Kashmiri Kahwa | Kahwa Tea
Kashmiri Kahwa is a comforting warm drink popular in the Himalayan valley. Kashmiri Kahwa is made by boiling whole spices along with saffron, green tea and garnished with chopped nuts and rose petals.
Servings2
Ingredients
- one 1 inch cinnamon
- 2 cardamom
- 2 cups water
- around 10 strands saffron
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon green tea leaves
- 5 almonds
Instructions
- To a mortar and pestle add 2 cardamom and one 1 inch cinnamon. Crush it roughly adn set it aside.
- Chop 5 almonds into small bits and set aside.
- To a sauce pan add 2 cups water. Once it starts to boil add crushed items along with 10 strands saffron.
- Give a quick mix.
- Boil for 10 mins.
- Boil in low medium flame keeping it covered for the flavours to stay intact.
- After 10 mins if you see you can see a deep yellow color infused with a great aroma of the spices steeped in.
- Add 2 teaspoon sugar. Adjust according to your preference.
- Give a quick mix. Switch off and remove from flame.
- Now add 1/2 teaspoon green tea leaves. You can add 1 teaspoon if you want a strong tea flavour.
- Keep covered for 5 mins for the tea to steep in the flavours.
- Strain and discard the remains.
- Kahwa tea is ready!
- To the serving cup add chopped nuts first.
- Pour in hot kahwa.
- Garnish with saffron strands and chopped almonds.
- Hot Kashmiri Kahwa is ready!
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Notes
- You can serve Kahwa without sweetner too its purely your preference. Traditional Kahwa has sweetner but if you prefer you can skip it.
- I usually add green tea after switching off. Cover and set aside for the tea to steep in. This way your green tea wil never become bitter.
- The color of Kahwa depends purely on the saffron variety used. It ranges from light yellow to deep yellow.
- Crushing and adding whole spices helps in infusing the flavour well.
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