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 Omani Kahwa

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Omani Kahwa

Dessert
⏱ 20 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐

Lightly roasted coffee scented with cardamom and rose water — Oman's coffee of hospitality.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Omani kahwa is a pale golden coffee made from lightly roasted beans with plenty of cardamom, scented with rose water or saffron. In Oman, the courtesy when welcoming guests is to serve kahwa first with dates and halwa. The Arabic coffee culture of hospitality is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In the majlis (sitting room) of an Omani home, the host pours golden coffee from a brass pot into small handleless cups and offers a plate of dates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Lightly crush the cardamom pods.

  2. Bring the water and ground coffee to a boil in a pot and simmer on low for 10 minutes.

  3. Turn off the heat, let the grounds settle, and pour the clear coffee into another pot.

  4. Add the cardamom and saffron, let stand 5 minutes, and add the rose water.

  5. Pour a little at a time into small cups and serve with dates.

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