Traditional Yemeni Cuisine: Dishes and Drinks

Main Meals

• Saltah: Meat/vegetable stew over flatbread (national dish).
• Fahsa: Spicy lamb stew with tomatoes, onions.
• Bint al-sahn: Layered phyllo pastry with cheese, eggs.
• Shakshouka: Eggs poached in spiced tomato sauce.

Snacks & Soups

• Ful medames: Fava beans with cumin, garlic, olive oil.
• Aseed: Lentil soup.
• Harees: Wheat, meat, spices porridge.
• Malawah: Yemeni flatbread.

Desserts

• Baklava: Nut-honey filo pastry.
• Umm ali: Bread pudding with milk, sugar, nuts.
• Kanafeh: Cheese pastry in syrup.

Drinks

• Qahwa: Yemeni coffee.
• Shai: Yemeni tea.
• Laban: Yogurt drink.
• Narjil: Coconut drink.