What is al-lahm al-kamal?
Quick Answer
al-lahm al-kamal is a regional beef-cut name for the beef tenderloin, on the loin primal (psoas major).
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What is al-lahm al-kamal in simple terms?
What is al-lahm al-kamal called in the United States?
US retail labels for beef tenderloin appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is al-lahm al-kamal on the cow?
Is al-lahm al-kamal steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still beef tenderloin anatomically.
Is al-lahm al-kamal the same as Striploin?
How do I translate al-lahm al-kamal for travel?
Use translation URLs from the list on this page, or open the Tenderloin hub.
What is another name for al-lahm al-kamal?
“al-lahm al-kamal” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Tenderloin (loin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Most tender muscle of the loin; center cuts often sold as filet mignon. It is part of the loin primal (psoas major).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Striploin, Ribeye, and T Bone.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: fileto
- Andhra Pradesh: mettati mamsam
- Argentina: Lomo
- Australia: eye fillet
- Austria: lungenbraten
- Bangladesh: undercut bd · naram bd
- Belarus: vyrazka
- Belgium: filet
- Bhutan: geba bhutan · yak geba bhutan
- Bolivia: lomo fino
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: biftek
- Botswana: tjele botswana
- Brazil: Filé mignon
- Bulgaria: bonfile
- Burkina Faso: nao-ndo nere · burkina brochette strip
- Canada: tenderloin
- Central India: bihari kabab cut · rawa bihar · bhopali pasanda · bhopali parcha · poat · pasanda central
- Chad: al-lahm al-kamal · file · ndjamena brochette strip
- Chile: Filete
- China: niu liu
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): filet pondicherry · tournedos pondicherry · tartare cut pondicherry · bistek daman
- Colombia: Lomo fino
- Costa Rica: lomito
- Croatia: biftek
- Czech Republic: svíčková
- Denmark: Mørbrad
- Ecuador: lomo fino
- Egypt: erq filletu
- El Salvador: lomito
- Estonia: sisefilee
- Ethiopia: fisilo · tere siga cut · kitfo cut · le tere siga
- Finland: sisäfilee
- France: Filet
- Germany: Filet
- Goa: undercut goa · lomo
- Greece: fileto
- Guatemala: lomito
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: naram mansa himachal · naram uttarakhand
- Honduras: filete
- Hungary: bélszín
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): naram andaman · naram lakshadweep
- Indonesia: has dalam
- Iran: fileh
- Ireland: fillet
- Israel: file bakar
- Italy: Filetto · Lombata
- Jammu & Kashmir: naram jk · tala hua gosht cut jk
- Japan: hire
- Karnataka: undercut ka · naram maunsa
- Kazakhstan: sübe
- Kenya: fillet ke · nyama laini
- Kerala: undercut kl · naram · poti rachi
- Ladakh: sha-nyam · sha-phaley cut ladakh
- Latvia: iekšfileja
- Lithuania: išpjova
- Maharashtra: undercut mh · pasanda mh · naram mh
- Malaysia: daging batang pinang
- Mali: sogo nege
- Manipur: shan-sa angamba
- Meghalaya: doh jem · mithun mansa meghalaya
- Mexico: Filete
- Mongolia: naariin makh · yak loin mongolia
- Montenegro: biftek
- Morocco: filet
- Myanmar: a-thar-hlyar · kachin pounded cut · beef thoke cut
- Nagaland: vitho neikuo · bishon
- Namibia: fillet namibia
- Nepal: naram masu nepal · kachila cut nepal · yak loin nepal
- Netherlands: Ossenhaas
- New Zealand: eye fillet nz
- Nicaragua: filete
- Niger: zabi · niger kilishi cut · niamey brochette strip
- Nigeria: fillet ng
- North Macedonia: biftek
- Northeast India (Other States): naram mansa arunachal · sa-nem · naram mangxo · naram mangsho tripura
- Norway: indrefilet
- Pakistan: bachhiya · bachhiya undercut · bhains · bhains undercut · pasanda pk · parcha pk
- Panama: filete
- Paraguay: Lomo
- Peru: lomo fino
- Philippines: solomillo
- Poland: polędwica
- Portugal: Lombinho · lombo
- Punjab: pasanda pb · naram pb · saabut piece pb
- Qatar: filet qa
- Rajasthan: pasanda rj · sula cut · parcha rj · kachri marinated · naram rj · rawa rj
- Romania: mușchiuleț
- Russia: vyrezka
- Saudi Arabia: filet sa
- Senegal: sox la · senegalese brochette strip
- Sikkim: naram masu · sha phaley cut
- Singapore: fillet sg
- Slovakia: sviečkovica
- Slovenia: pljučna pečenka
- South Africa: fillet sa
- South Korea: ansim
- Spain: Solomillo
- Sri Lanka: undercut sri lanka · devilled beef cut
- Sweden: oxfilé
- Switzerland: filet
- Taiwan: fei li
- Tamil Nadu: undercut tn · naram tn
- Tanzania: nyama laini tanzania · nyama laini · mishkaki cut tanzania
- Telangana: pasanda · put · parcha · rawa tg · naram tg
- Thailand: san nai
- Turkey: bonfile
- UAE: beef tenderloin uae
- Uganda: nyama engonvu · nyama egonda · luwombo cut
- Ukraine: vyrizka
- United Kingdom: Fillet steak
- United States: Beef tenderloin · Filet mignon
- Uruguay: Lomo
- Uttar Pradesh: pasanda up · put · parcha up · galouti mince · naram up
- Uzbekistan: latta go'sht
- Venezuela: lomito
- Vietnam: than noi · bo luc lac
- West Bengal: undercut wb · naram wb · buffalo undercut wb
- Zimbabwe: fillet zimbabwe
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the loin primal (psoas major), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (fileto)
- Albania → Argentina (fileto)
- Albania → Australia (fileto)
- Albania → Austria (fileto)
- Albania → Bangladesh (fileto)
- Albania → Belarus (fileto)
- Albania → Belgium (fileto)
- Albania → Bhutan (fileto)
- Albania → Bolivia (fileto)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (fileto)
- Albania → Botswana (fileto)
- Albania → Brazil (fileto)
- Albania → Bulgaria (fileto)
- Albania → Burkina Faso (fileto)
- Albania → Canada (fileto)
- Albania → Chad (fileto)
- Albania → Chile (fileto)
- Albania → China (fileto)
- Albania → Colombia (fileto)
- Albania → Costa Rica (fileto)
- Albania → Croatia (fileto)
- Albania → Czech Republic (fileto)
- Albania → Denmark (fileto)
- Albania → Ecuador (fileto)
- Albania → Egypt (fileto)
- Albania → El Salvador (fileto)
- Albania → Estonia (fileto)
- Albania → Ethiopia (fileto)
- Albania → Finland (fileto)
- Albania → France (fileto)
- Albania → Germany (fileto)
- Albania → Goa (fileto)
- Albania → Greece (fileto)
- Albania → Guatemala (fileto)
- Albania → Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand (fileto)
- Albania → Honduras (fileto)
- Albania → Hungary (fileto)
- Albania → Central India (fileto)
- Albania → Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) (fileto)
- Albania → Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep) (fileto)
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