Kashmiri Kahwa Recipe
Kashmiri Kahwa is a popular & comforting drink from the valleys of Kashmir, made with various flavorful whole spices & garnished with dried rose petals & nuts.
Equipment
- Mortar-Pestle
- Medium-Sized Saucepan With Lid
- Tea Cups
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Of Water
- 2 tsp Green Tea Leaves Or Adjust As Per Your Liking
- 4 Green Cardamom
- 4 Cloves
- 4 Inches Ceylon Cinnamon
- Few Dried Rose Petals
- 4 - 5 Almonds Finely Chopped Or Crushed
- 4 tbsp Sugar Adjust As Per Your Taste
- Saffron Strands
Instructions
- Begin by adding spices like green cardamom, cloves, and Ceylon cinnamon to the mortar-pestle and crush them all. Keep them aside.
- Next, slightly crush almonds and walnuts separately or you can chop them into small chunks.
- Take a medium-sized saucepan and add water. Heat it until the water starts to boil.
- Now, on low to medium heat, in the water, put in the crushed spices and dried rose petals. You can adjust the quantity here according to your taste but avoid adding too much spices as it will make the kahwa taste bitter.
- Add sugar (as per your taste) and stir well, so that everything mixes well.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and turn off the gas. Now add green tea leaves according to your preference.
- Using a lid, cover the saucepan and let the green tea leaves steep for at least 2 to 3 minutes in the hot water.
- After the flavors are all infused in the water, use a tea strainer and pour the kahwa tea into tea cups.
- Garnish the kahwa with a few chopped almonds or walnuts, a pinch of saffron strands, and a few dried rose petals.
- Your Kashmiri kahwa is ready to serve!
Notes
- You can also use crushed walnuts as an alternative to almonds or if you want, you can use both. Cashew nuts and pistachios also go well with the Kashmiri kahwa.
- The brewing time might differ depending on the quality of the leaves but remember not to exceed the brewing time of more than 3 minutes because this will make the kahwa taste bitter.
- I would recommend using honey as an alternative to sugar in this recipe because Ayurveda says that when honey is mixed with hot liquids, it becomes toxic.
- You can add the saffron strands at the time of brewing as well.
- You can buy green tea from any medical store, local grocery store, or online.
- Lastly, you can adjust the quantity of ingredients according to your taste buds & preferences.