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Gahwa Arabiya

Name: Gahwa Arabiya
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahrain
Ingredients: 3 tbsp (light roast, medium grind) Coffee; 6 pods Cardamom; A pinch Saffron; 2 Clove; 500ml Water; To taste Dates

Dessert

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Lightly roasted coffee simmered with cardamom and saffron — Bahrain's coffee of hospitality.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Gahwa is Arabic coffee: lightly roasted beans are simmered with cardamom, saffron, and cloves into a coffee that's almost golden. In Bahrain it's an important custom of hospitality, poured a little at a time from a long-spouted pot called a dallah into small handleless cups and served with dates.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Bahraini sitting room, coffee is poured from a long-spouted golden pot into small cups beside a plate of dates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Coffee 3 tbsp (light roast, medium grind)
Cardamom 6 pods
Saffron A pinch
Clove 2
Water 500ml
Dates To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring water to a boil in a pot, add the ground coffee, and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let the grounds settle.
Put the lightly crushed cardamom, saffron, and cloves in another small pot or coffee pot.
Pour in the clear coffee and let stand 3 minutes to infuse.
Pour a little at a time into small cups and serve with dates.

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