Microwave Cooking: Indian Milk Tea

I would be amused to see an Indian who has never had tea in his life, barring the ones who may have had medical conditions. It's our wine, our tobacco (for the teetotallers like me).

And tell me how many of you have not boiled the tea off the pan and then cursed everything around the world! :) Well, I have now turned myself onto making tea in the microwave. The procedure is very simple and the taste is as good as you can get.

For two cups of tea:

• Milk- 1cup
• Water- 1.5 cups
• Tea Leaves- 2-3 TSP (depending on how strong you want your tea to be)
• Sugar- 2 TSP (or as per taste)

You can add Tea Masala, crushed or grated ginger, green cardamom Powder, cloves, or anything else that you like in your tea.

Procedure:

Combine everything in a large microwave-safe bowl and run it for 3 mins and 30 secs. In the meantime, you can do whatever you want to, without worrying about the tea. When the tea is ready, the microwave will beep. Use mittens or a kitchen towel to take the bowl out. Filter and pour the tea in the mugs, and enjoy!

Do tell me if it tastes any different from regular stove tea. :-)

Cooking Tips: Microwave Cooking

Do you know how much time and electricity/power you spend when you use a conventional stove/electric stove? Well neither do I;-). But I do know is when we cook on a conventional / electric Stove, a lot of energy is wasted because it is open and it also needs a lot of manual monitoring to make sure things don't get over cooked or may not burned.

Lately I have started increasing the use of Microwave in my cooking. Here on, I am going to share my experience with microwave cooking. I have till now done tea,rice, potato,daal, vegetables etc in microwave.

Watch for the procedure, very simple they are and the time required for it.

The Benefits are huge. Most importantly, it saves a lot of Power and personal time.

Cheers!!!

Nitin