{"id":53530,"date":"2019-12-29T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/?p=53530"},"modified":"2019-12-29T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T10:07:08","slug":"waahid-karak-can-go-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/waahid-karak-can-go-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Waahid \u2018Karak\u2019\u2026 can go a long way."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It will not be an exaggeration if we say that \u2018tea\u2019 fondly known as \u2018Karak\u2019 is the second-most consumed beverage in the UAE, if not the world. However, it does have a special place in the UAE because \u2018Karak\u2019 tea is something that unites Arabs and Expats alike.<\/p>\n<p>Since we can\u2019t get enough of the stuff, we decided to post a recipe of the perfect \u2018Karak\u2019 on our larger than life \u2018Union Coop Blog\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What you\u2019ll need? (Ingredients): <\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>1 Teaspoon black tea, loose (More if you like it strong)<\/li>\n<li>2-4 Cardamom pods, crushed (For the spellbinding aroma)<\/li>\n<li>Small piece of Fresh ginger (Adds to the flavor)<\/li>\n<li>Fresh Milk<\/li>\n<li>Sugar or <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/diabetes-and-artificial-sweeteners-not-an-end-to-sweet-life\/\">sweetener<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Yalla, let\u2019s make Karak:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a saucepan or a pot, add a little water but not a lot.<\/li>\n<li>Turn on the heat and let the water boil, we don\u2019t want the magic to spoil<\/li>\n<li>Then add some ginger, cardamom and tea leaves, in a while you can feel the magic which everyone believes<\/li>\n<li>Once you breathe in the aromatic flavor, add some milk for the perfect color<\/li>\n<li>Let it boil for a little while, then add a little sugar and serve it with a smile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karak\u2019s arrival in the UAE can be traced back to the 1960s and since then, it has been delighting people every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S: \u2018Karak\u2019 means hard or strong in Hindi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to give this blog a <strong>Thumbs<\/strong> <strong>Up<\/strong> and <strong>Share<\/strong> it with your friends to let them know your love for Karak. <strong>Comment<\/strong> to share your experience!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It will not be an exaggeration if we say that \u2018tea\u2019 fondly known as \u2018Karak\u2019 is the second-most consumed beverage in the UAE, if not the world. However, it does have a special place in the UAE because \u2018Karak\u2019 tea is something that unites Arabs and Expats alike. Since we can\u2019t get enough of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":53544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-recipes"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53530\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=53530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53530\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53544\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=53530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=53530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=53530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}