if you havent heard about the tandoori chai in india youre probably living under a rock this sizzling hot cuppa has been breaking the internet ever since it was spotted for the first time in a caf of pune called chaila since then people have not only been digging its rustic taste but also marvelling over how the humble chai was given a tandoori tadka and reinvented into bubbling hot wonder the best news however is that this new hot chai has recently entered the land of foodies indore and has already become a crazy trend among the chai lovers with two different cafs serving it and a couple of more eager to take up the idea tandoori chai has become talk of the townall of 30 years iqbal khan coowner of rustik mej had been really fascinated by this makeover of indias favourite beverage while in pune after sipping on it even he couldnt deny that there was something so distinct about it that one cannot stop at just one cup and soon as he came back to indore he couldnt wait to launch it i was very impressed by the concept and it was a time when our caf in indore was relatively new i thought why not bring in the tadka home to a city full of people who run on chai and people here love innovation in their food and so began the journey of tandoori chai in indore from the bustling corporate bylane of ab road however iqbal was not the only one to have thought of giving indore a taste of tandoor in chai just a couple of days after he launched it another caf by the road in bhanwarkun fursat chai announced its arrival too the caf which is in the heart of a busy street surrounded by hostels and coaching classes is frequented by students for their daily cuppa the response has been phenomenal with the city getting sporadic rains students have been thronging here more for this unusual chai after a day or two of its launch we have been serving at least 500 cups daily shares an ecstatic shiva gurjar who owns the place and brought in the concept to that side of the citybox how is this chai stirring up a stormmore than the taste it is the unique process of making that has been getting the citizens hooked to this flavour of chai even though everyone has seen the videos from chaila for umpteen times nitin agarwal a worker who has been making these cuppas daily breaks it down for us the round kulhads are heated in the tandoor for at least half an hour before we start serving the tea a semicooked preparation of chai complete with subtle falvours of elaichi is kept in a dispenser by the counter when hot tea is poured into a red hot preheated kulhad it sizzles and acquires the sondhi mitti ki khushbu and charred goodness from the earthen vessel this