Shaah
Shaah
VegSomalia

Shaah

Sweet spiced milk tea with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Somali hospitality in a glass.

12 minTime
3 gProtein each
mildSpice
Shaah and malawax2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBlack tea, milk, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.
The original
106kcalsame
3 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
12minutessame

Somali shaah.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Tea leaves (black tea leaves)2 tbsp black tea
Water1⅔ cups
Milk1⅔ cups
Sugar3 tbsp, to taste
Cardamom4 pods, crushed
Cinnamon1 small stick
Gingera few slices
Whole spices3 cloves
Black peppera few peppercorns

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Simmer the spices and ginger in the water for 5 minutes.
  2. 2Add tea and simmer 2 minutes.
  3. 3Add milk and sugar and bring just to the boil.
  4. 4Strain into glasses.
Serve it like this

Pour into small glasses and serve hot with canjeero, malawax or biscuits.

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