Our Arab Breakfast (With Gluten Free Option) Recipe - Food.com

Ingredients

• 3 orange pekoe tea bags (I use Tetley tea bags)
• 2 1/2 cups water
• heavy cream (or half-and half)
• 6 teaspoons white sugar (to taste)
• 7 cardamom pods, crushed slightly
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (A good quality please!)
• halloumi cheese (Haloom, Arabic, hellim -Turkish)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (to be gluten free I use white rice flour or a mix with tapioca starch in 1/2 the amount)
• 1 lemon, cut in half
• 1 large pita bread (1 bag, Do NOT use if gluten free)
• rice crackers (optional, for the gluten free)
• 1/4 cup butter, sliced
• yogurt cheese balls in oil or goat feta cheese, sliced
• assorted gourmet olive
• hummus (homemade or store bought, ours tends to be the later)
• assortment fresh fruit, cut up into chunks (lovely sprinkled with orange blossom water & sugar if needed)