Tea Tatar cuisine is very respected. A tea table is called the "soul of the family." The meeting of guests will certainly begin with an abundance of a drink and a huge assortment of national pastries: these are the traditions of this unique and friendly people. Strong infusion with milk and other additives is preferred. How to join the culture of drinking Tatar tea? You can try to brew it at home and appreciate the uniqueness of the drink. And if you add national sweets to tea drinking, it will turn out very colorful.
Some features of the preparation of Tatar tea
From the depths of the times, the Tatars used a large capacity for boiling water during tea drinking. Families were large and many friends. Black tea varieties are preferred. It is insisted with herbs, milk, even with butter and salt. Such a composition of Tatar tea did not appear suddenly. Wise people have left these recipes in priority because of their unique qualities. Shepherds and nomads could always add vigor to one of these drinks while they roam the endless expanses of the steppes. And Tatar tea with milk, salt and other ingredients did an excellent job of its purpose: warm in the cold, strengthen strength, and quench your thirst in heat.
What is its use
It is clear that if the drink did not meet the expectations directed at it, then in our time it would not have been preserved. However, despite the diversity of species, Tatar tea recipes remain popular and in demand not only among this people. What gives the body tea in Tatar?
The benefit of the drink:
- Vigor and quenching thirst. As mentioned just above, this is one of the main reasons why people drink it.
- Benefits for women: increased lactation.
- Some recipes contribute to the normalization of internal metabolism. In this regard, you can easily part with a certain amount of unnecessary kilograms, just taking regularly Tatar tea.
- Taking certain types of tea brewed according to Tatar rules and recipes can normalize blood sugar levels.
- Beneficial tea affects the cardiovascular system.
- Strengthening immunity is also within the power of this almost magical elixir. Tea is especially good during the raging SARS epidemics.
Bertek Chay - traditional tea
We need tea leaves - dry black tea. Calculate the amount of dry ingredient so that at least three grams of the dry component fall on one bowl. And now we set to boil a lot of clean water. Cooking a large teapot. We rinse it with boiling water, warming up in such a simple way. Pour into the heated teapot the necessary norm of the tea component. Pour boiling water, not reaching half the dishes. Usually the first pouring with boiling water is done on a third of the dishes in which the infusion is prepared. Cover on top with a napkin folded several times, or a bowl. We wait five minutes. Add boiling water again, but now for the entire volume of the teapot. Now you can pour fresh hot drink on the bowls. It is good to serve sugar (preferably slices), jam, sweet fruits, and traditional pastries with this Tatar tea.
With kaymak (milk)
For this recipe you can use plain black tea or pressed into special tiles. Two or three teaspoons of dry tea leaves are taken on one bowl. Calculate the amount of component to be independently. Fat milk is needed - 3.2%. Only in this case you will taste the real Tatar tea. Brewing occurs in the same way as in the previous recipe: teapot is poured with boiling water. From the warmed water pours out. Welding falls asleep, and now pour boiling water on 1/3 of the dishes. We wait longer: 8-10 minutes. Add more boiling water to the teapot. And now the ceremony of filling the bowls. Carefully remember the rules for serving this tea. The first to pour boiled (warm) milk into the bowl. Then - some cool teapot infusion. And completes the procedure by adding pure boiling water. As a result: in the bowl, the drink is an orange-pinkish tint. The drink is ready, you can start tea drinking.
Tatar tea
And such a recipe is more colorful. This is the very tea in which butter and even salt are present. The number of products must be calculated by the number of teaspoons. And in this recipe we will give the norm for 100 milliliters of water:
- In addition to water, you need 100 milliliters of milk.
- Pressed Tea Tile. Break off about 6 grams. For lack of a pressed ingredient, the use of plain black, in bulk, is not prohibited.
- Butter - half a teaspoon. If you want, then take a full spoonful of oil.
- Salt in this drink is added solely according to the personal preferences of the one who cooks and drinks it.
Sequence and cooking rules
Boil water in an enamel pan. Put boiling tea. Pour in the milk and wait until it boils again. It is necessary to boil the drink, stirring continuously for five to seven minutes. Then lightly salt. Pour tea into a bowl and put butter. This option is sometimes used with a pinch of pepper. For such a hearty tea, it is good to serve cabbage or baursaki.
Tatar tea and grass zheleznitsa
Such an interesting plant as the Crimean lemongrass (zheleznitsa, aka Mursalsky tea) enjoys great respect among these people. The herb is good as a healthy and flavoring infusion. Thanks to its addition, the drink has noticeable splashes of lemon taste and aroma.
But not only the taste of iron conquered. This herb is famous for its ability to heal and strengthen the human body. Here’s what’s on her track record:
- Noticeable strengthening of immunity. If you drink Marsala tea for some time, then you will notice that colds bypass you a few miles.
- Such a herbal tea is good in the treatment of influenza or bronchitis. It contributes to a faster separation of sputum from the respiratory tract.
- It perfectly cleanses the liver, as it has a choleretic effect. Awakens sluggish intestines, invigorating peristalsis.
- Great diuretic.
- It is considered a means of enhancing male powers. Good in the complex treatment of prostatitis, nephritis and a number of urological ailments.
- The nervous and cardiovascular systems will “thank” you for taking such a drink.
Before you start tasting herbal tea, you need to remember - any, even the most magical herb and infusion from it can have contraindications. In the case of iron ore, this is:
- high blood pressure;
- overexcitation is too strong;
- possible reactions of an overly sensitive organism.
Brewing rules
The leaves and flowers of the plant (dry raw materials) are poured with boiling water in the amount of one liter. Cover the dishes with a saucer or a lid, insist no more than ten minutes. Such an elixir is drunk two or three times a week.
You can add a little raw material to a regular tea brew, then the drink will have notes of lemon. It is better to drink it separately, without additives, in the form of sweets and pastries.