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Yemeni cuisine
The cuisine of Yemen is entirely distinct from the more widely known Middle Eastern cuisines. Yemeni cuisine also differs slightly from region to region.

Saltah

Saltah is one of the main dishes widely eaten in Yemen and it is mainly served for lunch. Its base is either a lamb, chicken, or beef; stew and other ingredients are added, but vary from household to household. Other ingredients include cooked rice, scrambled eggs, potatoes, hulbah (a sauce made with fenugreek), beans, chopped meat, and a salsa called sahawqa. It is eaten with flat bread like malooga. It is believed saltah originated in Sana'a and its history dates back one hundred years introduced by the Ottoman Turks occupying Yemen at the time. However, it was the Yemeni additions that made saltah what it is today

Other Yemeni Dishes

Aseed, Fahsa, Thareed, Samak Mofa , Lahm Mandi, Fattah, Shafut, Bint AlSahn, Jachnun Yemeni bread varieties Tawa, Tameez, Laxoox, Malooga, Kader, Fateer, Kudam, Rashoosh, Oshar, Khamira Flat bread is usually baked at home in a tandoor called taboon. Malooga, khubz, and khamira are popular homemade breads. Store-bought pita bread and roti (bread rolls like French bread) are also common.

Mandi (food)

Homecooked mandi, Hadhramaut, YemenMandi is the traditional dish in Hadhramaut, Yemen. It is now very popular in the rest of the Arabian Peninsula and in many other Arab countries such as Egypt and Syria. Mandi is usually made from meat (lamb or chicken), basmati rice, and a mixture of spices. The meat used is usually a young and small sized lamb to enhance the taste further. The main thing which differentiates mandi is that the meat is cooked in the tanoor which is a special kind of oven. Tanoor usually is a hole dug in the ground and covered inside by clay. To cook mandi, dry wood is placed in the tanoor and burned to generate a lot of heat turning into charcoal. Then the meat is suspended inside the tanoor without touching the charcoal. After that, the whole tanoor is closed without letting any of the smoke to go outside. Raisins and pine nuts can be added to the rice as per one's taste. Mandi is considered as the main dish served in special events such as weddings and feasts.

Drinks
Milk Tea (after Qat), Black Tea (with clove, cardamon or mint), Qishr (coffe husks), Qahwa (coffee), Karkadin (dried Karkadin flowers), Naqe'e Al Zabib cold raisin drink, Diba'a squash nectar.Although coffee is extensively cultivated in Yemen, black tea is the beverage of choice. Tea is consumed along with breakfast, after lunch (occasionally with sweets and pastries), and along with dinner. Popular flavorings include cloves with cardamom and mint. A drink made from coffee husks called qishr is also enjoyed.