Recipe from
Somalia

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Somali tea

• 2 CUPS OF MILK
• 2 TSP TEA
• 1 CARDAMOM POD
• 1 CINNAMON STICK
• PIECE OF GINGERROOT, grated
• 1 CLOVE
• 4 TSP SUGAR

• 1 CUP ALCOHOL (95°)
• 1 CUP SUGAR
• 1 CUP MILK
• 60 GRAM CHOCOLATE

Bring 2 cups of water to the boil with the tea and the spices; simmer for 2 minutes. Ass the milk, bring to the boil and simmer one minute more. Strain the tea and add the sugar. Pour the tea in 4 cups.

Heat the milk and dissolve the sugar and the chocolate in it. Allow the mixture to cool down and add the alcohol; stir and pour this in a glass jar; store for a week or so and then strain the liqueur through a muslin cloth.