portion of food; serving
Used when counting or referring to food portions for a certain number of people, often in cooking or ordering contexts.
This recipe is for four servings.
I ordered three servings of sukiyaki.
Making a single serving of curry is surprisingly difficult.
I made four servings of curry.
人前 read にんまえ means a serving/portion of food, while the same kanji read ひとまえ means 'in public' or 'in front of others' — a completely different word.
Compound of 人 (nin, 'person') and 前 (mae, 'before' or 'portion'). The 'portion' sense likely developed from the idea of a serving placed before a person.