Saltah (Yemeni Soup)

Name: Saltah (Yemeni Soup)
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: fenugreek, a plant that grows in semi-arid regions, abundant throughout much of the Middle East, with nearly a hundred culinary and other uses, and its use extends to India where it is used in some curries; chicken soup (pre-made); ground meat (unspecified, I used beef); oil (olive oil, I suggest); onions; peppers; 1-2 eggs; potatoes (my advice is to use very small ones); lemon; salt; The recipe I accessed did not specify quantities. So it's best to improvise according to intuition and personal taste

emd1943 @cook_1089903

Ibiza (España)

I noticed there wasn't a Yemeni recipe available, and although it's not my specialty, I tried to recall from memory and gather information about a dish I once tried called Saltah. The recipe is only available in English (fortunately) and in a Yemeni newspaper published in English (Yemen Times). There's a whole story behind this recipe. Let's say it's the national dish of Yemen, and its main uniqueness is that it uses fenugreek as a seasoning.

emd1943 @cook_1089903

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Ingredients

50 minutes

4 servings

fenugreek, a plant that grows in semi-arid regions, abundant throughout much of the Middle East, with nearly a hundred culinary and other uses, and its use extends to India where it is used in some curries
chicken soup (pre-made)
ground meat (unspecified, I used beef)
oil (olive oil, I suggest)
onions
peppers
1-2eggs
potatoes (my advice is to use very small ones)
lemon
salt
The recipe I accessed did not specify quantities. So it's best to improvise according to intuition and personal taste

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Steps

50 minutes

1

First, take a reasonable amount of fenugreek and 'dissolve' it in water. Let it sit for an hour.
2

Next, prepare the meat or chicken soup (following any simple recipe you know).
3

Take your ovenproof dish or wok and heat it for 5 minutes with a little olive oil, sauté the onions, then the tomatoes, mixing them together. Next, add the peppers and one or two eggs (you'll have something like a scramble). Now add the potatoes (be mindful of the size, otherwise they won't cook).
4

Mix well again, then add the chicken soup. Add the ground meat. The whole mixture should take about ten minutes to cook. In my opinion, it needs 15 to 20 minutes.
5

Remove the bowl from the heat. Drain the water from your fenugreek (called *Hulbah*) and pour it into the hot dish. (Do not pour the fenugreek water while the bowl is on the heat, or its flavor will turn bitter). The fenugreek will coagulate at the bottom of the dish. Then add the lemon. Mix everything until it becomes a soup. Finally, add salt to taste.
6

Serve it hot.