Somali Tea Food

SOMALI TEA

Steps:

• Boil desired amount of water in tea pot. Add tea bags using a good tea to water ratio.
• Smash green cardamom pods* and add to tea. (I couldn't add this to the list for some reason).
• Then add grated ginger and 1 cinnamon stick
• Let steep for about 10-15 minutes in pot.
• Serve with milk and sugar to taste.

**REAL** SOMALI TEA

Steps:

• peel and crush about a thumb sized amount of fresh ginger.
• crush cardemon and cloves
• add all ingredients to pot of water except milk.
• boil for 30 mins or until spices permeate tea.
• add milk to each serving cup to taste.

SOMALIAN TEA

Steps:

• Place the mixture in the bottom of the teapot and pour in boiling water.
• Let it steep for several minutes, and add a generous amount of sugar.
• Pour milk into each tea cup, add tea to milk and serve.

SOMALI TEA

Steps:

• Put cardamom (removed from pod), cloves, and cinnamon stick in a pot on the stove. Add water and tea, stirring occasionally. Let the mixture heat until it boils.
• Add sugar, continuing to stir. Finally, add milk. The tea will be a very light tan color when finished (due to the milk).
• Strain and serve in mugs.

SHAAH (SOMALI TEA)

Steps:

• Add tea bag, cardamom seeds, cloves and sugar to a large mug. Add boiling water.
• Stir well, the tea bag may break open but that's ok because it will be strained.
• Add the milk or Nido to another mug then strain tea into that mug. Stir and serve.

SHAAH CADAYS (SOMALI SPICED TEA WITH MILK)

Steps:

• Crush the ginger with the bottom of a heavy pot or the blunt edge of a knife and set aside. Place the cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and peppercorns in a mortar and crush with a pestle until coarsely ground (or crush on a countertop or on a cutting board with the bottom of a heavy pot). Transfer the spices to a medium saucepan set over medium heat and cook, stirring, until very fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the ginger, water, tea, and sugar and increase the heat to high. Once bubbles form around the edge, immediately reduce the heat to low and let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the milk and let it cook for just 1 minute to warm the milk, then turn off the heat. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a teapot, pitcher, or straight into tea mugs. Serve immediately while hot and add more sugar to taste if you'd like.