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Best Fatoot samneh in New York
“Fried flatbread, clarified butter, beaten egg—Yemeni breakfast that Yemenite Jews carried to Israel.”
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Fatoot samneh (Hebrew: פטאוט סמנה) is a dish originating in Yemeni cuisine, consisting of pieces of saluf or malawach (Yemeni flatbreads), or pita, that have been fried in clarified butter and combined with beaten egg. It is commonly served as a breakfast or dinner dish. It was brought to Israel by Yemenite Jews. It is somewhat similar to the Jewish matzah brei or the Mexican-American migas, which are made with matzo, and corn tortillas, respectively, although fatoot samneh is made with pita bread.
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Fatoot samneh arrives at the table as a Yemeni breakfast built on sound logic: pieces of flatbread—saluf, malawach, or pita—fried until they drink up clarified butter, then folded together with beaten egg until everything turns golden and bound. It's the kind of dish that travels well in memory; Yemenite Jews brought it to Israel, where it still anchors mornings and casual dinners with its straightforward richness.
Order it here when it has
- simple, functional ingredients
- dual-meal versatility
- diaspora-rooted tradition
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