Original: In some Middle Eastern countries , coffee and cardamom are often ground in a wooden mortar ; a mihbaj , and cooked together in a skillet ; a '' mehmas '' over wood or gas , to produce mixtures that are as much as forty percent cardamom .
Simplified: In some Middle Eastern countries , coffee and cardamom are often ground in a wooden mortar and cooked together in a mihbaz , an oven using wood or gas , to produce mixtures that are as much as forty percent cardamom .