Gurer Cha

Name: Gurer Cha
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 2 tsp loose-leaf Assam tea; 400ml water; 80ml milk; 30g Assamese gur (jaggery), grated; 2 green cardamom pods, crushed

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 35. Gurer Cha recipe

⏱️5 minPrep

🔥10 minCook

🕒15 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Gurer Cha

Brew spiced tea (8 mins, high heat): Bring water to boil with crushed cardamom. Add tea leaves and boil 2 minutes. Add milk, bring to a second boil (1 minute). Strain into cups. Add grated jaggery — stir until completely dissolved. The tea will take on a richer, molasses-like sweetness from the jaggery that sugar cannot replicate.

📖 Cultural notes

Gurer Cha (jaggery tea) is the traditional winter morning drink of rural Assam — jaggery was the sweetener before refined sugar arrived, and many older Assamese prefer it in their morning tea for its warmth and mineral depth. ---

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