DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Fahsa
Shredded beef stew topped with whipped fenugreek and chilli condiment.
About Fahsa
Katherine Abu Hadal’s fahsa saltah is a Yemeni beef stew finished with whipped hulba. This meat version follows the lunchtime staple described by the author, with fresh bread alongside.
Garlic, onion, green chilli, cumin, coriander and turmeric season the beef. The hulba combines fenugreek with a bisbas condiment of chives, garlic and chillies.
The beef breaks into shreds within a slightly thick broth. Whipped fenugreek forms dollops on the bubbling surface, and the stew is served piping hot with bread.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fahsa
Katherine Abu Hadal’s Yemeni beef fahsa with hulba.
- Beef cubesProtein
- OilCooking medium
- GarlicAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- Green chilli pepperSeasoning
- CuminSeasoning
- CorianderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- TurmericSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Ground fenugreekBase
- Green chivesAromatic
- Cumin seedsSeasoning
- Ground corianderSeasoning
- Dried chilliSeasoning
- Fresh breadAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef cubes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Cut unspecified, shredded in actual method.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical origin unspecified.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Stew and linked bisbas allocations consolidated.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green chilli pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Stew and bisbas allocations consolidated.
- Cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main stew form unspecified.
- Coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main stew form unspecified, not forced ground or leaves.
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main stew source unspecified form.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Stew and bisbas allocations.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Stew/conditional broth adjustment, hulba soaking drained and bisbas blend medium.
- Ground fenugreek: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader fenugreek candidate; ground form, exact Yemeni product unknown.
- Green chives: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual bisbas green-chive branch; no mature green-pepper substitute.
- Cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit bisbas seed form, distinct from unspecified stew cumin.
- Ground coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit bisbas ground form, distinct from unspecified stew coriander.
- Dried chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Colour/cultivar unspecified.
- Fresh bread: Wheat (gluten). Standard bread identity; full formula unresolved.
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.