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Smen

Smen (from Arabic: سمن, romanized: samn, or سمنة, samna; also called sman, semn, semneh, samneh, or sminn) is a salted, fermented butter native to North African cuisine (Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian), as well as a traditional Yemeni dish. In countries like Jordan and Lebanon, samneh is a type of butter similar to clarified butter, while north African…

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Associated cuisine
Arab cuisine
Main ingredients
Butter
Region or state
Arab world
Similar dishes
Ghee
Type
Butter
Variations
Fermented, smoked

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Smen

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples20
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Smen

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related to Yemen · 8
Smen → Afterwards, Allowed, Immediately, In Yemen, The, This, Yemeni, Yemenis
related to Maghreb · 5
Smen → Matured, Moroccan, Morocco, The, Tunisia
Associated cuisine · 1
Smen → Arab cuisine
Main ingredients · 1
Smen → Butter
Region or state · 1
Smen → Arab world
Similar dishes · 1
Smen → Ghee
Type · 1
Smen → Butter
Variations · 1
Smen → Fermented, smoked
is a · 1
Smen → type of fermented butter similar to ghee.Smen is an important ingredient in North African and Middle Eastern cuisine

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butter samneh clarified similar fermented ghee african cuisine used strained north also like traditionally often left milk called traditional cheese

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SmenAssociated cuisineArab cuisine1.00infobox
SmenMain ingredientsButter1.00infobox
SmenRegion or stateArab world1.00infobox
SmenSimilar dishesGhee1.00infobox
SmenTypeButter1.00infobox
SmenVariationsFermented, smoked1.00infobox
Smenis atype of fermented butter similar to ghee.Smen is an important ingredient in North African and Middle Eastern cuisine0.90text
Smenrelated to MaghrebMoroccan0.60section
Smenrelated to MaghrebMorocco0.60section
Smenrelated to MaghrebTunisia0.60section
Smenrelated to MaghrebMatured0.60section
Smenrelated to MaghrebThe0.60section

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