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Arabic Qahwa - Arabic Coffee with Cardamom
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Arabic Qahwa - Arabic Coffee with Cardamom

Traditional Arabic coffee spiced with cardamom and saffron, served in small cups

⏱ 20 min🍽 2 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Put the water, coffee, sugar, cardamom, cardamom pods, cloves and saffron in the finjan.
    Finjan
  2. 2
    Heat over low heat, stirring gently.
    Stove
  3. 3
    When the foam rises, lift off the heat for a moment, return to the heat and warm again until the foam rises again; repeat once more.
    Stove
    💡Don't boil: boiling breaks the foam and makes it bitter. Lift off the heat the moment the foam starts to climb.
  4. 4
    Remove from the heat and wait for the grounds to settle.
  5. 5
    Pour gently into small cups.
55calories
0 gprotein
14 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 96%● fat 2%

Per serving (397 g), of 2 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Finjan · Also works: Small saucepan (Saucepan)

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