Shakshoushah

Name: Shakshoushah
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Yemeni
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 4 tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tbsp hawaij spice blend

شكشوشة/shahk-SHOO-shah/

About this dish

A Yemeni version of spiced tomato and egg stew, seasoned with local hawaij spice blend.

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Ingredients

🥚4 eggs

🍅4 tomatoes, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

🌰1 tbsp hawaij spice blend

Method

Serves 4

Sauté onion until softened, then add hawaij and cook until fragrant.

Add chopped tomato and simmer until it forms a thick sauce.

Crack the eggs directly into the sauce.

Cover and cook until the eggs are just set.

Serve hot with bread.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Shakshoushah is the Yemeni take on the wider regional egg-and-tomato dish, distinguished by the use of hawaij spice blend.

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