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Traditional food from Yemeni cuisine
Kubaneh
(
Hebrew
:
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) is a traditional
Yemenite Jewish
bread that is popular in
Israel
. Kubaneh is traditionally baked overnight to be served for
Shabbat
morning accompanied by
haminados
(eggs that are baked in their shells along with the bread), and
resek agvaniyot
(grated tomato).
History
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Although a Jewish community existed in Yemen for thousands of years, only a very small community of Jews remains in Yemen today. Yemenite Jews traditionally made their kubaneh from either
sorghum
flour or
cornmeal
during the regular weekdays, but used wheat flour on Sabbath days and holidays.
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Some would add to the dough either sugar, honey or
black cumin
. Baking was done in a greased pot, tightly sealed, and left to cook overnight. The kub?neh was eaten the following day while it was still hot, and many of the diners have been known to ask for the
qa?eh
? the hard and oily lower crust, known for its delicate taste. During the winter months, some were known to insert in the kub?neh the fatty-tail of sheep, or some other piece of meat, which was baked overnight along with the dough. This was considered a delicacy and was served to women after childbirth.
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Overview
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Kubaneh is a Yemenite Jewish bread baked overnight and eaten for breakfast or
brunch
on
Shabbat
,
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It is baked at a low temperature in a tightly covered container. Ingredients include flour, sugar, salt, and butter (or margarine). Eggs in their shell are sometimes added to the container and served as an accompaniment. Kubaneh is traditionally served with
grated tomatoes
,
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or served with
zhug
,
clarified butter
, and hot pepper-garlic chutney.
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In popular culture
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Kubaneh was featured in the popular Israeli television series, The
Beauty and the Baker
, as the lead character Amos Dahari, played by
Aviv Alush
(who himself is of Yemenite and
Tunisian Jewish
descent) is from a
Yemenite Jewish
family.
See also
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References
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- ^
Rachel Yedid & Danny Bar-Maoz (ed.),
Ascending the Palm Tree ? An Anthology of the Yemenite Jewish Heritage
, E'ele BeTamar: Rehovot 2018, p. 134
ISBN
978-965-7121-33-7
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Avshalom Mizrachi,
The Yemenite Cuisine
, first published in
Bat-Teman
(Heb. "Daughter of Yemen"), edited by Shalom Seri, Tel-Aviv 1993, pp. 97?98 (Hebrew)
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Yosef Qafih
,
Jewish Life in Sana
,
Ben-Zvi Institute
: Jerusalem 1982, p. 210
- ^
Marks, Gil (2010).
Encyclopedia of Jewish Food
. Wiley.
ISBN
9780470391303
.
Archived
from the original on June 26, 2014
. Retrieved
January 21,
2014
.
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a
b
"Shabbat Breakfast Bread (Kubaneh)"
.
Food.com
. December 21, 2004.
Archived
from the original on January 26, 2014
. Retrieved
January 22,
2014
.
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a
b
Rao, Tejal (22 June 2017).
"Before Croissants, There Was Kubaneh, a Jewish Yemeni Delight"
.
New York Times Magazine
.
Archived
from the original on 3 July 2017
. Retrieved
3 July
2017
.
- ^
a
b
"Kubaneh ? Yemeni Jewish breakfast bread"
.
Bread Cakes and Ale (a blog)
. Wordpress. 23 July 2015.
Archived
from the original on 11 December 2017
. Retrieved
18 July
2017
.
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