Cocktail · Nepal
Tongba
Prepare Nepalese Tongba with fermented millet and hot water in precise oz and ml quantities, including its traditional serving method.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 8 minutes
- Glassware
- Copper mug
- Base
- Beer
Ingredients
- 6 oz (180 ml) fermented millet beer base
- 6 oz (180 ml) hot water, plus more for refills
Garnish
No garnish
How to make it
- 1Warm a copper mug and measure each ingredient.
- 2Bring the water just to a simmer, add fermented millet beer base, hot water, plus more for refills, and steep or simmer gently for 4 minutes.
- 3Strain into the warmed copper mug and stir until the sweetener is dissolved.
- 4Serve immediately without a garnish.
The story behind Tongba
Tongba is a warm fermented millet drink associated with eastern Nepal and neighboring Himalayan communities. Hot water is added to the grain-filled vessel and the mildly alcoholic liquid is sipped through a filtered straw.