Name: Dried Lime Tea (Chai Noomi Basra/Chai Hamudh)
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: Serve the tea sweetened with sugar. If you find it too sour for your taste, dilute it with boiling water. This tea can also be served cold with some ice cubes, just like American iced tea.; Crack 3 dried limes. Take all seeds out, as they tend to give the tea a bitter taste. Put the limes in a medium teapot and fill it three-quarters full with boiling water. Let it brew gently on low heat until it starts to boil, about 8 minutes.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

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Naturally dried limes noomi Basra are imported from Asia to Iraq via the only port city in the country, Basra. These limes make a refreshing sweet-and-sour hot drink tremendously popular throughout the entire region. It is usually served in the traditional Iraqi small thin glass, istican. Here is a recipe for making enough tea for 4 to 6 people.