Description
South Indian Filter Coffee or Kaapi is a coffee-based beverage prepared with coffee powder and milk. A traditional Indian coffee filter is used to prepare the decoction and the drink is served in a traditional glass and bowl set called Debara.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
To make the Coffee Decoction:
- Coffee Powder: 3 Tbsp.
- Hot Water: 1 cup
To Make South Indian Filter Coffee:
- Coffee Decoction: 1/2 cup (adjust as per your requirement)
- Full Cream Milk: 1.5 cup
- Sugar: 1.5 Tbsp. (adjust as per your requirement)
Instructions
To make the Coffee Decoction: [url href="https://kitchenofdebjani.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Making-of-Coffee-decoction-300x208.jpg"][/url]
- Take 3 Tbsp. of Coffee powder in the top cup of the coffee filter.
- Press it with the disk to make the coffee leveling perfectly smooth.
- Boil water and pour it over the disk and close the lid.
- Tthe lower part of the filter needs to be well connected with the top for dripping of decoction).
- Keep the filter as it is without disturbing it for 10 minutes to help to drip through the decoction to the lower part of the filter.
- This coffee decoction is really strong (more than espresso even) and you can make around 5 cups of coffee from the decoction prepared with 1 cup water.
Making of South Indian Filter Coffee:
- [url href="https://kitchenofdebjani.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Making-of-South-Indian-Filter-Coffee.jpg"][/url]
- I am sharing the recipe for making two cups of South Indian coffee here.
- So adjust ingredients as per requirement of the number of cups.
- Each ingredient portion would vary with the preference. I prefer my South Indian coffee a bit on the sweeter side.
- Boil the milk properly and take sugar in the glass. I have used a traditional Debara glass here.
- Pour around ¼ cup of coffee decoction over the sugar followed by milk after straining it.
- Now comes the funny part!
- Take the Tawara (the bowl comes with the glass) and pour the coffee from the glass to the bowl as shown in the picture.
- Follow this step for 3-4 times to make the coffee frothy and then enjoy your portion of caffeine.
Notes
If you are not available with a Debara set just use a normal cup and a bowl to make the froth.
Adjust coffee, milk, and sugar according to your taste bud.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Beverage
- Cuisine: South Indian