Saltah

Name: Saltah
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Yemen
Ingredients: 400g lamb, cubed; 2 potatoes, diced; 2 tomatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp cumin; 3 tbsp hulba fenugreek froth; 2 tbsp zhug green chilli paste; flatbread to serve

Yemen

Yemen's most iconic dish. The fenugreek froth — hulba — is unique to Yemeni cooking and gives saltah its identity.

Yemen's national dish — a bubbling stew of meat and vegetables topped with fenugreek froth and zhug chilli paste, served in a stone bowl.

Photo: Rania al-Bahara

Prep

20 mins

Cook

40 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

380 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400glamb, cubed

2potatoes, diced

2tomatoes, diced

1onion, diced

1 tspturmeric

1 tspcumin

3 tbsphulba fenugreek froth

2 tbspzhug green chilli paste

flatbreadto serve

Method

Simmer lamb with onion, tomato, potato, turmeric and cumin until tender, 30 minutes.

Transfer to a stone bowl. Heat until bubbling.

Add hulba froth on top. Add zhug.

Serve sizzling with flatbread for dipping.

Chef's Tip

The stone bowl retains heat and keeps saltah bubbling at the table — a regular bowl loses this effect.

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