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Kashmiri Chai Recipe

Kashmiri Chai Recipe

Samara's Cuisine
Kashmiri Chai is a milky chai made of green leaves. Green tea leaves are used to brew Kashmiri Chai Recipe which is an antioxidant.
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Indian, Pakistani
Servings 6 cups

Ingredients
  

  • 6 green tea leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar to taste
  • 1-2 cardamom powder
  • 15-20 seeds of cardamom plus
  • 6 cups of water
  • 1-2 soda bicarbonate
  • 1-2 litre full cream fresh milk
  • 6 crushed almonds and pistachio 

Instructions
 

  • Take a heavy-based saucepan
  • Bring water to boil
  • Add green tea leaves along with cardamom seeds, salt and soda bicarbonate
  • Bring to boil again
  • Reduce heat and quickly brew it for 4 to 5 minutes or until the water reduces to half
  • Keep the water on boiling
  • Add 2 to 3 cups of chilled water that can make 4 cups of Kashmiri chai
  • Bring to boil and simmer it for additional 5 minutes
  • Remove from heat 
  • Strain the tea and keep it aside
  • Take another pan
  • Boil milk with cardamom powder on low heat
  • Add it in the prepared tea called Qehwa
  • Bring to boil and add salt and sugar
  • Simmer it for 5 minutes keeping the flame low
  • Turn off the heat and pour it into cups
  • Add one tsp crushed almonds and pistachios
  • Tempting Kashmiri chai is ready

Notes

Kashmiri Chai Recipe Instructions

To make this tea, you have to make 2 pans. One-pan is for making the Qehwa and another for boiling milk. Add water to the pan and bring to boil.
Add green tea leaves. Add salt, cardamom seeds and bicarbonate of soda. Let it boil and reduce the flame to low. Cook it till the water reduces to half of its quantity. Take chilled water and add to the tea.
Bring it to a boil and whisk it for 5 minutes. Take it off from the heat. Strain the tea and take it aside. In another pan, pour milk and add cardamom powder. Let it boil on low heat for 5 minutes. Turn off the flame.
Add the milk into the tea and cook it on low to medium flame for more than 5 minutes. Add salt and sugar according to taste. Take it off from the heat. Pour it into 6 cups and garnish it with crushed pistachios and almonds.
You can also add one spoon of heavy cream to the cup before serving. Delicious Kashmiri chai is ready. Serve it piping hot with nuts and desserts and enjoy the warmth of the tea. Kashmiri chai will provide you with a warming and relaxing effect on a cold evening.
Do try this easy Kashmiri chai recipe and enjoy it with friends and family.
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