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Arabic Coffee Recipe

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Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 9 minutes
Course Coffee
Calories 15 kcal

Equipment

  • Mortar
  • Dallah or saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbsp ground coffee
  • 6 cardamom berries
  • Orange flower (or rose) water
  • 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 6 cloves
  • A pinch of saffron

Instructions
 

  • Crush the cardamom and cloves in the mortar.Keep the resulting powder and cinnamon handy.
  • Pour 700 ml of water into the dallah ora saucepan and put it on the stove. 
  • Before the water boils, remove the containerfrom the heat and add the ground coffee. 
  • Wait a minute and put the saucepan back on lowheat, letting it simmer for about 10 minutes: this will give an exceptionalintensity and density to your drink. 
  • Remove the saucepan from the heat and add thecinnamon and the powder obtained from the cloves and cardamom. 
  • Bring it to a boil for the third time. 
  • Turn off the heat and let it rest for 5minutes. This is the right time to add a couple of drops of orange blossom orrose water and a pinch of saffron. This will give your Arab coffee a distinctaroma.

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Notes

A cup of Arabian coffee has no calories or fat but a small percentage of protein.