Yemen recipes food

Foods served on special occasions evoke emotion. The smell, taste, and appearance transport you back to fun family festive gatherings.

Yemeni cuisine is one of the most important, richest and diverse Arab cuisines, as it combines a large number of foods and meals that represent the

Akram Said, a chef from New York, shares his mother’s recipe for chicken zorbiyan, and the journey to her homeland.

Sorry for my lack of posting lately, we are in the middle of packing the house for our move back to Jordan and things are overwhelming, to say the least. To make up for my absence I am sharing a MUST try recipe if you are a fan of spices: Mandi our Arabic flavor recipe…

Want help making the best Yemeni lamb haneeth you can? Discover the two things you can do that will make all the difference.

Shakshouka is a beloved skillet egg dish popular all over North Africa and the Middle East. We’ve made shakshouka before – the kind that is rather like a tomato sauce with poached eggs inside (and, by the way, yum!) – but Yemen makes shakshouka differently. For starters, they include spices like cumin, turmeric, cardamom, and clove. They also add hot green chili peppers for kick. Anything from an anaheim to a jalepeno would work well for this recipe. I’m a half hot pepper kind of gal…

Yemeni cuisine is as surprisingly diverse as the landscape of a country I visited in its last days of stability. Although the security situation has

A Yemeni “honey cake” made of layered flaky bread and brown butter, and served warm with authentic Yemeni honey. This is MY FAVORITE dish from my culture, and we eat it every eid morning or when we have guests over! I learned it from my mom, and it takes a lot of patience to get the dough right to be able to layer it like that. It’s difficult but I would love for you all to try it! Want more Middle Eastern desserts? You've got to try Warbat or Mamool Date Cookies!

This is standard Yemeni soup. You will practically be ordering this if you ask for “Maraq” in a Yemeni restaurant, anywhere in the world. It’s served with fresh slices of lemon or…

Yemeni Fish with Rice and Sahawiq is a delicious and flavorful combination of marinated, and baked fish served over a bed of fluffy rice and paired with a tantalizing sauce known as Sahawiq.