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Mom's Spaghetti = Chai

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In the movie 8 Mile, Eminem yearns for mom's spaghetti as he prepares for his life as a rapper. In my movie, my mom's spaghetti is chai. It's ready. My mom made us chai on a stovetop with the smell making its way into my room and preparing me for a lifetime of needing chai all the time. All the time. Unhealthy amounts. Apparently I drank chai in my bottle instead of milk sometimes. Explains a lot. You need five ingredients: loose Assam tea leaves (chai patthi), milk, cardamom (elaichi) and time. After a lifetime of watching my mom make it without measuring a single thing, I've nailed down a measurement: 240g of water : 10g chai patthi That's all you need, folks. Boil the water. Crack the elaichi (cardamom). Add the patthi. Yo His chai is sweaty Knees week, pot is heavy There's a smell in the kitchen Mom's chai-ghetti Nervous to make it but on the surface the chai's lookin calm and ready Add milk...