A Vintage Kashmiri Pink Tea Recipe (Noon Chai)
Mansi Akaveeya
The Kashmiri pink tea recipe has a thick, rich, buttery, slightly thick, deep pink, and pleasant texture. It has a mystical cardamom and saffron fragrance.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Beverages
Cuisine Indian
1 Heating Pan
1 Spoon
2-3 Mugs
- 1-2 cups Water
- 1 Star anise
- 10-12 Cloves
- 8-10 Cardamoms
- ½ stick Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Salt
- 6 tsp Kashmiri tea leaves or Green tea
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 1 cup Ice water
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 ½ tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Pistachio
- 1 tsp Almonds
- ½ cup Cream optional
Put water, star anise, cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon, baking soda, and Kashmiri chai (green tea leaves) in a pan.
Stir thoroughly with a spoon and bring to a simmer. Keep vigorously pouring liquid using a spoon.
Allow the tea mixture to rest for a good while before boiling it and cooking it for exactly one minute.
Add cold water after turning off the heat. Ice-cold water is added to maintain the vibrant pink color.
With the spoon, carefully pour it once more for approximately a minute.
Restart the heat and allow the mixture to boil for 10 minutes over medium heat.
Add salt and sugar. Re-boil the liquid.
Add the milk to the steeping tea mixture while continuing to mix.
Allow to boil for 10 minutes. This tea will become stronger, richer, and creamier the longer it is boiled.
Pour the tea into mugs and top with chopped almonds or dried fruit.
Serve it alongside your preferred snacks and enjoy it.
- Without adding milk, keep this tea in the flask in the refrigerator for up to two days. Whenever you wish to drink this tea, add milk and re-boil it.
- I advise adding saffron because it gives the drink a pleasant flavor.
- Use Kashmiri tea for the best results; if you don't have any, you can substitute green tea, although, in my personal experience, green tea does not produce a pink color while tasting extremely close to Kashmiri tea.
- As an alternative, you can use pink food coloring. But that is a hack and not the real deal.
Keyword kashmiri tea, noon chai, pink tea