Sweet hawaij is cozy, fragrant, and the perfect addition to winter beverages, baking, and more.
Last month, I tried my first pumpkin spice latte . Actually, it was half of a PSL, because I was defeated by its cloying sweetness before I could finish. Suffice to say I won’t be ordering another any time soon, but it did make me think about—and crave—pumpkin spice’s punchier, less basic cousin: hawaij.
Pronounced “hu-why-adge," hawaij refers to two, distinct Yemenite spice blends, one sweet and one savory. Hawaij means “mixture” in Arabic and has long been a staple in the Yemenite-Jewish kitchen where the savory version—a blend of cumin, coriander, , black pepper, and cardamom—is used most often for soup. But it’s the sweet one, coined “hawaij for coffee,” that I’ve found to be the perfect spice for winter sipping, baking, and more.Much like my first cigarette, the first time I tried hawaij involved acting cool while stifling the need to cough. Only instead of a rugged bartender, I was trying to impress a balding seventy-year-old Yemenite man named Shlomo, a coffee shop owner in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter.
Ginger and cardamom are always front and center in this warming, heady mix which, more often than not, features cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Some blends, like
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