Green Tea Spiced Kashmiri Kahwa

Rita~'s Note:

Cloves, cinnamon and ginger - the 3 ingredients used is this recipe mixed with Kashmiri green tea and flavoured with cardamom is what helps you relieve headache.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 4 teaspoons kashmiri green tea
• 4 pinches saffron
• 2 cardamoms , slightly crushed (elaichi)
• 8 blanched almonds , chopped (badam)
• 1 cinnamon stick (dalchini)
• 2 cloves (laung)
• 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons honey

Directions:

1. Boil 3 cups of water along with cinnamon, cardamom and cloves and pour over the tea. Leave to infuse over a very low flame for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, dissolve saffron in a little water by rubbing it gently.
3. Strain the tea and add the saffron liquid together with almonds.
4. Sweeten if you like and serve hot.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

As others have said this is a lovely soothing tea. DD (toddler) just said "I like, I like" for the first time, when she sipped a bit of my tea. I used the best quality saffron which is Iranian so I did not add as much. I used about 4 stigmas per glass. (Tea is drunk is glasses in the Middle East & North Africa.) I did not add any sweetener because it is wonderful without. I would make this again if I was looking for a soothing tea. Made for ZWT6 NA*ME region for my team, The Ya Ya Cookerhood.

[Bonnie G #2]

Lovely, soothing tea; I didn't know where I'd find kashmiri green tea so just used green tea that I had in the house. In the introduction you mentioned ginger but I didn't see it in the ingredients so I didn't use that. Everything else I used just as directed and it was lovely. Warm and spicy soothing. Thanks so much for this recipe. Made for ZWT6

[Thymestudio]

oh yummy. actually I did have a headache and this made me feel much better. I loved it and will keep it to make again!! Perfection for me. ZWT6