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Suutei tsai
Mongolian salted milk tea with butter, boiled rather than brewed.
Ingredients
ServingsOriginal: Serves 6
- Green tea, brick tea if possible20 g
- Water1 l
- Milk700 ml
- Butter40 g
- Salt1 tsp
- Toasted flour, optional2 tbsp
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Break up the brick tea and cover it with a litre of cold water in a pot.
Bring it to the boil and cook five minutes, until the liquor darkens.
Pour in the milk and bring it back to the boil, watching that it does not run over.
Salt it and cook five minutes more over a low heat.
Ladle the tea up and pour it back from a height a dozen times.
Add the butter and stir until it disappears.
Strain it into bowls and serve it hot, with toasted flour if you like.
