Godachi Kapi ~ Traditional Mangalorean Brewed Coffee Sweetened with Palm Jaggery
Prep time: Nil | Brewing time: 2-3 mins | Filtering time: 45mins – 1 hr (at least) Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (240ml) water
- 1/4 of a palm jaggery roundel (approx 20-25 grams) * adjust to taste
- 1 level teaspoon of filter coffee powder * see note#2
- hot milk as required
Method:
1. Place the water & jaggery in a pan/saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil, stir until the jaggery is dissolved.
2. When the water comes to a rolling boil, add the coffee powder and let it brew for about 10 seconds. Remove pan from heat
3. Place the pan slightly tilted (so that the coffee sediment settles down and you can easily pour the clean liquid) for at least 45 mins – 1 hr
4. When the sediment has settled down you will be left with clear liquid – without shaking the pan carefully pour it into a serving cup. Add as much hot milk as you want to make a strong or milky coffee. Serve hot!
Notes:
1. If you don’t have palm jaggery you can use cane jaggery (regular jaggery)
2. This recipe requires ground coffee powder that needs to be brewed. Do not use instant coffee powders like Nescafe or Bru. Add 2 teaspoons if you like it strong.
3. If you wish, to create a frothy effect pour the prepared coffee from a height into another pan a couple of times and then serve.
I am so amazed by this post with the amount of information you have packed in it. I used to always just hold those discs of jaggery in Nilgiris supermarket, ponder over them and keep them back not knowing what to do with, this time i will surely pick them up. I have kapha dosha so i will surely know how to take my coffee now. thank you a million times for this wonderful post!!! Also, could you recommend what brand filter coffee is good? I would then be able to get the brand. Again, I thought this post was just incredible and no one should miss reading it <3
@ Coral: Thanks so much for that awesome comment! Do pick up the palm jaggery on your next visit to Nilgiris 🙂 I will post more recipes for it. You can add it to kheers/payasams too!
I picked up the filter coffee from Mangalore. If you live in Karnataka you can look for Panduranga coffee – we have been using this brand for decades at my mum's place so I can't think of any brand in terms of comparison. Hope it helps!
Hi Shireen! Firstly, what gives that I find your post exactly a month after you've posted it?!… and… while I'm sipping on a freshly brewed godachi kapi myself! I loved your post especially since it went beautifully along with my cuppa & the sentiments of visiting Mangalore last week after years.. My first sip took me right back to the early 80s when my grandmother had taken me along to visit for the first time… Well done!