ADENI TEA

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This recipe come from Aden, Yemen. Its great for a weekend brunch or breakfast. Sweet, rich, authentic, fragrant, and magical hot drink. Great for the winter.

Provided by Abdulkader Babader

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

3 orange pekoe tea bags
3 cups water
¼ cup white sugar
10 cardamom seeds, or to taste
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

Steps:

Cut tea bags open and empty into a small bowl; discard tea bags.
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add loose tea. Boil tea until water becomes dark red, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir sugar into tea.
Grind cardamom seeds in an electric grinder or using a mortar and pestle. Stir ground cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger into tea; boil until flavors are infused, about 10 minutes.
Stir milk into tea and bring back to a boil for about 2 minutes. Pour tea through a sieve to separate out solids. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 178.7 calories, Carbohydrate 22.6 g, Cholesterol 27.4 mg, Fat 7.3 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 105.7 mg, Sugar 22.1 g