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Enjoy the use of Organic Aracha Matcha, the Japanese green tea perfect for everyday drinking, cooking and baking.

Matcha is now everywhere!  And by that we mean, green tea powder is now being used in drinks and food.

Some of our green tea recipes featured in this blog that particularly have matcha in them are: 

the yummy creamy thick Matcha Smoothie to cure your green tea frap cravings;  

the easy to make breakfast-perfect Matcha Pancake Rolls and Matcha Egg White Muffins;

and, the lovely no-bake dessert Matcha Tiramisu.

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Craving the Green Tea Frap? Try this Matcha Smoothie

This is a recipe for a three-step thick matcha smoothie.

Ingredients are not hard to find at all. Just remember to use great quality Matcha.

INGREDIENTS:

4 ice cubes

2 coops Vanilla ice cream

1 cup cold milk

2 tsp Teas.com.au Aracha Matcha

1 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk

DIRECTIONS:

In a blender, place in this particular order -- ice, ice cream, cold milk, matcha and condensed milk. Whiz till ice is crushed well.

Serve the smoothie in cold tall glasses.

Sprinkle matcha on top and drizzle with honey if more sweetness is desired.

source: http://betterteas.com/matcha-thickshake/

Chicken Noodles with a Jasmine Green Tea Kick

Here's a little twist added onto chicken noodles. The recipe requires a noodle pack but we are to add more life to it and let it be more than just a yellow broth with wriggly noddles in it.

We are adding vegetables and tea to make it more exciting!

INGREDIENTS:
1 pack instant Nissan Chicken noodles (or other flavor preferred)
1 Tbsp Jasmine Green Tea, ground
1/4 cup mixed vegetable potato, chayote fruit, green peas, carrot, etc
2 slices of cooked meat

DIRECTIONS:
In a saucepan, cook instant noodle according to packet but use only half of the flavouring.

Matcha Pancake rolls

Matcha is green tea leaves made into powder. It has caffeine so this still makes a good boost in the morning. Here is a recipe for Green Tea pancakes in the morning.

This is because I saw how you liked the Egg White Matcha Mini Muffins recipe. You must love this too. :)

INGREDIENTS (for the batter):
120g plain flour
25 g wholemeal flour
3 eggs
300mL milk
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp sugar or honey granules
1 Tbsp Matcha Japanese Green Tea

No Yolk Folks -- Matcha Egg White Mini Muffin

This famous green tea is mixed in this muffin to make them more fantastic.

INGREDIENTS:

3 egg whites

1 Tbsp sugar

100g sugar

50g self raising flour

50g butter, room temperature

1 teaspoonfull Aracha Matcha Green Tea powder

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees C.

Whisk egg whites with the 1 Tbsp sugar until soft peaks.

Comfort Food Jasmine Congee with Salted Pork Tea Recipe

Congee is an Asian rice porridge and it is perfect timing for comfort food.

This is a congee infused with rich broth and tea to comfort one's soul. This is a great to make on a stove but better in a rice cooker.


Also, this meal gives a fuzzy feeling like of a blanket.


INGREDIENTS:
3 Tbsp salt
3 cups water
100g lean ground pork
1/2 cup uncooked rice, washed lightly
3 cups water
1 1/4 tsp Jasmine green tea
1 cup boiling water

Sugar-free Oolong and Green Iced Tea Recipe Combination

Oolong is known as a great aide for digestion while green tea is famous for the high level of anti-oxidants it has. Why go into comparing different types of tea when we can combine them and get the wonderful benefits in one drink?

Make two glasses of this Iced Jasmine Oolong Tea.  For best results, always use loose leaf tea.


INGREDIENTS:
1 tsp Jasmine Green Tea
1 tsp Golden Dan Chong
1 cup boiling water
1 cup Ice cubes



DIRECTIONS:
In a teapot, steep 1 tsp Jasmine Green Tea and  1 tsp Golden Dan Chong tea leaves for 5 minutes. Strain and let it cool a little.

No cook easy peasy Matcha Tiramisu

Matcha is quite possibly the easiest tea to cook with. Because its fine flour like texture, you can drop a little spoonful of it into just about any drink or food to add the green tea touch!

I am not sure if I ever had Matcha Tiramisu, but my liking of Tiramisu makes me think this could be quite nice. Perhaps a more healthy version of Tiramisu ;)

I want to keep it simple, as my helper is only near 3 year old. Fortunately I found the Happy Home Baking blog with a wonderfully simply, no cooking recipe.

See our Matcha Tiramisu recipe

Filling:
250g mascarpone cheese
2 tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons matcha* powder
200 ml non-dairy whipping cream

Matcha "Bath":
1 tablespoon matcha* powder

1/2 cup (125ml) boiling water

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon Grand Marnier

about 24 sponge fingers (savoiardi)
extra matcha* powder for dusting


Matcha is a green tea powder from Japan. For Matcha afficionado, there are 2 grades - food grade, which is often more like a powdered sencha, and a tea ceremony grade, which is made from the same premium tea leaves as gyokuro, called Tencha.

For my own learning, I have tried a lot of matcha lately. The very common Matcha sold in little green can from Ujinotsuyu is unfortunately sand like when compared to any half decent matcha (more of this on another blog post later).

So go and get some decent matcha, food grade is good enough for food and it is pretty expensive already. A little goes a long way, and you can make, besides this too-easy-too-evil Matcha Tiramisu, you can also try Matcha Latte, Matcha pancake and of course Matcha icecream :)