Indian Filter Coffee: Video Recipe
Indian filter coffee is a coffee drink made by mixing frothed and boiled milk with the decoction obtained by brewing finely ground coffee powder in a traditional Indian filter. The drink is also known as kaapi (the South Indian phonetic rendering of “coffee”), Mysore filter coffee, or Madras kaapi. Outside India, the term “filter coffee” may refer to drip brew.
In Jan I visited my sister-in-law’s place in Chennai and she made the perfect filter coffee. I was in love with it and requested her to send me a video of how she makes it daily. She did that and I also succeeded in making a not so bad filter coffee 🙂
Here is the video link to my filter coffee.
Ingredients
Coffee filter
Coffee Powder – 3 tbsp
Water – 3/4 cup
Fresh Milk for 2 cups of coffee
Sugar as required
Method
Put 3 tbsp of coffee powder in the upper container, fix it on top of the lower container and tap the container gently, so that the powder will settle evenly.
Bring water to rolling boil and pour it over the coffee powder. Close it with a lid and leave it undisturbed for 10-15 minutes.
The coffee decoction will get collected in the lower container
Boil milk and simmer for a few minutes stirring continuously. Pour needed decoction in a cup and add milk and sugar to taste. If you want it strong, add more decoction, if you prefer mild coffee, add less decoction. Serve hot and frothy in tumbler and davara. Enjoy the aroma and the taste of South Indian filter coffee.
Recipe adapted from Padhus Kitchen
During my trip to Chennai, i had coffee from various joints which included Anand Adiyar Bhavan, Murugan Idli, Sarvarna Bhavan etc. Shared few pics below:
Nice Clicks!!
Thanks Antonet
Nice clicks Anita. Now I am going to try it at home. I am missing it terribly after my trip to Andhra and Tamil.
Thank you Anand. Let me know how was it.
The pictures and the process are beautifully captured Anita. Job well done. Love love filter coffee.
Feels great to have a positive feedback from an awesome fellow blogger 🙂 Thanks for stoping by on my blog and providing your valuable feedback Asha 🙂