Shibam (Elston & Lawrence)

Made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.

Cooked eggplant with onions, tomatoes, olive oil and various seasonings.

Chicken or lamb, tomatoes and onions wrapped in tortilla.

A doubled pancake, filled with roasted eggs, tomatoes, herbs and spices.

Mint Yogurt.

Broth soup made from mutton or goat served with a slice of lemon.

Generally pretty simple and includes lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and sometimes carrots. sometimes there is no dressing on top and other times there is a simple yogurt or tomato dressing.

A red or white kidney bean dish with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables and spices.

A dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, potatoes, often spiced with cumin. There are many versions that range from looking like normal scrambled eggs with tomato and onion to the poached eggs.

Bread soup mixed with meat broth and cooked vegetables. Can also be made a dessert with sweet ingredients like dates and honey.

Yemeni style spaghetti.

Soy beans cooked with tomatoes, onions, garlic, hot green pepper and spices.

Our National dish. made of brown stew, a dollop of fenugreek froth and mixture of chillies, tomatoes. garlic and herbs. Rice, potatoes, scrambled eggs, and vegetables are common additions to this dish.

Mixed stew of lamb, chicken or fish together with tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, and other vegetables.

A traditional dish in Yemen native, especially to hadramaut province. It is made from meat lamb in small pieces or chicken: half chicken per plate, basmati rice and mixture of spices.

Colored spicy rice mixed with lamb meat or chicken. Comes with rice salad.

Slowly cooked and roasted.

Stew made of lamb cutlets with spices and fenu Greek.

Bedouin style tender lamb on the bone slow cooked with khubz traditional Yemeni bread on rice.

Lamb or goat meat covered with spices and banana leaves and then grilled.

Beef or lamb dish made distinctly with the most expensive spice in the world, saffron. Rice, beef or lamb, and spices are all cooked simultaneously in the pot together.

Lamb meat cooked with vegetables, tomatoes, sauce and spices.

Made with large and thick chunks of king fish with tomato sauce and other vegetables.

Grilled fish covered with spicy tomato sauce.

Grilled or roasted fish with lemon slices.

Grilled lamb pieces, comes either with rice or khubz bread.

Grilled chicken pieces, comes either with rice or bread.

Small lamb bits cooked with diced tomatoes, cilantro, and well seasoned giving it unique savouring taste.

Shrimp with broth and cooked vegetables.

A sweet and savory banana based Yemeni dessert made from a base of over ripe bananas or dates, and ground flatbread with cream, cheese and honey.

Pastry with butter in between each layer with Yemeni honey and black sesame seeds on top.