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Libba', Laba ( Arabic: اللباء) is a type of Yemeni cheese. It is mostly eaten in rural areas of Yemen [1] and Somalia as well. The libba is not sold as a product or in restaurants.
The word libba means colostrum in Arabic. [1]
After a cow or a goat give birth, her milk is taken and boiled in a tannour. Shathab (ruta graveolens), nigella sativa seeds, salt and smoked ghee (Samn makbi) are added to the milk while it is boiling. [1]
Yemeni people in the cities who don't have goats or cows prepare the libba using different ingredients: 8 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of dairy milk, 2 cup of condensed milk, a small amount of citric acid or lemon and salt, half teaspoon of yeast, ghee, shathab (ruta graveolens), nigella sativa seeds. [1] [2]