DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Bint al-Sahn
Also known as: بنت الصحن
Yemeni layered bread with honey, ghee and sesame.
About Bint al-Sahn
Bint al-sahn is a Yemeni layered bread often translated as honey cake. Sheba Yemeni Food’s recipe uses egg-rich dough and thin buttered sheets, with sesame selected for the topping.
Butter gives the layers richness, while the honey-and-melted-ghee accompaniment supplies sweetness and further dairy flavour. Salt seasons the dough, and sesame contributes a nutty aromatic note.
The paper-thin, translucent sheets form a flaky bread beneath a golden surface. An egg-yolk wash finishes the top, and the creator describes it as best fresh and warm.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg, Milk, Sesame.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bint al-Sahn
Sheba Yemeni Food’s butter-layered bint al-sahn with sesame.
- Bread flourBase
- EggsBinder
- WaterLiquid
- Melted butterBase
- SaltSeasoning
- YeastBinder
- Sesame seedsTopping
- Egg yolkFinish
- OilCooking medium
- Pan-greasing fatCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- HoneyFinish · Serving
- Melted gheeFinish · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Bread flour: Wheat
- Eggs: Egg
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Melted butter: Milk. Butter selected rather than ghee for dough and layered sheets.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yeast: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sesame seeds: Sesame. Selected instead of black cumin seeds.
- Egg yolk: Egg. Separate egg wash.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only coating on resting dough; botanical source unspecified.
- Pan-greasing fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source explicitly instructs greasing pan but does not name the grease identity; not assumed butter/oil.
- Honey: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Melted ghee: Milk. Intro explicitly serves bread with honey and melted ghee; separate from selected dough/layer butter.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Yemen
- YemenCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Yemeni Cuisine
- Yemeni CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.