I dedicate this blog to my dear mother Hasna Mohammad Azhar Ramadhan who encouraged my learning in her kitchen at a very young age. I remember, much to her horror, the times when I would drag a chair to the stove and peer curiously into her bubbling pots . I remember, throwing a fit if she so much as put something in the pot without showing it to me first. Yes, all my tantrums were in the kitchen. I learned by smell first and later on by sight–today if it smells like hers then I can give it the two-thumbs up.
Every recipe on this blog, she has either taught me or has been the cause for its inspiration. I still only believe it is good if it tastes EXACTLY like hers–she is my gauge when it comes to cooking. I still ask myself, “What would my mother add to this?” Or “What would my mother do with this piece of meat?” She has taught me more than she will ever know.
May Allah bless her abundantly and grant her the highest level in Jannah. Ameen. Uma I love you and miss you, and dream of the day when I come to visit you in Yemen Insha Allah.
My recipes are divided into:
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Appetizers
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Breakfast and Supper Suggestions
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Entrees
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Desserts
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Cakes
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Breads
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Hot Beverages
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Cold Beverages
A Yemeniyah's Recipes 
Assalam alikum
omg just discovered your website and i’m so excited! you have so many adeni and yemeni dishes that i have been looking for, I just can’t wait to try them out! As soon as i try one out you’ll hear from me, thank you so much for posting these recipes, take care xx
Arrwa
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Arrwa–
Insha Allah I will be posting some more as soon as I have a minute here insha Allah. Glad to know that you have found what you are looking for. Feel free to ask me for recipes, so I can ask around, try them out, and post them insha Allah. Also, do share your thoughts, and the recipes that you try out from here. Jazaaki Allah Khayr Arrwa for your encouraging comments.
Lamya
السلام عليكم دكتور لمياء
من فضلك بحثت كثيرا عن موقع يشرح طرق عمل أكلات يمنيه
وتحديدا السلته اكون شاكرا جدا اا
ان تنصحيني عن الموقع المقصود
شاكرا لأهل اليمن ولسعادتك
اسامه محمد
وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته
شكرا لزيارتك للموقع –نعم وصفتي للسلتة موجودة. هي على هذا الرابط
https://yemeniyah.com/2010/07/25/yemeni-salta/
إذا في سوءال أو إستفسار أنا موجودة إنشاءالله . تحية من أهل اليمن.
لمياء
Mar7aba Dr Lamya,
I am soooooooo glad that i came across a yemeni food blog!! Im an emirati/yemeni living in Abu Dhabi and been to yemen twice. I fell in love San3ani food when i went there last summer.
Please feel free to visit my new food blog http://blog.lgeimatjunkies.com/ or contact me via email. I like to keep in touch with arab foodies :)
Se7a w 3afia 7abibty.
Shaima
Marhaba Shaima Habeebtee– You’re very welcome. I am still adding on recipes as i go along. Thank you for including your blog, would love to keep in touch. Lamya
Salam Aleikum sis, I loveeee your blog and looking forward to more posts soon inshaAllah =)
Wa Alaikum Assalaam–Thank you :) for the encouragement–i will be posting more insha Allah.
Salam,
I am so glad to have found your blog! Thank you for your carefully laid out recipes. I am from Sanaa but living in the US, would love to get recipes for the yemeni breads ‘dhamool’ and ‘malooj’. We miss them dearly :)
Thanks again and Ramadan Mubarak!
Salaam–
I am so glad to have found you as well :D Welcome to my blog. You’re very welcome, and know that whatever Yemeni recipe I can get my hands on, try out and works well I will post insha Allah. Ramadan Mubarak to you insha Allah and insha Allah will be on the hunt for recipes for Dhamool and MalooJ insha Allah.
Lamya
Salam:) Greetings from Denmark. What a great blog..I just googled “aseed” for fun and didnt expect to find a blog about yemeni food…Finally a place where people understand the words aseed, hulba, katlees etc.
Your story reminds me of my mothers story, who also learned to cook the way you did. My sisters and brothers have mashallah picked up my mothers cooking skills but unfortunately I was more interested in eating than cooking:)
Buuut now I think its time to try some of your recipes, so that I can surprise the Fam.
Do you have a “lahooh” recipe? I once tried to follow my mothers instructions, but its difficult to get it right when you dont know the exact amount to put in and you dont “cook with love” as my dad would say:)
Shukraan:)
Afwan. Thanks for visiting the Blog Dija :) Insha Allah will be posting lahoh and more recipes soon as soon as my husband finalizes things in Minnesota and moves to Alabama where i currently am. Need someone to eat what i cook, and my husband is that person :) I needed a blog like this, and waited too long for it to happen and decided to do it on my own. Hope to visit Yemen and pick up some new recipes insha Allah. We need to preserve our cuisine, and mine is but a humble attempt to do so.
