Course | Lunch or dinner |
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Place of origin | Yemen |
Region or state | Hadhramaut |
Main ingredients | Rice, meat (lamb or chicken), saffron and a mixture of Hawaij[1] |
Mandi (Arabic: مندي) is a traditional dish that originated from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen.[2] It consists mainly of meat and rice with a blend of spices, and is cooked in a pit. It is consumed in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula and also found in Egypt, the Levant, Turkey, Kerala and Southeast Asia.