🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Qahwa Saudiyah
Blond roast, heavy cardamom, a thread of saffron — poured from the dallah in half-full finjans, dates alongside.
🔪 Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 15 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Pale gold, unsweetened, cardamom-saffron perfume; serving etiquette is half the recipe.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsplightly roasted coffee, coarse
- 1 tbspground cardamom
- 1 pinchsaffron
- 2 cloves (optional)
- 1 Lwater
- to tastedates, to serve
Method
- 1
Boil the coffee in water 10 minutes and let the grounds settle.
- 2
Pour the clear brew over cardamom and saffron in the dallah; rest 5 minutes.
- 3
Serve in small finjans, only a third full, with dates.
- 4
Keep pouring until the guest tilts the cup — that's the sign of enough.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6