Halas (Arabic: حلص, romanized: Ḥlṣ) is a Yemeni food made of halaṣ leaf.
The food is eaten during drought periods in Yemen.
[1] Ḥalaṣ is often confused with halqa or ghulaf (Cyphostemma digitatum (Forssk.
[3] In 2018, people of the Yemeni town of Tihamah have survived by eating halaṣ due to the famine in that area.
According to Mutahar al-Iryani, a Yemen historian and poet, the term Ḥalaṣ came from the word Ḥalaḏ̣ (ḥlẓ), mentioned in ancient Yemeni inscriptions; it means to suffer from starvation, sickness or pain.