🇪🇬 Egypt
Kharroub
Alexandria's carob men pour kharroub from tilted brass jugs beside the tamr hindi carts — bittersweet, ice-cold, older than them all.
🔪 Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Crushed carob pods toasted, boiled dark, and steeped overnight — sweetened lightly so the smoky edge survives.
Ingredients
- 250 gcarob pods, crushed
- 2 Lwater
- 120 gsugar
- 1 tbsprose water (optional)
- to tasteice
Method
- 1
Toast the crushed carob in a dry pot until it smells of caramel and smoke.
- 2
Add the water, boil 15 minutes, then steep off the heat overnight.
- 3
Strain through fine cloth, sweeten, and add rose water if you like.
- 4
Serve over ice, poured high for a thin brown foam.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6