Kalladka Tea/KT/Layered milk tea

    Kalladka tea known as KT is a popular tea in Mangalore. Its a 3 layer tea served at Kalladka, a village in Karnataka. We can easily prepare this at home.


Ingredients:

  • Milk - 1 1/2 cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 4 tbsp
  • Tea powder - 2 tsp

Preparation:

  • Boil milk. Add sugar. Stir continuously till the 1 1/2 cup milk is reduced to 1 cup or 1 1/4 cup. 
  • Boil water. Add tea powder to it. Let it boil till it reduces to 1/2 cup or 3/4 th cup. The black tea must be very dark.
  • Strain and keep aside.
  • Froth the milk.
  • Take a glass and fill half of it with milk.
  • Then transfer the froth from top of the frothed milk to the glass.
  • Make sure that the froth entirely cover the top of milk.
  • Then slowly pour the black tea with the help of a spoon.
  • The black tea will form a layer between milk and milk froth.
  • Layered Kalladka tea is ready. Mix with a spoon before drinking.

Notes:

  • Both black tea and milk must be hot while preparing this.
  • This tea cannot be made without sugar.
  • Take full cream milk.

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