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Karkanji

Name: Karkanji
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Chad
Ingredients: 20g Hibiscus Tea; 1.5L Water; 120g Sugar; 1 knob Ginger; 5 pods Clove; 1 Cinnamon stick

Dessert

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Hibiscus flowers simmered with ginger and cloves — Chad's red drink.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Karkanji is a beloved hibiscus drink in Chad: the dried red flowers are simmered with ginger, cloves, and cinnamon and sweetened with sugar. It's served chilled after sunset during Ramadan and at celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Ramadan evening in an N'Djamena home, a deep red drink is poured from a big pot into glasses and handed to the family waiting for sunset.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Hibiscus Tea 20g
Water 1.5L
Sugar 120g
Ginger 1 knob
Clove 5 pods
Cinnamon stick 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring the water, sliced ginger, cloves, and cinnamon to a boil in a pot.
Add the hibiscus, turn off the heat, and let stand 15 minutes.
Strain, add the sugar, and dissolve well.
Chill well in the fridge.
Pour into glasses with ice.

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