What you need
Palm sugar: ¼ piece (¼ cup)
Pepper : 15 no
Cloves : 6 no
Coffee powder: 1 teaspoon
Dry Ginger : 2 inch pieces
Holly basil leaves: 11 no
Water : 4 cups
How I made
Using a motor and pestle crush black pepper, cloves, dry ginger into a coarse powder or run it coffee grinder for 2 minutes.
Boil water in sauce pan, and add palm sugar, crushed pepper, cloves, dry ginger, coffee powder and holly basil leaves. After boiling strain with a strainer and pour it into cups for serving
Enjoy, hot warm spicy karipetti kappi.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 cups
Verdict: Tasty spicy
Will you make it again: Yes I will
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Yasmeen says
Oh my! that's some healing coffee with all the spices and palm sugar.Thanks for taking interest in the event 😀
Mriganayani says
Indeed things like this are way better than cold medicines like NyQuil or Advil...the real stuff that works! Wow! Wish I had this at home when I was sick!
Hetzy says
Hi Swathi,this karipetti coffee is my Dad's favourite too.He always buy karipetti full box everymonth,I remember till my higher secondary school age we all drank the same two times a day.You have given very useful health information.I want to have today itself.