How to make cooling pumpkin seed tea at home

Pumpkin seed tea seems to be a refreshing drink that has never ceased to be hot, we can see many shops selling chia seed squash tea all over the street in Saigon. However, the issue of food hygiene and safety makes you quite shy to enjoy this delicious drink. So today I’m going to show you how to make a cool chia seed squash tea

How to make simple chia seed squash tea

Process
10 Minutes Prepare
15 Minutes For
2 – 3 minutes

Ingredients for making simple squash tea

• 500g squash
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3-5 pieces of sugar cane
• 3 pandan leaves
• 80g rock sugar
• 2 liters of water
• 3 teaspoons chia seeds (you can use basil if you don’t have chia seeds)

How to make simple squash tea

Step 1Processing squash

Wash the squash, leave the skin intact and cut into slices about 1-2 cm thick and remove the seeds to avoid souring the water. Should choose old pumpkins with yellow spots on the outside, the seeds inside are hard , the water will be more delicious and richer.

Step 2Wash pandan leaves

Wash pandan leaves, dry and tie them into bundles as shown.

Step 3Boil water

Put the pot on and put 2 liters of water, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, squash and sugarcane into the pot to boil. When the water is boiling, add pandan leaves and cook on low heat for about 2 hours .

Step 4Body Filter

After 2 hours, you pour out the filter to filter the water, discard the body .

Step 5Stir in rock sugar

Add alum sugar to a small portion of the squash juice that has just been poured, stir with a spoon until the sugar dissolves.

Step 6Soak chia seeds

Soak the chia seeds in warm water for about 10 minutes for the chia seeds to expand.

Step 7Finished product

After the squash juice has cooled, put it in a glass, add ice and pour in the soaked chia seeds and enjoy.

Reference: How to use chia seeds for health

Process
50 Minutes Preparation
15 Minutes For
3-4 people

How to cook chia seed squash tea with lipton tea

Ingredients for making chia seed squash tea with lipton tea

• 1 kg squash
• 3 sachets of lipton tea
• 3 pandan leaves
• 2 liters of water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 150g rock sugar
• 100g brown sugar
• Chia seeds (or basil seeds)

How to cook chia seed squash tea with lipton tea

Step 1Process materials

After buying squash, wash, peel, remove seeds and cut into small pieces.

Pineapple leaves washed and tied.

Chia seeds soak in warm water for 10 minutes to bloom.

Lipton tea is mixed with hot water.

Process materials

Step 2Cook and filter the squash tea

You put 2 liters of water in a pot with squash, pandan leaves and bring to a boil. Cook for about 30 minutes , then add rock sugar, brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt and soaked lipton tea. Cook for another 15-20 minutes , then turn off the heat.

Then you proceed to pour water into the rail to filter the water, discarding the body. After the water is filtered, let it cool, pour it into a bottle and put it in the refrigerator to drink it gradually.

Cook and filter the squash tea

Step 3Finished product

Besides the traditional squash tea recipe, we can use lipton tea in combination with squash to create a delicious drink that cools and purifies the body. You can put tea, soaked chia seeds and some ice in a glass and enjoy!

How to store squash tea for a long time?

After cooking the squash tea, if you don’t use it all at once, you can preserve the tea in the following ways to prevent it from spoiling quickly:

• Pumpkin ginseng juice after cooking should be put in a glass jar, kept in the refrigerator to use gradually.
• Glass jars should be cleaned, disinfected, drained and tightly closed.
• Pumpkin ginseng juice should be consumed within 3 to 4 days when stored in the refrigerator for the best taste and quality.

How to make squash tea is not too difficult, right? If you don’t have chia seeds, you can replace them with basil seeds, which are also very good for health. And most importantly, when you go to the kitchen yourself, you can also ensure food safety for your chia seed tea, no longer worry about buying tea outside that may not be safe anymore. So what are you waiting for, go to the kitchen and start working!

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