Smen / ghee (clarified butter)السمنة البلدي
Ghee (samna baladi) · samna baladi
Smen / ghee (clarified butter) (السمنة البلدي, Ghee (samna baladi)) is allowed in Nidam al-Tayyibat. Category: fats and oils.
- Status
- Allowed
- Zone
- Green zone — daily staple
- Category
- Fats and oils
- Condition
- None
- Regional names
- Smen (Morocco), samna (Egypt)
- Reliability
- High — sources agree
What Nidam al-Tayyibat says
Clarified butter is the system's preferred cooking fat: it withstands heat and flavors rice, grilled meats and stuffed dishes.
Sources differ: Le smen marocain fermenté n'est pas documenté séparément ; rangé ici par analogie (confiance moyenne sur ce point).
What conventional nutrition says
A concentrated saturated fat; to be used sparingly by conventional benchmarks.
This is not medical advice
This database documents the classification of foods as taught by Nidam al-Tayyibat. It does not reflect official nutritional guidelines and does not replace the advice of a doctor or a dietitian. Never change or stop a treatment based on this website.
What can replace it in this system?
Alternatives accepted by the method, for reference only.
- Allowed
Natural butter
الزبدة · Butter
Butter is one of the system's five daily pillars: allowed for cooking and at breakfast, even though milk is excluded, because the method con…
- Allowed
Olive oil
زيت الزيتون · Olive oil
Olive oil is allowed, especially cold: on olives and preserved lemon, or as a marinade for grilled fish and meat.
Other fats and oils
The whole category- Allowed
Corn oil
زيت الذرة · Corn oil
For frying
The method reserves corn oil for high-temperature frying, olive oil remaining its choice for cold use.
- Allowed
Natural butter
الزبدة · Butter
Butter is one of the system's five daily pillars: allowed for cooking and at breakfast, even though milk is excluded, because the method con…
- Allowed
Olive oil
زيت الزيتون · Olive oil
Olive oil is allowed, especially cold: on olives and preserved lemon, or as a marinade for grilled fish and meat.
- Allowed
Sunflower oil
زيت دوار الشمس · Sunflower oil
For frying
Like corn oil, sunflower oil is allowed by the method for frying.
- Forbidden
Argan oil
زيت الأركان · Argan oil
A Moroccan specialty absent from the Egyptian sources, culinary argan oil is not listed by the system and therefore falls under the white-li…
- Forbidden
Coconut oil
زيت جوز الهند · Coconut oil
Coconut oil is not allowed by the system, which retains only olive oil among vegetable oils; it is forbidden by the white-list rule and one …
The complete palette, explained in the Tayyibat guide
17 free pages (in French): an introduction to the palette, the two-hour rule and the eleven daily rules.
Classification sources: altayebaat.com, enseignement public du Dr Al-Awadi, khaledbelal.com, listes publiques recoupées · updated 10/12/2026