself (or "chaaya" as we call it in Malayalam, my mother tongue) is us