• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

CooksInfo

  • Home
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Recipes
  • Food Calendar
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Food Calendar
×
Home » Spices » Spice Mixtures » Zhoug

Zhoug

Zhoug is a very fragrant, hot and spicy herb and chile pepper relish that is like Pesto in consistency. Though it probably originated in Yemen, Zhoug is now also very popular in Israel.

Most recipes use fresh coriander leaves, green chile, garlic and either caraway seed, cumin or a combination of both. Most use olive oil as a liquid, though water is sometimes used. Some recipes also include parsley.

Zhoug is a green version of Shatta, which is the same relish except Shatta uses mild red chiles. Zhoug is supposed to be hotter, so aim to use hot green chiles.

Zhoug can be bought already made in jars at ethnic stores that carry Middle Eastern foods.

Cooking Tips

Zhoug can be used as a condiment or a cooking ingredient.

Storage Hints

All recipes say you can keep it in the refrigerator for several months, though it’s not clear how long it will keep preserved and safe.

History Notes

Brought to Israel by Jews that were airlifted from Yemen.

Other names

AKA: Z'ug, Zhug

This page first published: Dec 1, 2004 · Updated: Jun 6, 2018.

This web site generates income from affiliated links and ads at no cost to you to fund continued research · Information on this site is Copyright © 2025· Feel free to cite correctly, but copying whole pages for your website is content theft and will be DCMA'd.

Tagged With: Arabic Food

Primary Sidebar

Hi, I'm Skylar! This is a fake profile talking about how I switched to a paleo diet and it helped my eczema and I grew 4". Trust me, I'm an online doctor.

More about me →

Popular

  • E.D. Smith Pumpkin Purée
    E.D. Smith recipe for pumpkin pie
  • Libby's Pumpkin Pie
    Libby’s recipe for pumpkin pie
  • Pie crust
    Pie Crust Recipe
  • Smokey Maple Pepper Glaze for Ham
    Smokey Maple Pepper Glaze for Ham

You can duplicate your homepage's trending recipes section in the sidebar to reinforce the internal linking.

We no longer recommend using a search bar, newsletter form or category drop-down menu in the sidebar. See the Modern Sidebar post for details.

If the block editor is not narrower than usual, simply save the page and refresh it.

Search

    Today is

  • Midsummer Night
    bonfire

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • About this site
  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright enforced!
  • Terms & Conditions

Newsletter

  • Sign Up! for emails and updates

Site

  • Recipes
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Food Calendar

This web site generates income from affiliated links and ads at no cost to you to fund continued research · The text on this site is © Copyright.