Smen

smen

butter

Paaloŋ	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen
Country of origin	Morocco
Made from material	butter

Smen ( yi la a Arabic paaloŋ poɔ, ka ba mine a boɔlɔ ka سمن or سمنة ka mine meŋ boɔlɔ ka sman, semn, semneh, or sminn), a boma ama maaloo e la boma ba naŋ maŋ de myɛnnoo a sɔ a bondiraa ŋa, a bondirii ama maaloo yi la a North Afrika paaloŋ poɔ, (Algeria, Moroɔcan ane Tunisian paaloŋ meŋ poɔ), a be yoŋ naane a paaŋ poɔ ne a Yemeni bondirii naŋ e ba saakompare yipɔge bondirii. Tatenne aseŋ Jordan ane Lebanon, samneh paaloŋ poɔ e la zie bee paaloŋ kaŋa ne a ba butter naŋ da boɔrɔ ka a yitaa, A North Afrika paaloŋ poɔ butter, anaŋ ba maŋ biŋ la ka miiŋ a te waa ŋa ghee.

Smen e la bondiraa kaŋa naŋ taa tɔnɔ gyamaa ko a North Afrikan ane a Middle Eastern bondirii. Butter la ka ba maŋ de a maale ne a yi ne naa boroŋ poɔ, peroo boɔ, bee a mine kaŋ ba maŋ de la a zaa ayi a lantaa. Ba maŋ doge la a butter ka a te kpaara, ka ba paaŋ sɛlle a a eŋ a ceramic jar bone na poc, ane nyɛnnoo eŋ sɛre ka baŋ maaŋ. Ba mine maŋ de la fenugreek biseɛre a lantaa eŋ a doge, ka anaŋ wa te kpa bɛ baare ba maŋ kyoore la a iri a bie na bare. A wagere ŋa mine meŋ baŋ de la thyme a eŋ poɔ yeast (daabɛle) ane enzyme poɔ a maale ne a bondirii ama. Ba maŋ de la bombulo bee a wɔmɔ mine a maale ne a. a maale baaroo poɔ la maŋ wuli lɛ anaŋ na waa, kyɛ gbɛɛ yaga ba maŋ de la koŋkolii poore. Ba maŋ de uu la teŋɛ poɔ a ba yipɔge la meŋ wuli a lɛ, a ŋaa eebo maŋ vɛŋ la ka a teŋɛ maaŋ bee a tole kyɛ meŋ ta la tolte bee maaŋ zuo lɛ nensaala naŋ boɔrɔ,

A ŋaa yie taa ne a ghee, clarified butter, ane niter kibbeh . A middle Eastern poɔ,  samneh la ka ba maŋ doge ka a kɔɔre, ka ba toɔ iri clarified butter a poɔ kyɛ naŋ iri koɔ meŋ a poɔ, kyɛ paaŋ kyɛre a boŋkpaga naŋ bare.

A piilu Zie

A Arabic samn e la bone ba naŋ de yi ne a Semitic nyege teɛ poɔ,samn. Yelbie pare bammo gane kaŋa a Turkey dɔɔ bee karekyɛ kpoŋkaŋ yuori naŋ di Ottoman   sɛge eŋ a bɔrefɔ kɔkɔre poɔ a ne a British bɔrefɔ poɔ a 1890 yuoni poɔ lexicographer James Redhouse, bigiri la a semn ka o e la clarified butter bee ghee zaa e la yeni.

Dakoreŋ

Nawal Nasrallah mannoo a kyaare ne dakoreŋ bondirii yɛlɛ, o yeli ka clarifying butter maaloo maq waa ŋa ane bimmo ka neɛ na leɛ tuuli gaa Mesopotamia paaloŋ poɔ.

Levant ane Egypt

Boma ɛre ka a waa ŋa hwajeh (حواجة) zaa e la Jordanian samneh, Melilotus saaqkompare bondirii banaq maŋ ɛre pulitaa. Jordan ane Palestine, butter e la boma banŋ maŋ de puli ne bulgur, ka o toɔ nyɔge a koɔ zaa a nyoɔre kyɛ kyɛre a boroŋ yoŋ a bare, sɛre ka ba baŋ de maale ne samneh, anaŋ la ka ba naŋ boɔlɔ samneh baladieh.

A Egypt ane a Syria paaloŋ poɔ, samneh e la ba saakompare boma banaŋ maŋ de maale ne baagye woɔ.

Samneh baladieh e la a boŋkpokpo naŋ maŋ poɔ bonnoore gyamaa maaloo poɔ, aseŋ baklava ane knafeh.

Maghreb

Moroccan smen e la ba saaŋkompare boma naŋ daŋ piili ne ba saaŋkommine yuomo naŋ pare poɔ ba naŋ maŋ de a maale ne spiɔed,  ba maŋ de a la biŋ ka a miiŋ

Leɛ kaa kyɛ nyɛ

• Bog Butter
• Clarified butter
• Dairy product
• List of African dishes