Showing posts with label Arabic Drinks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arabic Drinks. Show all posts

Monday, 26 January 2009

Moroccan Mint Tea

How to make traditional Moroccan Mint Tea.

Moroccan mint tea is a very important part of Moroccan dining

The national drink is served in glasses at all times and everywhere. It has mint flavor, is very sweet and is sometimes seasoned with orange blossoms.

Ingredients:

1 bunch mint, and mint leaves for garnish
3 teaspoons green Moroccan tea
3 tablespoons sugar or honey

Preparation:

Water: Boil water. Pour a small amount in teapot and swish around to warm the pot. Put the tea in the tea pot, put a little boiled water and swish to rinse tea with boiling water discard water from the tea, Add the mint (reserve some for garnish) and sugar in the teapot, cover with boiling water and Bring to a boil again put it on a slow flame for 1 minute. Let tea brew, stirring the leaves once or twice. Cover pot; steep at least 5 minutes.

Pour a small amount of tea into the Moroccan tea glass; pour the tea back into the teapot. Repeat 3 times to blend ingredients; garnish each colorful Moroccan tea glass with springs of mint. Add a sprinkling of orange-blossom water. Serve very hot.

Use a nice serving brass tray and colorful tea glasses to make your tea party a feast for the eyes and by using different colors of tea glasses each guest will have a different color of his own.

Sunday, 25 January 2009

karkadeh Tea - karkadeh Tea Recipe

Karkadeh, carkade or karkady teay is served hot or chilled with ice. It is very popular in some parts of the Middle East, and especially in North Africa. Karkadeh Hibiscus tea is the infusion made from the calyces (sepals) of the Hibiscus sabdariffa flower.

Serves 4 persons

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Karkadeh (Hibiscus) flowers
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 cup sugar
Preparation:
  1. Wash Karkadeh flowers well, then place in a pot with 4 cups of water over medium heat.
  2. Let boil for 5 minutes then let soak overnight.
  3. Strain the Karkadeh flowers and pour the juice in a glass pitcher. Add sugar.
  4. Stir well until all sugar dissolves.
  5. Let cool in the fridge and serve chilled.
karkadeh (Hibiscus Plant)

karkadeh (Hibiscus Dried flowers)

More about karkadeh (Hibiscus) ...

Hibiscus flower extract has been used in many folk remedies for liver disorders and high blood pressure. The constituents of the flowers contain gossypetin, anthocyanin, and glucoside hibiscin, which may have diuretic and choleretic effects, decreasing the viscosity of the blood, reducing blood pressure and stimulating intestinal peristalsis.

The dried flower contains hibiscic acid. Root contains saponins and tartaric acid. Aspartic acid is the most common amino acid. Dried fruits also contain vitamin C and Ca oxalate; dry petals contain flavonol glucoside hibiscitrin

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