South Indian Filter Coffee

Name: South Indian Filter Coffee
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp South Indian filter coffee powder (coffee with chicory); 150 ml boiling water; 300 ml whole milk; 2 tsp sugar, to taste

Thick dripped coffee decoction poured into hot milk and frothed between tumbler and dabara. Madras mornings in a cup.

Indian · Drinks · prep 5 min · cook 15 min · serves 2 · Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Nut-free, Pescatarian

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Ingredients

3 tbsp South Indian filter coffee powder (coffee with chicory)
150 ml boiling water
300 ml whole milk
2 tsp sugar, to taste

Method

Put the coffee powder in the upper, perforated chamber of a South Indian coffee filter and level it. Set the pressing disc on top without packing it hard.
Pour in the boiling water, cover and leave to drip into the lower chamber for 10–15 min. You will get a small amount of thick, dark decoction.
Heat the milk until it just boils and froths up.
Put the sugar in each tumbler and add 3–4 tbsp decoction, then top up with hot milk (roughly 1 part decoction to 3 parts milk).
Pour the coffee back and forth between the tumbler and the dabara (or two cups) from a height a few times, until frothy. Serve at once.

Tips

No filter? Brew the same coffee extra-strong in a cafetière with half the usual water and let it steep for 10 min.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Hebbar's Kitchen Cook With Manali

Open South Indian Filter Coffee in Nouns Cooking