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Shafout

Name: Shafout
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Yemen
Ingredients: 400g Plain yogurt; 4 (or naan) Lahoh; 1 clove Garlic; 1 handful Fresh mint leaves; A pinch Cilantro; 1 Green Chili Pepper; 1/2 Cucumber; 100ml Milk; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Soft lahoh soaked with yogurt mixed with herbs and garlic — a cold Ramadan dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Shafout is a cold dish essential for breaking the Ramadan fast in Yemen: lahoh flatbread is layered in a dish and soaked with yogurt mixed with garlic, mint, cilantro, and green chili. Refreshing and gentle on the stomach, it's beloved as one of the first things eaten after a day of fasting.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dusk during Ramadan, among the dishes laid out on the floor of a Yemeni home is a big platter of yogurt scattered with green herbs as the family waits for sunset.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plain yogurt 400g
Lahoh 4 (or naan)
Garlic 1 clove
Fresh mint leaves 1 handful
Cilantro A pinch
Green Chili Pepper 1
Cucumber 1/2
Milk 100ml
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the yogurt and milk and add grated garlic and salt.
Finely chop the mint, cilantro, and green chili and mix half into the yogurt.
Tear the lahoh and layer in a dish, then pour over the yogurt sauce to soak in.
Scatter with diced cucumber and the remaining herbs.
Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes before eating.

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