Sheer chai pink tea

Name: Sheer chai pink tea
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp Kashmiri tea/ green tea; Pinch baking soda; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; 1/4 tsp almond silvers; 1/4 tsp pistachio silvers; 1/4 tsp sugar (optional); 1.5 cup milk; 3 cup water; to taste Salt; as needed Fresh cream for garnish

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Kashmir is known as the 'Heaven of Earth's because of it's beautiful lakes, mountains & valleys and it's cuisine is also heavenly.
Sheer chai, also known as Onion Chai or Pink tea, is a traditional tea of Kashmir. The Kashmiri people have it 2-3 times a day with kashmir breads. It is made of special tea leaves & pinch of baking soda which gives pink colour to tea.

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 persons

1 tspKashmiri tea/ green tea
Pinchbaking soda
1/4 tspcardamom powder
1/4 tspalmond silvers
1/4 tsppistachio silvers
1/4 tspsugar (optional)
1.5 cupmilk
3 cupwater
to tasteSalt
as neededFresh cream for garnish

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In sauce pan, add tea & one cup of water & let it boil. Once it starts boiling, add baking soda & let it boil.
2

When it's quantity is reduced to half add cardamom powder, salt, sugar and one cup water and let it boil, stir occasionally.
3

After a while, add one cup water & boil again till tea turns deep reddish brown, stir occasionally.
4

When you notice colour of tea deep reddish brown, take 1 tbsp boiling tea in a bowl & add few drops of milk. If colour changes to pink,then it's right time to add milk, else boil for more few minutes.
5

Then add milk, the colour of tea will turns to pink. Boil for one minute.
6

Then turn off the flame & strain tea in a cup. Add dollop of fresh cream,sprinkle almond & pistachio silvers, serve hot.