🇾🇪 Yemen cuisine · #8

Shafoot

Shafoot
Time20 min
Serves4
Ingredients7

Spongy lahoh bread soaked in yoghurt seasoned with garlic, mint and coriander — a refreshing cold Ramadan dish.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Whisk the laban with garlic and salt.
  2. Add chopped herbs and chili.
  3. Layer the lahoh in a dish and soak with laban.
  4. Chill and garnish with pomegranate.
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