One of my colleagues who’s originally from Kashmir kept sending me snaps of her “pink chai” as I then called it. I am someone who’s super fascinated by color and I had to ask her for the recipe. Not only did she share her Mom’s recipe, but she also got me the green tea leaves used to make this.
Ingredients:
Red Concoction:
Room Temperature Water – 2 cups
Green Tea Leaves – 2 tsp
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Cardamom pods – 3
Star anise – 1
Ice cold water – 2 cups
Milk – 1/2 cup
Sugar – as per taste (I’ve used 2 tsp for 1 cup)
Pistachio – for garnish
Step 1: To 2 cups room temperature water, add green tea leaves, cardamom, star anise, baking soda and salt. Bring to a boil. Keep spooning the mixture up-down.
Step 2: Once it comes to a boil, lower the flame and let it simmer under the quantity reduces to half.
Step 3: Now, add in 1 cup of the ice cold water. Continue to spoon the mixture up-down throughout the process. Watch the video to know how to do that.
Ste p 4: In another 5 minutes, pour in the 2nd cup of ice-cold water and spoon it up-down.
Step 5: Took me a total of 30 minutes for the concoction to reach a proper deep red / reddish color. Once the color is achieved, bring up the flame and let it come to boil. Turn it off after.
Step 5: In another pan, heat 1/2 cup milk, add 1/2 cup of this concoction. Bring to a boil.
Step 6: Pour – Garnish with Pistachios – Enjoy! 🙂
Note: Save the remaining red concoction in the fridge and use as needed.
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