How to pronounce Sahawiq

Sahawiq is written سحاوق where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /saˈħaːwiq/. In plain English letters that is sa-HAH-wik, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Sahawiq?

Sahawiq is a snack of Yemen. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes spicy and fresh.

Where Sahawiq comes from

Sahawiq is one of 16 signature dishes of Yemen on this map.

• Hulbah حلبة · Snack · Yemen

  Hulbah, or hilbeh, is a condiment made from ground fenugreek seeds, a traditional Yemeni food that is eaten almost every day in Yemen.

• Qishr قشر · Drink · Yemen

  Qishr is a traditional Yemeni hot drink made from the dried husks of the coffee cherry, the outer shell of the fruit of the coffee plant, spiced with ginger and sometimes cinnamon.

• Malooga ملوجة · Bread & pastry · Yemen

  Malooga, or maluj, is a leavened Yemeni flatbread made with flour, cooking oil, yeast, fenugreek and salt.

• Naqe' al-zabib نقيع الزبيب · Drink · Yemen

  Naqe' al-zabib, raisin infusion, is a cold raisin drink from Yemen.

• Khaliat nahl خلية النحل · Dessert · Yemen

  Khaliat al-nahl, beehive, also called honeycomb bread, is a dessert of small, soft bread rolls filled with cheese and arranged close together so that they form a hexagonal pattern like the cells of a honeycomb.

• Saltah سلتة · Main dish · Sanaa

  Saltah is a brown meat stew, maraq, served bubbling in a stone pot, topped with a froth of whipped fenugreek, hulba, and sahawiq, a hot sauce of chillies, tomatoes, garlic and herbs.

Food of Yemen

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