Kashmiri Chai - Gulabi Chai

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Occasion: Any		Total servings: 8-10
Cuisine: Pakistani		Calories: 35 k/cal
Effort: Average		Pre-Prep time:
Best for: All		Preperation time: 1 hour
How to serve: Hot

6 tsp. green tea leaves
15-20 seeds of green cardamom plus 1-2 tsp. ground cardamom
1-2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1-2 ltr. full cream milk e)Fresh cream ( malai)
6 tsp. ground pistachio/almonds
6 cups water
Salt to taste

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Pour water in a heavy based large pan. Add tea leaves,salt, seeds of green cardamom and bicarbonate of soda.
Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer briskly for 4-5 minutes or until it reduces to 13 its quantity.
While it is still boiling pour in it about 2-3 cups of cold water or enough water to make four cups in all.
Bring to boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
Remove from heat, strain and keep aside.
Boil the milk with ground cardamom over low heat.
Pour prepared tea water (Qahwa) in the milk.
Bring to boil, add salt and simmer for 3-5 minutes over low heat.
Remove from heat and pour into 6 cups.
Pour 1 tablespoon of cream or malai.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of pistachio/almonds over it.

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There are 31 comment(s) for this recipe.

by One who speaks the truth Thanks for the recipe....but, Kashmiri Chai is not Pakistani recipe. Please know the history and geography of Kashmir.   Fri Apr 20, 2012

by Anonymous it was so so so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gandi hahahahahaha nup it is gud yr m jst jokng.   Thu Apr 05, 2012

by Anonymous yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................yy !!!   Thu Apr 05, 2012

by SYED G8 TEA kashmiri dishes   Wed Mar 14, 2012

by ajay How can i serve this in a party to my guests in a gud manner and if there is any custom related to it plz tell me....   Tue Mar 06, 2012

by Anjum Actual Kashmiri chai does not have Cardamom and pista Almonds are added for special occassions And please correct "reduce until its 1/3rd NOT 13"   Mon Feb 20, 2012

by Anonymous hmmm kashmiriiiiii chaiiiiiii gr8   Fri Jan 27, 2012

by nazia i hav a question and tht is if u dont put bicarbonate of soda will it still wrk or not   Fri Jan 27, 2012

by junaid its my favrate tea.simple metjog   Thu Jan 26, 2012

by Anonymous Thank You   Sat Dec 31, 2011

by Anonymous Ahhhhhhh!itx took long effort·········does it really taste good to add salt   Wed Dec 28, 2011

by fareed khan very easy to make but where is sugar in that tea   Sat Dec 24, 2011

by SumeraNawed (Jr. Admin) You can add sugar/salt later in your cup according to your taste. Soda gives this tea the desired color thats why you add it.   Sat Dec 10, 2011

by Anonymous wots about sugr guys..? and is it necessary 2 add soda in it ? if yes then y...   Fri Dec 09, 2011

by Anonymous how do you strain tea?   Wed Oct 19, 2011

by Anonymous To get the pink color, u shouldnt add all the water at once. When i make the chai, i add 2 cups of water first and continuosuly stir and when i see the pink color formed then add another 2 cups of waters.   Mon Mar 14, 2011

by Mueeza Dear Noorie, Tell your cook it is called mitha soda   Thu Jan 27, 2011

by Anonymous smeira how iget pink color in it   Mon Jan 10, 2011

by SumeraNawed (Jr. Admin) BICARBONATE OF SODA is infact Baking Soda and hope he knows about it. It can be found in any grocery store.   Thu Jan 06, 2011

by noorie what is BICARBONATE OF SODA! my cook doesnt understand, he speaks in urdu so wat wud u tell him IN URDU??? thnxxx   Wed Jan 05, 2011

by Noor gr8................   Mon Dec 27, 2010

by Anonymous how i get pink color of tea anyone tell me   Thu Dec 02, 2010

by Anonymous love this chai and the recipe is so much more simple than the one that kept my mum up for hours the night before it was to be served. but I use sugar instead of salt and evaporated milk instead of malai   Sun Nov 14, 2010

by mani hmmmmmmmmmm.....   Sun Oct 24, 2010

by abrarhussain_73 bicarbonate is basically metha soda   Wed Sep 08, 2010

by abrarhussain_73 I agree with anonymous sat jan 30, his/her recipe is more authentic in my opinion.   Wed Sep 08, 2010

by GULABI CHAI QUESTION??? I was about to make this chai, but i have a question??? Is Bicarbonate of soda, baking soda???? im not sure cuz i have never heard of some bicarbonate of soda before, so i was just trying to make sure if its ok to put baking soda in it???? plz answer as soon as possible... thx :)   Sun Feb 14, 2010

by Anonymous the easy way to make that chai is 4 glass of wate add 10 pices of cardamom and let it boil for two min and than add 4 tablespoon of green tea leaves let it boil 5 min and than add 1/4 teaspoon of soda bicarbonate and let it boil for 15 mintues u wil see on the edges pink color than u add about one bowl of ice and let it boil for 20 min the colour will come by it self you don't have to add anything else after that you can keep that chai without adding milk in fridge for about week to make tea you take half cup milk and half cup of that chai and boil it and than in the cup you can garnish with pistacho   Sat Jan 30, 2010

by Anonymous To add pink color you add Saffron.   Sat Dec 26, 2009

by Anonymous Needs reformatting. 12 ltrs of milk or 1-2 ltrs ? 1520 seeds of cardamom or 15-20 seseds?   Tue Aug 25, 2009

by Anonymous i like the taste but some how i cant get the gulabi clors   Wed Aug 12, 2009

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