How To Vegan Indian Tea or Chai.
Here is my go-to recipe for Indian style Tea or chai
What's Needed:
1 cup filtered cold water
1 1/2 tsp of loose tea - If you can get Taj Mahal or red lable tea.
add sugar to taste.
small pinch - Everest Tea masala ( optional ).
vegan milk or regular milk
Prep:
Put the 1 cup of water in the sauce pan and put on high heat.
Using a fine mesh sif, sif out the loose tea to take out any fine tea dust.
Once the water has come to a roaring boil, slowely drop in the loose tea, as soon as you do that, cut the heat off and cover with the plate for 1 1/2 min.
Now will be a perfect time to add sugar or tea masala if needed.
How to know the tea is ready?
Well the leafs will be at the bottom of the pan and tea infused water will be ready to pour into the cup.
Now pour the tea into a clean tea cup and fill till 80% cup capacity. Stir with a spoon and add cold vegan milk or regular milk to taste.
Serving Suggestion::
Serve hot with tea biscuit or rusks
Video Of This Recipe - You Got it!
Recipes And Requests?
You Bet! I will be happy to accommodate your wishes.
Take care and enjoy.
Man Rat
Indian Saffron Rice - For ZombieK1tty
This recipe was requested by my good friend ZombieK1tty.
Ingredients needed are
1 cup basmati rice - sold on amazon or indian store.
1/2 teaspoon saffron - also sold on amazon or indian store
3 green cardamom -
1 bay leaf
1 Cinnamon stick
2 cup Water
salt to taste
2 cloves
1/2 star anise
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 Tablespoon of oil or ghee or melted butter
Optional sliced almonds and cashew
How to Cook.
It's rather easy and simple
1st in a shallow pan that has a lid add oil or ghee or melted butter.
Then to extract the spices and oils from the spices, toss in 1st Bay leaf with cumin seeds. Wait for the cumin to start changing color/popping. Now add green cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves, and star anis, along with sliced almonds and cashew and toast just a bit.
Now the add rice and saute for 3-4 mins. We basically want the rice to have a small coating of the oil that is infused with all the spices on top.
Now add 2 cups water ( with basmati rice we want to go for a 1:2 ratio, so one cup rice, add 2 cups of water), now add salt to taste and bump up the heat to bring the water to a slight simmer/boil
Now the start of the show saffron, we need to mix the saffron with a little bit of cold water, (1/2 spoon saffron to 2 spoons of cold water), mash it lightly so the color comes out, let it sit on the side for 2 min.
After that, add the saffron-infused water into the dish and cover the pot with the lid.
Make sure the flame or the gas is at its lowest setting.
Cook the rice till its done.
Open the lid and take out the whole spices - bay leaf, cardamom, star anise, cloves as the can be too strong in a single bite.
Serving Suggestion: Serve warm with plain yogurt or tzatziki or raita.
Let me know if you try this dish and if you have a request, post it here and I will try to provide the recipe for you.
Take care
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Ingredients needed are
1 cup basmati rice - sold on amazon or indian store.
1/2 teaspoon saffron - also sold on amazon or indian store
3 green cardamom -
1 bay leaf
1 Cinnamon stick
2 cup Water
salt to taste
2 cloves
1/2 star anise
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 Tablespoon of oil or ghee or melted butter
Optional sliced almonds and cashew
How to Cook.
It's rather easy and simple
1st in a shallow pan that has a lid add oil or ghee or melted butter.
Then to extract the spices and oils from the spices, toss in 1st Bay leaf with cumin seeds. Wait for the cumin to start changing color/popping. Now add green cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves, and star anis, along with sliced almonds and cashew and toast just a bit.
Now the add rice and saute for 3-4 mins. We basically want the rice to have a small coating of the oil that is infused with all the spices on top.
Now add 2 cups water ( with basmati rice we want to go for a 1:2 ratio, so one cup rice, add 2 cups of water), now add salt to taste and bump up the heat to bring the water to a slight simmer/boil
Now the start of the show saffron, we need to mix the saffron with a little bit of cold water, (1/2 spoon saffron to 2 spoons of cold water), mash it lightly so the color comes out, let it sit on the side for 2 min.
After that, add the saffron-infused water into the dish and cover the pot with the lid.
Make sure the flame or the gas is at its lowest setting.
Cook the rice till its done.
Open the lid and take out the whole spices - bay leaf, cardamom, star anise, cloves as the can be too strong in a single bite.
Serving Suggestion: Serve warm with plain yogurt or tzatziki or raita.
Let me know if you try this dish and if you have a request, post it here and I will try to provide the recipe for you.
Take care
Youtube.com/ManRat
Changing Gears
Hi All,
So a small post, but with a major update. This blogger site of mine is going to switch gears a bit and will showcase weekly segments with thought-provoking discussion along with my regular cooking recipes.
Stay tuned!
So a small post, but with a major update. This blogger site of mine is going to switch gears a bit and will showcase weekly segments with thought-provoking discussion along with my regular cooking recipes.
Stay tuned!
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