Yemen Recipes

10 authentic Yemen recipes with ingredients, method, cooking time and calories.

All Yemen dishes

• Saltah — Yemen's national dish — bubbling meat stew crowned with whipped fenugreek froth.
• Mandi — Smoky spiced rice and lamb, traditionally cooked in an underground oven.
• Zurbian — Fragrant lamb and rice layered with yogurt, saffron and potatoes.
• Fahsa — Shredded lamb stew served bubbling in a stone pot with fenugreek.
• Bint Al Sahn — Honey cake of paper-thin buttered layers, drenched in honey and nigella.
• Haneeth — Slow-roasted lamb, spice-rubbed and falling from the bone.
• Masoub — Mashed ripe banana and bread with cream, honey and dates.
• Aseed — Smooth wheat dough dome served with a well of meat broth.
• Shafut — Cool yogurt and herb sauce poured over layered lahoh bread.
• Yemeni Kabsa — Spiced rice with chicken, tomato and warm baharat.