Shafuut [شفوت]
August 12, 2011 by lamyaalmas
This is one of my favorite recipes for Ramadan. I actually got it from a Yemeni acquaintance. She made the best Shafoot ever, and I followed her instructions to a T and it turned out great. She gave me the two thumbs up, and that was an honor.
You will need:
1) 3 cloves garlic
2) 1 green chilly pepper
3) 1 whole bunch of cilantro
4) 1 whole bunch of green onions [cut of the while onion part, we just need the green part]
5) 1 whole bunch of mint [just the leaves]
6) 4 red radishes
7) 1 roma tomato
8) juice of one lemon
9) salt to taste
10) 1 tblsp of ground cumin
11) 1 tub of whole yogurt
12) whole milk for thinning
In bender place all of the vegetable with the cumin. Blend well and keep aside. Then using a hand cake mixer, mix the yogurt until smooth. It will be thick, so you need to thin it with the milk. So gradually add a quarter of a cup of milk at a time and keep on mixing until it buttermilk thick and nice and frothy. Add the blended vegetables and keep on mixing with the cake mix. Add the lemon and keep on mixing for a minute or two, while adding salt to taste. Keep on tasting until the salt is to your taste.
Now it is time to make the Lahoh [bread that you will be soaking with the above yogurt mixture]. Use 1 cup of Aunt Jemima pancake mix, and 1/2 cup of white flour, 1tsp of baking powder and water in a blender. Consistency should be like pancake batter. Heat a skillet and make 2-3 thick pancake looking lahoh.
In a serving dish–usually big and flat–spoon some of the yogurt mixture and arrange the pancakes around it [it’s okay to cut the pancakes up to make them fit and cover the whole dish]. Spoon most if not all of the mixture slowly as the pancake soaks it up. You can use it all or most of it [depending on how runny you like it], and store the rest for future use. It stores well for up to one week.
Decorate with pomegranate seeds or green grapes. Enjoy!
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A Yemeniyah's Recipes 
followed this step by step.what a lovely dish !
It is a very lovely dish Brother Sami. I am glad you liked it. Ramadan is coming soon and this is something that i make often. You can’t go wrong with Shafuut on the menu.
Salam, living in Germany and Oman alternately I’m a bit at a loss for Aunt Jemima’s pancake flour… Is there an alternative one can use. The dish looks so nice, I wanna try it.
Sure try the Lahoh recipe on this blog instead. That is what it is traditionally used. Let me know how it turns out .
Salam…where would be better to store the lahooh in fridge or.freeze?
Salaam Yasmin–
Depends on how fast you will use it. If it will be gone within 2-3 days then the refrigerator. Longer then into the freezer it goes. Hope that helps.
Lamya
Assalamu\’alaikum Sis Lamya!
I\’m so delighted to find this blog and especially this recipe! I lived in Sa\’dah for five years but for some reason I never really got the chance to really learn Yemeni food….I guess because I mostly stayed around foreigners, and it\’s something I really regret! Last night at Taraweeh my Yemeni neighbour told me about this dish and so I really wanted to try it. I\’m so delighted to have found your blog! It hasn\’t been easy for me to find Yemeni recipes and I do love to try recipes that are posted by someone on a blog…as it\’s tried and tested. Looking forward to trying lots of your recipes and finally getting to know the Yemeni cuisine!
Salaaam Dr.,
Do you mean the Aunt Jemima pancake mix that says “just add water?”
Thank you!
Salaam Sr. Zainab–
Yes that’s the one i use. Of course you can use Lahoh you make from scratch as well of even the Ethiopian Injera if you have that on hand. But this one –with the Aunt Jemima–really has a distinct taste.
Lamya
A must try recipe this Ramadan in sha Allah! I’m sure it’s exactly the dish the stomach needs after a day of fast, light and refreshing!
How much yogurt in grams you mean in your recipe? And what’s your opinion sister if I use cucumbers instead of radishes as I don’t like them, or just skip both? And also excuse me for so many questions why does it need to add additional flour and backing powder to the pancake mix, can’t I just follow the instruction on the box while preparing pancakes? Also I found the Lahoh recipe on your website. Do the pancakes for this recipe must be same thickness and look?
Jazaki Allah kheir!
If you don’t add flour, it will taste sweet like pancakes do. You may use the lahoh recipe instead if you like. This shafuut makes for a great taste combination as is. If you make changes the taste will change–like the cucumber instead of the radishes. Try it and see if you like it .
The regular shafuut–whose recipe i will post soon–as you will see has very simple ingredients and you can add your own touches. In Sha Allah coming soon.
Lamya
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