Russian Sweets

One particularly delicious, sweet little cake that is used throughout Russia, Iran, and other parts of the Middle East to munch on while drinking tea is perough - there is yet no known English term for it.  However, it is rather tasty as it’s made like your standard cake (i.e. milk, eggs, flour) with one special ingredient: apricot jam.  You can find perough at pretty much any Russian or Iranian bakery or grocery store.  Go on the hunt because it’s the perfect complement for a steaming cup of black chai.

Some home-made perough waiting to be devoured.

a tasty sidekick

Have you ever had a Madeleine biscuit?  If you haven’t, I feel bad for you.  And, now that you’re a hardcore chai-er, there’s never been a better way to try one.  These elegant, curvaceous little cookies compliment black tea incredibly well.  They’re sweet with a hint of moisture inside once you take a bite and they flow down oh-so smoothly with a sip of the good stuff.  So, next time you whip up a batch of tea, hold off on the sugar, and pop a couple of these bad boys instead.