Saltah
Sanaa's bubbling icon: a fenugreek-whipped meat stew served lava-hot in a stone bowl (maqla), its green froth of whipped fenugreek (hulbah) swirled on top.
What it is
Sanaa's bubbling icon: a fenugreek-whipped meat stew served lava-hot in a stone bowl (maqla), its green froth of whipped fenugreek (hulbah) swirled on top. Ingredients: lamb or beef, onions, tomatoes, garlic, hawaij spice, eggs (optional), sahawiq (tomato-chile-herb salsa), hulbah (soaked fenugreek whipped to foam), rice or flatbread. Recipe: 1) Simmer meat into a rich tomato stew with hawaij. 2) Soak ground fenugreek; whip to a bitter foam. 3) Heat the stone bowl until it screams. 4) Ladle stew in; crown with hulbah and sahawiq. Serve: still erupting, with rashush flatbread torn and dipped — eaten fast and communally. Flavor: bitter-herb froth over deep meat, chile fire. History: saltah is Yemen's national lunch, served in Sanaa's saltah houses where the stone bowls never cool at midday. See also: Fahsa, Mandi (Yemeni).
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