Kashmiri Tea
Can anyone give me a *good* as in "tried and true" recipe for Kashmiri Tea? The only ones i'm finding use water not milk. Please only post if you've actually tried it cause i hate bad recipes. I spent over two hours last night making what i thought would be a great dinner and the recipe totally sucked (i assure you, it wasn't the cook!).
Speaking of good recipes. I bought this book when i got engaged to my Pak-man. There isn't a single bad recipe in it! I don't always follow the directions and use it more for a guide but out of the 15-20 or so recipes i've made from it, not one has been bad. There may have been variances about heat - more or less chili powder. Usually more for us and other little nuances like when they say fry the onions for 5 minutes, i fry them for about thirty. I/we (i got my desi taste from him...in fact, it annoys his mom that we eat the same - we both put yoghurt on whatever we are eating and she insists that it hides the taste, we think it enhances it - our only difference is i make little sandwiches out of my food with bread and he doesn't, he uses the bread as a scooper and i use mine like a tortilla almost) anyway about the onions - we like them real carmelized as in the color of dark caramel not butter. Also, for meat, they should double their times for the meat to be tender but if you play with it, these recipes rock and are pretty easy. The bonus is i got the book for $5.99 i believe at the Borders bargain section. If you want to learn to make Pakistani/Indian food, this is a good book to start with. It's been tried and it is true. :-)
Bring on the Kashmiri Tea recipes!
posted by wayfarer @ 7:36 AM
12 Comments:
I'll ask my mil to get some for me. I bet i could get some green tea from the desi store. Go ahead with the recipe! :-) Thanks!
thanks. i'll try it!
Are you talking about the pink tea? If so, let me know if it works, i want a pink tea recipe!
Yeah but mine didn't turn out pink...still trying to figure that one out. When i get the recipe just right i'll post it. :-)
i recently got my sis to bring some kashmiri tea leaves and all the other stuff that goes along with it.i was at the stove for an hour atleast trying to get the pink color out of it, but the only thing a managed to do was cook my fingers!!!! how do people get it so beautifully pink? do they add color to it or something?????
that's what i want to know too. It tastes good the way i make it but it's not pink. :-(
Thank you so much! I'm going to try this soon. :-)
really, the trick is to phentofy the kava. Use the tea leaves as suggested, the bicarb as suggested. Boil for 10 mins till it is reduced bu a quarter, the add a cup of cold water, and stir with a big ladle. Lift the ladle of kava high in the air like 8 inches high or more if you dare and let it splash back. repeat at least 10 to 20 times till you see the liquid change colour to a dark peach pink colour. Then add some cardamons, salt and cinnamon if desired. When ready to serve add milk slowly to the mix and you should see it turn a beautiful pink.. Bring to boil and add sugar and top off with crushed almonds or pista. Yummy and soothing for a winters evening!! Just had some.
Well I like "Kava" "Kawa" "Kehwa" - simple and fast recipe for daily use -
Boil water add green cardamom and a pinch / piece of cinnamon let it boil then add green tea leaves, a pinch only and let it boil. Strain and pour into cup with Almonds, peeled if you prefer and sugar as per taste. Don't like milk in it as it changes the taste and fragrance
There was an old a cook in Gulmarg about 20 years ago who used to add Gulucand and saffron.
thanks. i'm going to try this this weekend. :-)
Hi,sum1 ,please help me get pink tea.tried alda above reciepes,do i use cold water and tea leaves r boil da water and dn add da tealeaves
Boil and add leaves - you can control it better that way
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