Kashmiri chai /Pink tea

Name: Kashmiri chai /Pink tea
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1/2 litre milk; 3 tbsp green Tea leaves; 2 cups Water; 2-3 cups Chilled water; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking Soda; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 cloves; 6 Green Elaichi; 1 star anise /badian phool; Pista badam chopped

Rehana Wasim @Rehanas_kitchen

Dha Phase4 Katachi Pakistan

Kashmiri chai is a milk tea characterised by its dusty pink colour and garnishing of crushed nuts. It's brewed with green tea leaves and baking soda and then mixed with milk to give it a distinct pink colour. It' has salt also, actual kasmiri chai is saltish and called noontea.
In Pakistan, this chai is a bit of delicacy, often served at winter weddings.
Although it's a long process of making in traditional way, first a deep pinkish qehwa is prepared by boiling and reducing the tea and then shock it with qehwa with chilled water and have to aerate (phetna) before adding with milk.
It's really a treat to make and enjoy cold nights with family.

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Rehana Wasim @Rehanas_kitchen

Dha Phase4 Katachi Pakistan

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Ingredients

30_40 mins

4-5 servings

1/2 litremilk
3 tbspgreen Tea leaves
2 cupsWater
2-3 cupsChilled water
1/4 tspsalt
1/2 tspbaking Soda
1cinnamon stick
4cloves
6Green Elaichi
1star anise /badian phool
Pista badam chopped

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Steps

30_40 mins

1

Chop nuts and keep aside
2

Boil water add sabut garam masalay and cook for 5 mins than add chai ki patti and let it boil for 10_15 mins
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Add baking Soda and boil till water reduced to half, it will change colour after adding Soda.
4

If colour does not come add some more soda and keep stirring.
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Now add iced chilled water half in the pan and mix with a ladle /dongi and let it cook, again add remaining iced water and cook for few mins till colour changes to pink purplish. Take out and strain in a glass container. This mixture can be stored in fridge for 5_7 days.
7

Heat milk add sugar and chopped nuts, continue stirring with ladle till milk is foamy, then add the chai mixture prepared. Add as much you need. 2cups or more. When adding in milk chai turns into beautiful pink colour.
8

Serve hot with chopped pista badam and enjoy this flavorful beautiful chai in cold weather.
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