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Yemeni Saltah

↳ from Sana'a, Yemen

Yemen's national dish: a hot meat stew topped with a frothy fenugreek whip, served in a stone bowl.

History

Saltah is an old Yemeni dish. Fenugreek (hulbah) was a staple of the Arabian south.

Ingredients

  • Lamb or chicken
  • Tomato
  • Onion
  • Potato
  • Fenugreek
  • Garlic
  • Chilli
  • Coriander
  • Bread

How it's made

  1. Cook meat with tomato, onion and spices
  2. Soak and whip fenugreek into a froth
  3. Heat a stone pot and pour in the stew
  4. Top with the froth
  5. Serve with flatbread

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