Give me tea, O Saqi, and let there be no delay;
let me have it bitter, if milk and sugar are not at hand.
Had Jamshid taken a draught from this pot,
his slow-beating pulse would have run like a deer.
Have you heard the boiling kettle of the tea cry bagg, bagg?
Verily you would say it was Mansur shouting ana al-haqq.
There is a reference in the Book of God:
Bread to eat and tea to drink.
let me have it bitter, if milk and sugar are not at hand.
Had Jamshid taken a draught from this pot,
his slow-beating pulse would have run like a deer.
Have you heard the boiling kettle of the tea cry bagg, bagg?
Verily you would say it was Mansur shouting ana al-haqq.
There is a reference in the Book of God:
Bread to eat and tea to drink.
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Masala Chai
Indian Spiced Tea Milky, sweet and intensely aromatic, this version of tea is served at chaikhanes throughout Central Asia.
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Total time
30 minutes
8 cups water
2 sticks cinnamon
20 whole cloves
20 pods cardamom
8 1/2" slices ginger root, unpeeled
2 sticks cinnamon
20 whole cloves
20 pods cardamom
8 1/2" slices ginger root, unpeeled
1 tsp. peppercorns
2 tsp. coriander seeds
8 tsp. loose black tea leaves or 8 tea bags
2 cups milk
Sugar or honey to taste
2 tsp. coriander seeds
8 tsp. loose black tea leaves or 8 tea bags
2 cups milk
Sugar or honey to taste
Combine fresh cold water and spices in a pot, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the milk and return to a simmer; then turn off the heat, add the tea and steep for 3 minutes. Strain through a cheesecloth-lined sieve and sweeten to taste. Makes 8 servings.
from Serving the Guest: A Sufi Cookbook
Copyright © 1999, 2000
Kathleen Seidel All Rights Reserved
Permission is explicitly granted for educational and non-profit purposes. Please use the credit: Serving the Guest. Copyright 1999, 2000 Kathleen Seidel. Copyright information for previously published material by other authors used by permission, and print sources for images, may be found at http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook.
Copyright © 1999, 2000
Kathleen Seidel All Rights Reserved
Permission is explicitly granted for educational and non-profit purposes. Please use the credit: Serving the Guest. Copyright 1999, 2000 Kathleen Seidel. Copyright information for previously published material by other authors used by permission, and print sources for images, may be found at http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook.