Description
Creamy Kashmiri chai with green tea, baking soda, milk, cardamom, pistachios, and almonds.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons Kashmiri or green tea leaves
- 3 cups water
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cardamom pods, crushed
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
- Pinch of salt
- Crushed pistachios and almonds
Instructions
- Simmer tea leaves, water, baking soda, and cardamom until the liquid darkens.
- Aerate by lifting and pouring the tea back into the pan several times.
- Add cold water if needed and continue simmering until reddish.
- Strain, add milk, and simmer until pink and creamy.
- Sweeten or salt to taste and top with nuts.
Notes
Use only a small amount of baking soda. Too much can make the tea taste soapy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Simmered
- Cuisine: Kashmiri
Nutrition
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Protein: 6g