Salam Aleikum sis. I received this comment in my email and was hoping it was a new recipe! lol InshaAllah your hubby is home soon because I am waiting for some new recipes as well :-)
Dr. Lamya,
I’m so thrilledy to have come across your Blog, I have been searching for Yemeni recipes on the internet for so long now, you have an awesome website and I will try as many recipes as I possibly can.
I’m also fascinated with you in person, I went ahead and called my dad to ask if he knew you or your family. My parents were both raised in Aden and know many Adeni families, my dad’s name is Abdulla Abdulwali Nasher and my mom’s Ilham Basahi. I currently live in Mississippi, perhaps one day we’ll get a chance to meet.
God Bless you and thanks for a wonderful blog :)
Maha Nasher
I am so thrilled that you found it :) Insha Allah you enjoy cooking the many dishes, and insha Allah planning on putting more up. You know Aden is so small that it always seems to me that everyone knows one another. I would not be surprised if our families knew one another. Nasher is a familiar name :)
I currently live in Alabama, so we’re close actually . I hope insha Allah we meet someday. In the meantime are you on facebook? If so add me, here’s the link to my profile http://www.facebook.com/lamya.almas so we can share our Adeni roots.
salam
Inshallah (about what you said about your mother). Sounds like a very nice mother… I feel the same way with my mother. Alhamdullah she lives a couple streets away from me. I hope u get to see your mother soon in yemen. I know she is proud of you, and these are very good receipes.. i will be visiting the site all the time. subscribed and bookmarked it also…
Jazaaki Allah Khayr Sarah. Insha Allah yes I get to see my parents soon. Miss them so much. Let me know how your recipes turn out, I am always happy to hear the success stories. My aim is to preserve Yemeni cuisine insha Allah and can’t wait to go back to Yemen for a visit and learn some more and bring them back to you all and post them on my blog.
I am so glad to have found your website. My husband is from Yemen and while I have managed to piece together my own versions of foods I’ve had while visiting in Yemen, it is nice to see them in print and see what that little something mine was missing is! I love cooking salta, kebda, shashooka, fuul and kabsa for him. It is mostly what we eat now in our home all the time as he won’t eat american food. Even when I make a meatloaf, he’ll try to turn it into salta…lol
Hello Teresa :
I am so glad you found us :) Let me know if you have any questions.
Lamya
Um Ibrahim,
Hi, I just came across your website and I am excited to use your recipes. As a Yemenia born in the USA, I can only make a handful of yemeni recipes. Could you put a recipe for Ma3soob? Would love to try it.
Ramdan Mubarak Umm Ibrahim–
So glad you found the blog and can now make more Yemeni dishes. I will ask around and experiment with a few Ma3soob recipes and insha Allah decide on one to post. So insha Allah soon.
Lamya
Asalamu Alaykum sister Lamya
Ramadhaan Mubarak
I’m a somali sister from the UK , and i adore the yemeni middle eastern cuisine ,I’m glad i found your website ,your recipes seem very exciting and yummy and I’m aiming to attempt making all the recipes Insha’Allah ehehe :)
Looking forward for more recipes insha’Allah.
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Umm Taymiyyah —
Very happy to hear this. Let me know how your dishes turn out :)
Lamya
Ramadan kareem and just because I enjoy your blog: http://wp.me/p2BXYh-aN
Thank you so much :)
Lamya
Thank you!
Salam. Mabrook on this lovely website. Cant wait to try these. Could I just ask are you based in the UK or USA. I’m just wondering if I can get some of the ingredients here in UK. Thank you & keep posting :)
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Saba–
Thank you :)
I am based in the USA but I am sure most of the ingredients are available in the UK.
Lamya
Salaam alaikum waraxma tullahi wabarakatu
I am looking for a recipies for a yemeni traditional meal
Fatat Tamer this one consist of yemeni breadcrumb mixed with dates, second meal called Fatat Samin consist of yemeni breadcrumbs mixed with honey, thrid meal called Fatat mouz consist of yemeni breadcrumbs mixed with bananas can someone please do tutorial guide steps on how to make this thanks you
Salaam alaikum waraxma tullahi wabarakatu
I am looking for a recipies for a yemeni traditional meal
Fatat Tamer this one consist of yemeni breadcrumb mixed with dates, second meal called Fatat Samin consist of yemeni breadcrumbs mixed with honey, thrid meal called Fatat mouz consist of yemeni breadcrumbs mixed with bananas can someone please do tutorial guide steps on how to make this thanks you
salam alaikum ,
just found this page am so grateful to you for taking time to do it my husband s yemeni and i just told him about it as he so much misses yemeni food jazakAllah khairan cant wait to try some of these recipes tomorrow inshAllah Safiyah.
