Shafoot

{{short description|Traditional Yemeni appetizer}}

{{Infobox Prepared Food

|name=Shafoot

|image=Shafoot with Vegetables.jpg

|caption=Shafoot with vegetables

|country=Yemen

|type=

|main_ingredient= Lahooh or shredded bread, hakeen or yogurt, leek, sahawiq

}}

{{Arab cuisine}}

Shafoot ({{langx|ar|شفوت}}) also known as shafuta, is a traditional and very popular appetizer food in Yemen.{{Cite web|url=https://yemeniyah.com/2011/08/12/shafuut/|title=Shafuut [شفوت]|date=2011-08-12|website=A Yemeniyah's Recipes|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}} It is typically made of lahoh (a sourdough flatbread) or shredded bread, haqeen (traditional buttermilk) and yogurt, sahawiq and leek. Shafoot is served cold as it is kept in the refrigerator after mixing its ingredients for some time so that the lahoh absorbs the liquid added into it. It is widely eaten in the north part of Yemen, especially during the month of Ramadan.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC&pg=PA55|title=Yemen|last=McLaughlin|first=Daniel|date=February 2008|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=9781841622125|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/the-middle-eastern-appetizer-thats-perfect-for-summertime-noshing/2017/07/10/6127e988-51de-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html|title=The middle Eastern appetizer that's perfect for summertime noshing|work=Washington Post}}