Kashmiri (PINK) Chai - Need the best recipe!

Blacklisted_Prince · November 25, 2013, 11:50pm

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green tea leaves se how ?
pink kashmiri tea leaves kese hote hain ?

khawateen · December 25, 2013, 12:00am

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if i wanna make this ahead of time… can i just reheat for dawat… or woukd it taste odd??

example…dawat is at 6… i make it say at 5.30?

apso… by splashing in cold water… do you mean to trickle it in… ?? how does one splash in water… cheeta maaroo…with my hands?!

chips6 · December 25, 2013, 12:34am

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Yes you can make it a few hours in advance.Just keep it at room temperature and add in milk and cook whenever you want to serve.It tastes perfectly fine.

The cold water trick is that when the chai has been cooking on the stove for say 20 mins,add a glass of cold water to it from a little height (be careful not to splatter yourself) and I use a whisk to ‘phaint’ it a few times.I let it cook for another 20 or so mins and add another glass of cold water and repeat the whisking.Cook another 20 mins or so.That is it.

Someone mentioned adding some green cardamom and star anise and saunf.I tried that and it tastes good.

khawateen · December 25, 2013, 12:39am

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thanks so much!!! ok… thats how u add egg to soup. :d

also… how thick is it meant to be??? i mean condense milk is oretty thick…

ive never had it… what consistency should it be??? like refular doodh patti chai??

prototype · December 25, 2013, 2:21pm

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^ yes.

I tried using evaporated milk and it turned out nice too. I strain out the qehwa and refrigerate it for upto a week and use by adding milk as needed.

Add very little saunf because it might give a brownish colour to the qehwa. Star anise is a must for me in kashmiri chai.

Let us know kaisi bani

GlobalGal · February 1, 2015, 7:03pm

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Authentic Kashmiri pink tea there is no sugar added and no cinnamon or anise. It’s called noon chai or sheer chai and it’s salty

http://inpraiseofsardines.typepad.com/blogs/2005/12/in_praise_of_ka_3.html

I like the taste of Kahva better.

dosa_chick · February 8, 2015, 1:33am

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CB I tried your recipe, it turned out greaaattt, even though I used 2% milk it was still creamy and flavourful…yumm I will make it again tomorrow. Thanks

Chicken_Biryani:

Aras .. here’s how i do it …

Boil two cups water .. when it starts boiling add in two tablespoons of the green tea or kashmiri tea leaves .. then add quarter tsp soda bicarb … cover the pot and let it boil over lowest heat setting .. after about 20 minutes .. you will notice the leaves would have left quite a dark color in the water ( maroonish ) now add in a really chilled glass of water and start splashing it from a height … you do this so that maximum flavour and color can obrained from the leaves … when it starts boiling , add in another chilled glass of water and carry on splashing it …

Finally add in two or three glasses of whole milk … depends how strong you like the tea … at this stage add in freshly crushed cardamom seeds of 10-15 cardamoms .. or cardamom powder half tsp … let it all boil really well …

finally if you like it rich , add in thick cream to your taste .. or add in condensed milk to thicken it … and when you serve , serve it with salt and sugar so that people can make it salty /sweet as per their taste requirements …

you can also sprinkle a bit of crushed nuts on top of each cup …