Authentic Kashmiri Kahwa Recipe
Authentic Kashmiri Kahwa Recipe: A fragrant blend of green tea, saffron, cardamom, cinnamon, and almonds, offering warm, spiced comfort.
Ingredients
FOR MAKING KAHWA (2 CUPS)
- 2 serving cups water
- 2 pinches of kahwa leaves
- 2 tsp sugar (or as per taste)
- Small piece of cinnamon stick
- 1 green cardamom (crushed)
- Pinch of sonth/dry ginger powder (optional)
- 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of black pepper powder (or as per taste - optional)
FOR SERVING
- 4-6 crushed almonds (or as per your liking)
- Pinch of saffron (optional)
- 2 pinches of dry rose petals (optional)
Instructions
- Take a pan and add water, kahwa leaves, sugar, piece of cinnamon, green cardamom (crushed), dry ginger powder and black pepper powder.
- Initially put on high heat.
- When the water begins to boil, turn the heat to low medium and let water boil for 3 minutes.
- While the water is boiling, prepare the serving cups. For that, coarsely crush the almonds.
- Put them in the serving cups.
- Add saffron and rose petals. Keep aside.
- By now, water is sufficiently boiled and leaves have released their beautiful colour and flavours.
- Immediately sieve the kahwa in serving cups.
- Enjoy hot.
Notes
- Do not add kahwa leaves in excess. It will turn the taste of kahwa bitter.
- Everyone has his own liking for sugar in any beverage but personally speaking, bit of more sweet kahwa tastes better. Rest choice is yours.
- Dry ginger powder, black pepper powder, dry rose petals and saffron are optional and kahwa made without all these ingredients will also taste good. Though every ingredient has its own properties and these too add the flavours.