A few more ways to drink tea…

There are many ways to drink tea. The English traditionally drink their tea with milk and often sugar, the Indians add to this a range of spices, chili as well!

 

In Russian, black tea is traditionally drunk with lemon and sugar, or sometimes even with jam. Adding a squeeze of lemon juice to black tea has the effect of clearing the liquid, it transforms it from dark nearly opaque brown to a transparent orangey brown in a matter of seconds. This is because the hydogen ions produced by the acid in the lemon juice suppress the ionisation of tannins, the polyphenols that otherwise give tea its brown colour.

 

The reaction makes the tannins lose not just their brown colour but also their astringency, so strong black tea can be made drinkable this way - especially with the addition of a little sugar to take the edge off the bitterness. Unlike milky tea, lemon tea made this way remains tasty at any temperature.

 

Because tea in general is very rich in antioxidants, it proves to be a good fight for cancer. They say that drinking tea with milk destroys the benefits of these chemicals; they seem to be mopped up before they ever reach the blood, so if you want to drink strong tea which has plenty of caffeine, isn’t mouth-shrinkingly astringent and still gives you the full health benefits of tea, lemon tea may well be the way to go.

 

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Coriander peanut chutney

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A Chinese Meal

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Watermelon Ginger Ale…

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Naan with Dal Makkhani

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Aale Paak/ Ginger toffies…. and 5 things which the world does not know about me.

So its JFI time!!!!! This is the first time I am submitting an entry for JFI!!! (Where should I go and hide my face!!!???) Either due to work commmitments or my cam problems I could never contribute for this wonderful event started by Indira.

I believe that cooking for food events should be fun and not something which is a compulsion or a punishment. Don’t stress yourself to run behind deadlines for submitting for food events!!! Mine or anyone elses. :)

So shall we begin!!!! :) I didn’t really know what to make for this month’s ingredient since I use ginger as a spice for most of my cooking!!!! (I would be flooding Rosies post if I were to send them all :P ) Then it rang a bell about this recipe which I had noted down a few yrs back in my cookbook. Ginger Toffies!!!!! Traditionally, also know as Aale Paak. If I am not wrong its a typical maharashtrian food item. (Where are my maharashtrian friends??? Am I correct???) This also goes as of my contribution to FAHC.

This is typically eaten in extremely cold weather to give warmth to your body. I guess you would be wondering why did I make it then, when I almost always shout about the warm Singapore weather!!!! I made this to send it with my hubby who is now nicely enjoying the warmth of it in 0* temperature at London!!!!! GGRRRRR……..

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January 28, 2007 | 29 Comments 

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