india's basil tea

Name: India's Basil Tea
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) basil leaves (tulsi leaves); 2 1/4 cup(s) water; 2 teaspoon(s) tea leaves (chai patti, or 2 tea bags); - sugar (your preference, cheeni); - milk (your preference, doodh)

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Baby Kato

Beautiful Shore Country, NB

Updated on Mar 6, 2015

This recipe had been submitted for play in ZWT8 - India and was found on Indian Food Forever. Now, this sounds good. I often am left wondering what I'm going to do with all the basil growing in the garden. What a great use for it. Please note: Cooking time is for steeping of the tea.

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prep time

cook time 5 Min

method No-Cook or Other

yield 2 serving(s)

Ingredients

1/2 cup basil leaves (tulsi leaves)
2 1/4 cups water
2 teaspoons tea leaves (chai patti, or 2 tea bags)
- sugar (your preference, cheeni)
- milk (your preference, doodh)

How To Make india's basil tea

Step 1

In a small pan bring water and basil leaves to boil.

Step 2

Lower the heat and allow the tea to brew for 3-4 minutes.
Step 3

Now add the tea leaves or tea bags and sugar to your taste and bring to a boil.
Step 4

Turn off the heat and strain the tea into cups and add milk as per your taste.
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