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Kashmiri noon chai

Name: Kashmiri noon chai
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Kashmiri
Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp Kashmiri green tea leaves tea leaves (black tea leaves); 3 cups plus 1 cup ice cold water water; a small pinch baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 2 cardamom pods and 1 star anise whole spices; 1/3 tsp to taste salt; 1 cup full cream milk; a few crushed almonds; a few crushed pistachios

Pink tea with salt, not sugar. Kashmir's winter morning drink that surprises every first timer.

45 minTime

4 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayGreen tea, soda, salt and plenty of aerating.

The original

91kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic noon chai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Tea leaves (black tea leaves)1½ tbsp Kashmiri green tea leaves

Water3 cups, plus 1 cup ice cold water

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)a small pinch

Whole spices2 cardamom pods and 1 star anise

Salt⅓ tsp, to taste

Milk1 cup, full cream

Almondsa few, crushed

Pistachiosa few, crushed

Method

4 steps

1Boil the tea leaves, baking soda and spices in 3 cups water until reduced by half.
2Pour in 1 cup ice cold water and whisk vigorously or aerate with a ladle for a few minutes.
3Add the milk and salt and simmer for 5 minutes, ladling to aerate.
4Serve topped with crushed almonds and pistachios.

Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

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Kashmiri noon chai

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Ingredients

Method

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