Matcha Green Tea – Healthy Brews for Your Palette

If you think tea is for drinking only, think again!

You’d be surprised about the health benefits of tea and how it can enhance the flavour of your food when used as an ingredient.

We all are aware of the health benefits of green tea. Now it’s time to upgrade our tea knowledge and discover matcha – a fine ground powder made of whole, high-grade green tea leaves.

Matcha is known as green tea on steroids. Why? Because you ingest the entire leaf and not only the brewed water. Matcha is not only full of health benefits, but everything it touches turns to a delightful shade of green. One glass of matcha has the antioxidant content of ten glasses of regular green tea. Even though it serves as a stronger caffeine punch than green tea, it is still considerably less caffeinated than coffee.

Eager to know more about this green-inspired tea-cum-healthy drink? We’ve got some really exciting healthy matcha recipes to share with you:

Pomegranate Blueberry Matcha Slushie

Ingredients:

2 tbsp of matcha tea powder

140 gm frozen blueberries

120 ml pomegranate juice (no sugar added)

200 gm ice cubes

 

Instructions:

Briskly whisk 2 tbsp of matcha powder into ½ cup of hot water. Add sweetener of your choice and set aside until cool. Puree the frozen blueberries, pomegranate juice, prepared matcha tea and ice cubes in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately.

Matcha Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 frozen bananas

1 cup almond milk

Matcha powder

Vanilla bean

Ice cubes

Honey or sweetener of your choice

 

Instructions:

Blend everything together. Taste and adjust to your liking.

This simple blend of matcha, almond milk, bananas and vanilla make this smoothie healthy enough to count as a legit light breakfast.

Matcha Pound Cake

Ingredients:

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 cup vanilla almond milk

1 cup flour

1 tablespoon matcha green tea powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a pan well with parchment paper. Cream together the coconut oil and sugar with the help of a mixer. Add almond milk and eggs and beat well until combined. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, matcha powder, and salt.

Next, add this mixture to egg mixture and blend until smooth. Pour this batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for almost 50 minutes. Your pound cake is ready to be served!

Chocolate Matcha Energy Meal

Ingredients:

½ cup soft, pitted dates

1/2 cup raw almonds

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tbsp matcha green tea powder + more for dusting

1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk

 

Instructions:

Mix almond and dates in a food processor until they come together into a sticky ball. Add cocoa powder, matcha powder and almond milk to the sticky mixture. Process again until all ingredients have been combined and form into a large sticky ball again. Prepare small balls from this mixture, dust with matcha powder and get instant energy for the day!

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