Tea is no more just a daily ritual for a breeze of freshness and serenity. Tea is a culture, a lifestyle and a power food that makes for a healthy diet . Known for its strong flavor, tea is increasingly being used in cooking today. From savories to desserts , tea is being fused into different varieties of food. Read till the end to grab the recipe to a scrumptious tea cheesecake!
While green tea, oolong tea and chamomile tea are our constant companions, the exotic and colorful Butterfly Blue Pea is a new favorite. This beautiful blue hued tea, made from blue pea flower, is packed with antioxidants, flavonoids and anti-microbial properties .
Blue pea can be used in making Blue Pea Dumplings, Blue Rice, Blue Pea Cheesecake, and much more! Here’s a recipe for a no-bake, eggless and gelatin-free Blue Pea Cheesecake by Parth Bajaj you can try on your own!
Ingredients:
- Chymey Butterfly Blue Pea
- Cream cheese
- Sugar
- Biscuits
- Butter
- Vanilla essence
- Lemon zest
- Agar-agar
- Water
Procedure:
- Add two teaspoons of Butterfly Blue Pea tea and 1 cup of water to a saucepan. Heat for 2 minutes and strain the tea.
- Grind 100g of biscuits, melt 40g of butter and mix the two together to make the crust. Spread the crust on a cake tin and press down on it.
- For the cheesecake mixture, take 200g of cream cheese, ⅓ cup of sugar and fold them together. Add ½ a teaspoon of vanilla essence and ½ teaspoon lemon zest and fold.
- Take ¾ cup of the tea prepared, add 2 teaspoons of agar agar and boil 3 to 4 times. Strain, cool and fold the concoction in the cheesecake mixture. Add the mixture to the cake tin and refrigerate for two hours.
- Take the remaining ¼ cup of the tea, add one teaspoon of agar-agar and boil 3 to 4 times. Strain and cool the concoction. Spread it over the refrigerated cheesecake.
- Refrigerate again for 2 hours and enjoy the greatest and most flavourful cheesecake.
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With so much quarantine time to spare, experimenting with recipes must be on your to-do list. So why wait? Go ahead and order the Butterfly Blue Pea tea from our store and try out the recipe for yourself.
Happy experimenting!
