Yemeni Cuisine

Yemeni cuisine is the food culture of Yemeni Arabs. It is mainly found in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

Yemeni Arabic is spoken by Arabs in Yemen and surrounding areas, and it’s especially dominant in western Yemen.

Breads and other foods may be cooked in a type of wood-burning clay oven called tanur(تنور).

Sanaa(صَنْعَاء) is a cultural center.

Ingredients

rice

fenugreek

Some of the oldest records of coffee use are in modern Yemen.

fish

chicken and sheep most common meats; beef

dairy, especially buttermilk

salted, fermented butter(سمن smen)

Dishes

• mulawah bread(خبز ملوح khubz mulawah): wheat flatbread, typically cooked in a clay oven
• hulbah(حلبة): ground fenugreek condiment
• mandi(مندي): seasoned meat and rice cooked in a pit oven
• fahsa(فحسة): lamb stew
• saltah(سلتة): meat and vegetable stew seasoned with hulbah and spices
• coffee