Fasha is a Yemeni stew that is made with different types of meats, vegetables and spices. It is the most popular and traditional dish in Yemen. Yemeni people eat this dish with rice or bread. It is eaten as dinner or launch dish. Fahsa is also called Salta. So the Yemeni fahsa recipe is-
Ingredients
- Lamb meat ( 1 and 1/2 kg )
- Onion ( 1 )
- Tomatoes ( 5 )
- Green Onions ( 3 )
- Coriander leaves ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Garlic paste ( 2 tbsp )
- Garlic cloves ( 3 )
- Green chilli ( 5 )
- Fenugreek powder ( 1 and 1/2 tbsp )
- Turmeric powder ( 1 tsp )
- Cumin seeds ( 1 and 1/2 tsp )
- Coriander seeds ( 1 and 1/2 tsp )
- Cardamoms ( 5 )
- Cinnamon sticks ( 7 )
- Cloves ( 7 )
- Black peppercorn ( 1 and 1/2 tbsp )
- Sunflower oil ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Hot water ( 16 cup )
- Normal temperature water ( 1 cup )
- Lemon juice ( 1 tbsp )
- Salt ( 1 tbsp or as your taste )
Methods
- Firstly, cut the onion, tomatoes, green onions and coriander leaves into small pieces.
- Then, blend the tomato pieces, garlic clove, and green chili with a blender or food processor.
- Then, tomato paste will be made.
- Then, blend the coriander leaves, garlic clove, green chili with a blender or food processor.
- Then, green salsa will be made.
- Then, blend the tomato, coriander leaves, green chilli, and garlic with a blender or food processor.
- Then, red salsa will be made for topping.
- Then, soak the fenugreek powder in the normal temperature water for 20 minutes.
- Then, strain the soaked fenugreek with a strainer.
- Then, mix the soaked fenugreek with a hand mixer.
- Then, put the fenugreek paste in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Then, again mix the fenugreek paste with a hand mixer until it becomes foamy texture.
- Then, add the green salsa, lemon juice to the foamy fenugreek paste and mix it very well with a spoon.
- Then, fenugreek paste is ready for the topping of the stew.
- Then, grind the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon sticks, and black peppercorn with a grinder.
- Then, spice powder will be made.
- Then, put the sunflower oil, onion, tomato pieces, lamb meat, tomato paste, turmeric powder, spice powder, salt, coriander leaves in the pan and cook it for 5 minutes.
- Then, add the hot water to the pan and cook it for 2 hours.
- Then, shred the lamb meat by hand.
- Then, again put the sunflower oil, green onion, shredded lamb meat, spice powder in another pan and cook it for 10 minutes.
- Then, add the stew broth to the pan and cook it for 2 minutes.
- Then, fahsa will be made.
- Lastly, serve this delicious fahsa with fenugreek paste and red salsa.
Chicken Fahsa Recipe
The chicken fahsa recipe is very easy and quick than other fahsa recipes. So the recipe of this easy and quick dish is-
Ingredients
- Chicken pieces ( 10 )
- Onion ( 1 )
- Tomatoes ( 1 )
- Green Onions ( 5 )
- Coriander leaves ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Tomato paste ( 2 tbsp )
- Garlic paste ( 2 tbsp )
- Garlic cloves ( 1 )
- Green chilli ( 4 )
- Fenugreek powder ( 1 and 1/2 tbsp )
- Potato ( 1 )
- Carrot ( 1 )
- Zucchini ( 1 )
- Bell pepper ( 1 )
- Turmeric powder ( 1 tsp )
- Cumin seeds ( 1 and 1/2 tsp )
- Coriander seeds ( 1 and 1/2 tsp )
- Cardamoms ( 4 )
- Cinnamon sticks ( 5 )
- Cloves ( 6 )
- Black peppercorn ( 1 and 1/2 tbsp )
- Sunflower oil ( 1 and 1/2 cup )
- Hot water ( 12 cup )
- Normal temperature water ( 1 cup )
- Lemon juice ( 1 tbsp )
- Salt ( 1 tbsp or as your taste )
Methods
- Firstly, cut the onion, tomatoes, green onions, potato, carrot, zuchini, bell pepper and coriander leaves into small pieces.
- Then, blend the coriander leaves, garlic clove, green onion, green chilli with a blender or food processor.
- Then green salsa will be made.
- Then, soak the fenugreek powder in the normal temperature water for 20 minutes.
- Then, strain the soaked fenugreek with a strainer.
- Then, mix the soaked fenugreek with a hand mixer.
- Then, put the fenugreek paste in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Then, again mix the fenugreek paste with a hand mixer until it becomes foamy texture.
- Then, add the lemon juice to the foamy fenugreek paste and mix it very well with a spoon.
- Then, fenugreek paste is ready for the topping of the stew.
- Then, grind the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon sticks, and black peppercorn with a grinder.
- Then, spice powder will be made.
- Then, put the sunflower oil, onion, tomato pieces, potato pieces, carrot pieces, chicken, tomato paste, turmeric powder, spice powder, salt, coriander leaves in the pan and cook it for 5 minutes.
- Then, add the hot water, zucchini pieces, bell pepper pieces to the pan and cook it for 25 minutes.
- Then, shred the chicken by hand.
- Then, again put the sunflower oil, green onion, shredded chicken, spice powder in another pan and cook it for 10 minutes.
- Then, add the stew broth to the pan and cook it for 2 minutes.
- Then, fahsa will be made.
- Lastly, serve this delicious and healthy chicken fahsa with fenugreek paste and green salsa.
The above recipes are all authentic Yemeni fahsa recipe. We can cook this fahsa at home by following the given recipes and serve this fahsa to our special guests.
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Hello, My name is Nahla Neveen. I love cooking and eating. So I cook different countries’ dishes every day. I also experiment with how to cook in an easy, quick and healthy way.