Do you drink salty tea? What do you answer when you hear such a question. Many will be surprised, but in Central Asia they only drink this. Kalmyk tea is an exotic combination of taste. It turns out to be salty, very often spicy and seasoned with oil.

Kalmyk tea - composition, nutritional value and calorie content

First of all, this tea is green. It is not for nothing that this species was chosen as the basis. During cooking, all the nutrients that green tea is rich in are preserved.

Kalmyk tea has a unique composition.

The composition of tea, in addition to tea leaves, includes milk, black pepper, water, lavrushka, nutmeg, butter and necessarily salt. For many centuries, this drink has not lost its popularity thanks to the perfect tandem of milk and green tea. After all, the milk product is poorly absorbed by many, then green tea comes to the rescue and facilitates absorption. Therefore, the drink is suitable for all ages. And milk, in turn, helps to mitigate the harmful effects of caffeine and alkaloids contained in tea. Which is very important, because old tea leaves are collected for the drink, which do not undergo fermentation, so the tea is strong.

In one serving, which is 100 g, contains 2 g of protein, 33 g of fat and 31 g of carbohydrates. Thus, it is clear that the product has a lot of fat and high calorie content (429 kcal).

The benefits and harms of Kalmyk tea for the body

Modern scientists have proven the benefits of a drink that warms in the cold and cools in the heat.

Tea helps:

  • improve metabolic processes in the body;
  • accelerate the breakdown of fat components, therefore it is recommended for use during a diet;
  • improve brain activity, improve attention and memory;
  • prevent the development of diabetes and normalize the level of glucose concentration in the blood;
  • normalize blood pressure and protect against colds and infectious diseases.

The drink is useful in the postpartum period. Taking such tea, a nursing mother will improve lactation and increase the amount of breast milk.

If you suffer from rheumatism, then you should add nutmeg to tea, and when combined with black pepper, it will have a beneficial effect on the intestines.

The drink gained popularity not only due to its useful qualities, but also because of the small number of contraindications.

You can not drink tea if there is an individual intolerance to the constituent components and with gallstone disease. It is forbidden to use for pregnant women.

Kalmyk Tea Recipes

Kalmyk tea can be prepared in different ways. Everyone can choose a recipe to their liking.

How to brew Kalmyk pressed tea

Pressed tea is brewed in a special way. First you need to cook it, and then insist. The result is a strong drink that has a rich, dense taste with a spicy aroma.

This tea can be prepared not only according to the classic recipe, but also to improvise.

Ingredients:

  • nutmeg;
  • allspice;
  • milk - 950 ml;
  • pressed tea - 75 g;
  • butter - 30 g;
  • salt;
  • cloves - 2 buds;
  • black pepper.

Cooking:

  1. Put pressed pieces of tea into milk. Boil. Pour spices and darken over low heat for a quarter of an hour.
  2. Remove from heat. Insist a quarter of an hour. Strain. To warm. Add the required amount of butter. Use in a warm condition.

Recipe with milk

Ingredients:

  • milk - 900 ml;
  • nutmeg;
  • salt;
  • tiled tea - 25 g;
  • butter - 55 g;
  • water - 470 ml;
  • Lavrushka
  • cloves - 2 buds.

Cooking:

  1. Grind tea. Pour in water and boil.
  2. Pour milk and sprinkle spices. To salt. Boil a quarter of an hour. Take cheesecloth and strain the mixture. Be sure to squeeze the tea leaves. Add oil. Mix.

Do not be afraid to change the amount of tea leaves, replace milk with cream, combine various spices. Each time you can feel the unusual varied taste of a magical drink that tones, strengthens the body, nourishes with energy and gives vivacity.

Kalmyk black tea

If you do not know how to brew Kalmyk tea, then try to make a drink according to a very simple recipe.

Light and wholesome breakfast.

Ingredients:

  • butter - 25 g;
  • salt;
  • water - 240 ml;
  • cloves - 1 bud;
  • black tea - 35 g;
  • ground cinnamon - 3 g;
  • milk - 200 ml.

Cooking:

  1. Boil water and pour tea. Cook for five minutes. Pour in hot milk. To salt. Add cloves, then cinnamon. Mix.
  2. Cook for seven minutes, then strain. Mix with oil. Boil.

Kalmyk tea with spices and spices

The composition of the components:

  • black pepper;
  • green tea - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
  • cinnamon;
  • water - 240 ml;
  • salt;
  • butter - 1 tsp;
  • milk - 240 ml;
  • Lavrushka
  • nutmeg.

Cooking:

  1. Pour tea into the water. Bring to a boil and simmer for eight minutes. Boil milk and pour into tea. Salt and add spices. Cook for seven minutes. Add oil and mix well.
  2. Insist the mixture for half an hour. Strain and warm.

Cooking with allspice

Try making tea with milk according to the original variation with the addition of flour. It will resemble a soup and help satisfy your hunger.

Great start to the day!

Ingredients:

  • flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
  • salt - 1.5 teaspoons;
  • black tea - 110 g tiled;
  • Lavrushka - 2 leaves;
  • water - 470 ml;
  • allspice - 5 peas;
  • milk - 530 ml;
  • butter - 110 g.

Cooking:

  1. Crumble tea and add to water. Boil. Quench a quarter of an hour on fire.
  2. Pour in milk. Boil for six minutes. Cooking is necessary on low heat, otherwise the liquid will run away.
  3. Pour flour into a dry pan. Toast. Mix with parsley and pepper. Send to tea. Mix. Salt and add oil. Stir and insist for a quarter hour without fire under the lid.

Nutmeg Recipe

Ingredients:

  • salt;
  • water - 125 ml;
  • nutmeg - 1 teaspoon;
  • pressed tea - 30 g;
  • butter - 10 g;
  • milk - 125 ml.

Cooking:

  1. To boil water. Crumble tea and send in boiling water. Pour in milk. Stir.
  2. Boil for seven minutes. Add salt with nutmeg and add oil. Stir. Cover and insist a quarter hour without fire.

How to make a drink with green tea

Miracle drink.

Ingredients:

  • salt - 1 teaspoon;
  • green leaf tea - 35 g;
  • water - 530 ml;
  • butter - 45 g;
  • Lavrushka - 2 leaves;
  • milk - 470 ml;
  • ground black pepper - a pinch.

Cooking:

  1. Water will need hot. Pour the main component and pour milk.
  2. Put on fire. Using a minimum flame, bring to a boil.
  3. Add spices. Salt and stir. Cook for a quarter of an hour. Strain. Mix with oil.

Universal rules for the preparation of Kalmyk tea

The drink is prepared very simply, but despite this, you must follow simple recommendations.

  • Not everywhere you can find tea in briquettes, so use any loose green or black component.
  • This tea is not brewed, but only brewed like a soup.
  • Serve the drink in the bowls and drink only hot.
  • For cooking use only fatty milk, which can be replaced with cream.
  • Tea briquettes are stored only at room temperature. In order not to lose the aroma of herbs, they are placed in a vacuum bag previously wrapped in paper.
  • If you are using a slimming drink, replace the milk with a non-fat component and eliminate the butter. Tea will turn out less saturated, and will not spoil the figure.
  • Depending on individual preferences, any quantity of spices can be added to the drink.