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Safiyah ,
Wa Iyakum. Happy cooking insha Allah and let me know if there’s anything i can help you with.
Lamya
Hi Dr. Almas
Thank you for this blog. I’ve been searching for one & this is really amazing. I was curious if you had a salta recipe. I’m not seeing one but I also understand if you don’t given I’m not sure they make salta in Aden, I could be wrong though.
Hi –
Glad you found my blog.
I do have a salta recipe on the blog. You can type in what you are looking for in the search box.
Here’s the link for the salta:
https://yemeniyah.com/2010/07/25/yemeni-salta/
Best,
Lamya
Assalamualaikum,
Do you have the recipe for Roast Lamb (haneez) with rice?
There is a well known Yemeni Restaurant in NYC called Yemen Cafe and its their signature dish. Slow roasted lamb with rice and a kind of vegetable puree.
What kind of spices do they use in the lamb?
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Br. Mehdi–
Haneed has the usual ground spice mixture of cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamon, and black pepper.
Usually Handeed doesn’t have a puree to it–but it is roasted as you mentioned and is served roasted on rice. The stew is called Aqda and i have a recipe for it on my blog. Let me know if you can’t find it.
I plan on making Haneed soon and insha Alalh will post.
Lamya
thank you very much for the nice recipes. My husband is from Yemen, living in Europe and I prepare his favorite food from your site.thank you for being there.
Hello Teddy,
You’re very welcome Teddy. Do share your experiences by commenting on the recipes :)
Lamya
Hi!
Can u please show us how to make zoum. It’s a Yemeni white soup that we pour over Aseed. Thank u!
Will do insha Allah Fatima.
Lamya
one of my friends wife made it with Red-dough Asseed! can you imagine I will ask him for receipe!
Once I get my hands on a good recipe will do . Thanks for the suggestion.
Lamya
Salaam sister! Thank you so much for this page! It helps me so much since my husband is from Yemen and often misses his home dishes. Keep up the good work!! :)
Thank you Jessica. I am glad my blog has been of help to you. Thanks for visiting it and for commenting as well.
Let me know about your experiences using the recipes :)
Lamya
OMG, you’re amazing! love ur recipes. Please don’t put down ur blog. Thanks. Asma
salam
do you know of anything called madgood/mal’yoot something related to pressurized chicken? can you share the recepie?
I am so happy I found your website! I am from Yemen (well, my father is) and spent some of my childhood in Sanaa and Aden. And while I loved everything about Aden what I miss most is the food. I have been looking for some of the recipes (eg. Attar) in here for ages but usually couldn’t because I had the spelling wrong. And to finally find them so amazingly collected, I could just kiss you right now! :) Thank you.
Awww thank you Maria. So glad you found when you needed. That was the reason for putting up the blog in the first place. Alhamdullilah.
Lamya
As-Salâmu ‘aleykum wa rahmatUllâhi wa barakatûh!
I just love your blog, mashaAllah! I use it to dream myself away to Yemen <3 I'm swedish but I were married to an Adeni :D
Just made my kids khameer this morning ;)
Love, Nathalie
Wa ‘Alaykum Assalaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,
Thank you dear Nathalie :)
Love,
Lamya
Hi,
One yemeni dish I struggle with is akda. If I ever buy some from a yemeni restaurant, I usually buy chicken akda and it is so amazing because its quite thick with all the veg in it (unlike sanoona being slighly watery/curry like). Just wondering if you have a recipe for this please let me know. This website is fab by the way xx
Thank you Nasma :)
As soon as i get my hands on one, I’ll be sure to make it and post it Insha Allah.
By the way, my Sanuna is never watery. I hate watery Sanuna, i make mine thick ALWAYS!
Lamya
I really love ur dishes your are a pro Masha Allah. Am from Djibouti and i share ur recipes with my friends. I love you!!!! I would like you to post how to make atriya and labinya (yemeni custurd) I saw they make it with biscuit marry layers
Thank you Ouma. I do have the recipe for Labaniyah and this is the link, and yes you can layer the Marie Biscuits underneath if you like and then add some whipped cream on top and garnish with ground pistachios: https://yemeniyah.com/2011/07/01/labaniyyah-custard-adeni-style/
The Attriyah was on my blog but i can’t seem to find it. I’ll put it up there soon In Sha Allah.
