Kashmiri Kahwa

Recipe Ingredients: 

• Water – 2 cups
• Sugar- 2 to 3 tsp
• 1/2 tsp churned Kashmiri green tea leaves
• Cinnamon powder or 2 inch cinnamon stick
• Almonds – 8 crushed.
• Saffron – Few strands

Recipe Method: 

• Heat water in a pan.
• Pound cardamom and cinnamon with the help of mortar pestle.
• Once water starts boiling put sugar and pounded mixture and let it boil for a while.
• Churn the tea leaves with the palm of your hands and throw in the pot. At this stage you may add few strands of saffron too.
• Stir and let it brew for a while.
• Crush the almonds and divide between two cups. Pour Kehwa into cups. Straining tea is optional. I like to see boiled/crushed cardamom floating.
• Your Kehwa is ready.