Indian food always seems to fascinate and garner fanfare from foodies spread across the world. Hollywood celebrities have often taken to social media to declare their love for Indian food. From Ant-Man star Paul Rudd enjoying Kolkata biryani to Scarlett Johansson declaring her love for gulab jamun, the list goes on. And now, actress cum singer Selena Gomez tried her hand at preparing desi Masala Chai with help from American author, television host Padma Lakshmi. Read on to know more.
Selena Gomez Prepares Masala Chai For The First Time
Selena Gomez’s video n preparing Masala Chai broke the internet, garnering over 1.5 million views and 39,000 likes since it was posted. The video depicts the singer preparing chai for the first time and also acing it too. Uploaded on Gomez’s fan page, Selenators, the singer refers to the beverage as ‘Chai Tea’. Padma Lakshmi guides her to boil water, chop ginger, add tea leaves, cloves and cardamom powder to prepare the hot drink. Selena struggles to pronounce the word ‘cardamom’.
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In this unique chai recipe, the duo adds brown sugar and honey. Selena Gomez was also introduced to using a tea strainer for the first time. She prepares tea for 4 people. The golden-brown chai has perfect colour and Selena admit that it wasn’t that hard to make. Her friends enjoyed the piping hot masala chai. The singer also prepared delicious prawn curry and rice. Padma Lakshmi taught the girls to eat Indian food with their hands like desis. Now that’s what we call a perfect desi meal.