Masala Ginger Chai

Remember when I asked what to do with the knobbly bits left over from my huge ginger storing activity? Well here's one! When one has a surplus of ginger (and one did), one must make ginger chai - or ginger tea, as it were. But also, why have plain ol' ginger chai when you can add in a couple of spices and make it a masala ginger chai?!

Mint Blossom Tea for the Sniffly Soul

A sickly Mai is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Mai.
What to do? Smell the just blossoming mint flowers?

Naaaaah how 'bout we pop 'em into some tea instead with a couple of cloves and a few cardamom pods? Helps the mint plant grow bushier and I'm sure it can cure whatever blasted sniffly thing I've got right now. Much better for the populace at large too - prevents snapping off of heads in the general vicinity!

Of Scones and Sandwiches

To wrap up the birthday weekend, the parents came over to spend the day. After a delicious lunch and a stroll, it was home for a post-prandial nap only to wake up again and get our afternoon tea on!

An Impromptu Cream Tea

In preparation for afternoon tea tomorrow, JLee decided to come over and help me figure out my first ever batch of scones. Whew I'm glad she was there to give extremely important input on what "coarse meal" is supposed to look like and whether freezing butter is a good idea (it is! for scones that is). Later in the afternoon while we were making honey butter to go with the scones, Y came over and we ended up having a mini afternoon tea of our own :-) 

A Sip and a Snack

On a non-descript ol' Thursday in May, when delicate and undecided spring is yet again making an attempt at becoming sultry and confident summer, here it is, the first post of M in the World. And so the blog starts, with just a little sip and an afternoon snack

Turkish Pomegranate Tea with Honey

Chaat Masala Dusted Walnuts