Mongolian recipe
How to make Süütei tsai
сүүтэй цай
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Mongolian milk tea: brick tea boiled in water with milk and a pinch of salt, sometimes with butter. It is drunk many times a day and is always offered to a guest first. It tastes more like a light soup than a sweet drink.
Ingredients
- 1 litre water
- 1 tablespoon green brick tea or loose green tea
- 500 ml whole milk
- Half a teaspoon salt, or to taste
- A small knob of butter (optional)
Method
- Bring the water to the boil and add the tea. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour in the milk and bring it back to the boil.
- Scoop up the tea with a ladle and pour it back into the pot from a height, ten or more times, to mix and cool it a little.
- Add the salt and the butter if you use it, then strain the tea into bowls.
- Serve hot, with boortsog or bread and clotted cream.
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