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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
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• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. When you are making brewed tea, it is important to use a pot that has NOT had regular use for greasy foods, tomato sauces, or soups. I reserve a medium pot exclusively for boiling water for tea. Of course, I am fussy about my tea. Good tasting tea needs good tasting water in a clean pan. Use a good bottled water from a natural spring if it's a available. It does make a difference, and so does the tea your using. A quality organic tea, i.e. ,St Balfours or Infusions, makes a cup of tea over which you will want to linger. The bouquet and body of organic teas are superior to other commerical teas. | 2. While your tea is brewing, warm a teapot and/or the cups that you will be using. Fill them with hot water, and let them sit under a cotton kitchen towel until you are ready to serve the tea. | 3. At high heat, boil the 4 cups of water containing the cardamom pods, ginger, cloves, vanilla and the pinch of salt (optional) for 5 minutes. | 4. Add the tea bags and simmer 3 to 4 minutes. | 5. Add the milk, and increase the heat until the mixture boils. Watch the mixture closely at this stage, so the milk won't scald. Occasionally, stir the tea. | 6. Remove from the heat, and strain the tea into the warmed teapot or cups. | 7. Add clover honey to taste. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cardamom pod	2			-	-	-	-
ginger	1/2	teaspoon	grated	3.015	0.6446	0.0808	0.0382
clove	8			46.032	11.009	1.003	2.184
black tea	4			487.8	117.072	0.0	2.3848
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
vanilla	1/3	teaspoon		4.032	0.1771	0.0008	0.0008
honey				-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.