A Recipe for Parle-G Masala Chai Ice Cream Sandwiches

An iconic dessert made from an iconic cookie

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Masala chai is the single most influential drink in Pooja Bavishi’s life. Her parents, for whom chai is a daily ritual, started giving her and her sister sips of this sweet, spiced drink diluted with milk at a very young age. Something about its contrasting senses—the dairy with the spices, the bitterness of the tea with the sweetness of the sugar—was Pooja’s gateway into a steadfast curiosity about Indian flavors, cuisines, and tastes.

“What I know is that my life would’ve been very different if not for masala chai,” she writes.