
Everyday meals
Banshtai tsai (milk tea with dumplings)
Salted milk tea served with boiled dumplings, a complete, family-style dish from the Mongolian steppe. The tea is creamy, the dumplings tender, and together they make a filling breakfast or meal.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Pâte
Farce
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
386 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 23.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 40.1 g
- Fat
- 13.7 g
- Fiber
- 2.2 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Make the dough with the flour, salt and lukewarm water, then let it rest for 15 minutes.
- Mix the minced meat, finely chopped onion, salt and pepper for the filling.
- Shape small dumplings by pinching the edges well, and set them aside on a floured tray.
- Bring the water to the boil, add the tea and let it infuse for 5 minutes.
- Add the milk and salt, then bring to a simmer.
- Drop the dumplings into the milk tea and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until they rise to the surface.
- Serve the hot tea with the dumplings in bowls.
Variations and tips
Meatless version. Replace the filling with onions and crumbled fresh cheese.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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