Lamya
Salaam alaikum lamya. I am married to a yemeni and he loves his food mashaAllah, and I have tried to learn some recipes or tried to copy your recipes but I always seem to mess it up or just not do it right. I never really cooked before I met my husband and still (3 years on) struggle to cook. Have you got any tips or anything that helped you when you learned to cook that could help me?
jazakAllah khair and May Allah bless you for your amazing contributions and recipes :)
Wa Alaikum Assalaam Aisha ,
Start with lots of dua.
You have the motivation and desire to learn that’s a plus always . Follow the recipes you acquire carefully — make no additions is what I learned. Also, while learning a new recipe from someone if they don’t measure measure while they are teaching me , take notes and practice right away ( the following day if possible). And above all if you don’t get it right the first time , try and try again.
Talk to your husband and tell him to be patient , to support and encourage you in your endeavor to learn and please his palette In Sha Allah . That always helps as well .
Happy cooking !
Lamya
Salaam
i have really liked you blog.
Salaam Dr.Lamya,
Thank you so much for this blog. I am Yemeniah living in Belgium and currently wa7mah (early pregnancy cravings) and all I want is mom’s food who is unfortunately living far away. I’m going to make every dish on this blog (God help me). Do you have the recipy of Khameer? It’s Adani sweet fried dough that is lovely with shahi Mulaban, mmmm. God bless you!
Wa Alaikum Assalam Rosy,
So glad to hear from you and glad to hear that my blog is helping someone. May Allah make your pregnancy easy In Sha Allah.
I do have the recipe for Khameer. Just type in Khameer in the search box and it should come up. It’s one of my favorites too. Enjoy! May Allah bless you too.
Lamya
Can you please tell me how to make assid? I have not cooked Yemeni in many years and now have a need to prepare some of these delicious dishes. I have also forgotten how to prepare Yemeni chicken soup too. Can you please help? Thank you. Fran Ahmed
Hello Fran,
Here’s the aseed recipe: https://yemeniyah.com/2010/07/25/aseeda-north-yemeni-style/
As for the Yemeni chicken soup, just replace this with chicken:https://yemeniyah.com/2012/01/16/maraq-yemeni-soup/
hope this helps, and let me know if you have any more questions.
Lamya
Thanx for sharing all tge yemeni recepies. I was in Sanaa a couple of years ago and one of my friends took me to cafe hamraa… Where we had a dish called “Haneez”. It was very delicious.
If you can send me the receipe of that dish… Much appriciated! Thanx
Salam Lamya, I am an Adeniah born and raised here in the US. I’ve tried most of the foods on your blog but was always to shy to ask for the recipes and my parents aren’t the most patient. Also it’s harder because I know us Yemenis eye everything out. Anyhow, I am beyond excited to try your recipes. Ramadan Mubarak & God Bless
I love to cook especially when it comes to food from the old country. Soooo I’m sure you can imagine my excitement when i came across your blog and had all these once lost and forgotten receipes refreshed in my mind. I feel motivated and have a new found apetite to cook. Thank you ps i apreciate the blog
Wonderful! Cook away and enjoy. I am so glad to hear this Abdesattar.
When I was in Saudi Arabia I used to eat a Yemeni dish we used to call “Burma”, which consisted of mutton pieces cooked on a slow fire for a very long time and served with rice. It was delicious. I have now left Saudi and back home.Please tell me what the recipe is as my children loved it and keep asking for it.
Hello Vincent,
Burma is Lamb Shank cooked into a clay pot. I will have to try it and experiment with it and post it. It’s one of my favorites too, as it is my husband’s.
Lamya
Bermah
Clay pot sealed (this is the bermah)
Lamb
Bed if onions and veggies for flavour
Yemeni hawaij —google how to make it or buy it
Add but of water then let simmer for hours normally in tandory tanor clay oven after the fire is burnt out and only coal left.
Easy
Thank you Murad.
Hello there, your blog is ever soo lovely maashaaAllah. I’m engaged to a Yemeni and I’m Algerian.. I wanted to ask what would you suggest for me to learn and cook?, perhaps Yemen’s most well known/popular dish?, he will be coming soon with his parents and so I thought this would be a nice idea.. hope to hear from you soon inshaaAllah
Hello Nabila,
Jazaki Allah Khayr. Thank you so much. Where is your husband from? I can then tell you what is popular In Sha Allah.
Also, ask your husband what he prefers. My husband likes some Yemeni dishes and not others, so it is a matter of taste.
Lamya