This Kashmiri pink tea has a creamy, rich, falvorful and slightly thick texture. It's known as Noon chai or soor chai or kashmiri chai.
Author: Lata Lala
Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Kashmiri, Indian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
3 bags of green Tea
2 cups of chilled iced Water ,
less than ¼ tsp Baking Soda,
½ tsp Salt
3 more cups of chilled Water,
2 cups Milk
1 Star Anise
1 stick of Cinnamon,
3-4 Green Cardamoms
Chopped Pistachios for garnish
Instructions
In a wide pan put 2 cups chilled water.
Add tea leaves, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon.
Bring it to boil and cook till water is reduced to half .
Add the baking soda and 1 cup more chilled water and keep stirring.
Keep stirring continuously just like the tapriwala(roadside tea vendor using a donga or long spoon to stir the tea).
When it reduces to half, add ½ tsp salt and 2 more cups of chilled water and keep boiling till it reduces to half and the mixture turns dark reddish in color which is important for this tea .
cool and strain .
This becomes the base, known as Kahwa.
You can fill it in a bottle and refrigerate till you want to use it .
For making the pink tea, boil 2 cups milk, add ¼ cup of the kahwa for each cup ( ½ cup or a little more for 2 cups milk) .
You may add sugar if you want, it’s optional .
Traditionally this is a salty tea prepared during winters.
After adding the kahwa , keep stirring the milk till it turns pink and turns a little creamy/thick .
Serve in tea-cups and garnish with chopped pistachios.
Enjoy this special tea in winters with some bread / nankhatai/ bakarkhani.
Recipe by at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/kashmiri-chai-kashmiri-pink-tea-noon-chai/