Active dry yeast Akkawi or mozzarella cheese Aleppo pepper All purpose flour Allspice Almonds Amba Anba Apples Assorted wrapped sweets Aubergines Baharat spice blend Baking powder Baking soda Banana leaves Basmati rice Bay leaves Beef Beef brisket or stewing beef Beef broth Beef or chicken broth Beef or lamb Beef or lamb bones Beef or lamb stew meat Beef sirloin or tenderloin Bell peppers Black olives Black pepper Black sesame or nigella seeds Black tea bags or loose black tea Blanched almonds Bone in chicken Bone in chicken thighs Bone in lamb shoulder Bone in lamb shoulder or leg Boneless chicken thighs Boneless chicken thighs or beef Bouillon cube Bread flour Bread or rolls Breadcrumbs Broken vermicelli noodles Brown lentils Brown or green lentils Buffalo or full fat cow's milk Butter Butter or ghee Butter or vegetable oil Cabbage Canned chickpeas Canned crushed tomatoes Canned or fava beans Cardamom Cardamom pod Carp Carrot Cauliflower Celery stalks Chicken Chicken breasts Chicken broth Chicken or chicken Chicken or lamb Chicken or vegetable stock Chicken stock Chicken thigh Chickpeas Chili flakes Chili powder Chilled sparkling water Chilli flakes Chilli powder Chives Chocolate chips or walnuts Chocolates Cilantro Cinnamon Clarified butter Cleaned lamb trotters Clotted cream or cream Cold butter Cold water Coriander Coriander powder Coriander seed Corn cobs Cornflour Cornstarch Cracked freekeh Cracked wheat Cream cheese Crushed pistachios Cucumber Cumin Curry powder Date molasses Date paste Date syrup Date syrup or fruit syrup Date syrup or sugar syrup Dates Decorative bags or bowls Dill Dried barberries Dried beans Dried black limes Dried chickpeas Dried coffee husks Dried fava beans Dried fenugreek leaves Dried lime Dried mint Dried mint or cumin Dried mint or mint Dried rose petals Drops natural red or pink food colouring few Drops orange food colouring few Egg Egg white Eggplant Eggs per person Evaporated milk or milk Extra egg Extra ghee Extra virgin olive oil Extra virgin olive oil for topping Fava beans Fenugreek seeds Feta cheese Filo or kahi pastry Filo pastry sheets Fine bulgur Fine bulgur wheat Fine semolina Firm white fish Firm white fish fillets Fish or vegetable stock Flat leaf parsley Flatbread Flatbread or samoon Flatbreads or pita Flour Flour mixed with water For the syrup: Freekeh Fried almonds Fried bread croutons Fried bread cubes Fried onions Frozen peas Full fat yogurt Garlic Garlic sauce Geymar or clotted cream Ghee Ghee or butter Ghee or clarified butter Ghee or olive oil Ghee or vegetable oil Gherkins/pickles Ginger Grape leaves Grape molasses Green bell pepper Green cardamom pods Green chili Green chilies Green chilli Green pepper Grilled tomatoes Head garlic Heavy cream Honey Honey or date syrup Hot water Ice cubes Ice water Icing sugar Instant yeast Jameed Juice lemon Juice lime Kataifi pastry Kaymak or clotted cream Khubz halabi flatbreads Khubz or other flatbread Kingfish Kunafa pastry Kuwaiti bezar spice blend Labneh Laffa or flatbreads Lamb Lamb leg Lamb or beef Lamb or chicken Lamb or goat Lamb or mutton Lamb shanks Lamb shoulder or leg Lamb shoulder or shank Lean minced lamb Lemon Lemon juice Lemon juice or pomegranate molasses Lemon juice or vinegar Lemon wedges Lemon wedges to serve Light broth Lightly roasted coffee Lime juice Liquid kashk Long grain rice Loose black tea leaves Maftoul Mahlab Mahlab or anise Margarine or butter Markook or shrak flatbread Matzo meal Mayonnaise Meat Milk Milk yoghurt Minced beef or lamb Minced lamb Minced lamb or beef Mint Mint leaves Mixed almonds Mixed dried beans Mixed dried fruit Mixed herbs Mixed roasted nuts Nabulsi cheese Natural honey Nigella or sesame seeds Nigella seeds Nutmeg Nuts Oil Oil for cooking Oil for deep frying Oil for frying Olive oil Olives Onion Or canned fava beans Or frozen okra Or preserved grape leaves Orange blossom water Paprika Parsley Parsley or cilantro Pearl barley Pepper Persian cucumbers Pickled cucumber few Pickled turnips Pickled vegetables Pickles Pine nuts Pistachios Pita bread Pitted dates Pomegranate molasses Pomegranate seeds Potato Powdered sugar Preserved grape leaves Ptitim Pumpkin Qawarma Radishes Raisins Red bell pepper Red chili Red chilies Red chilli Red food colouring Red kidney beans Red lentils Red onion Reserved chickpea liquid or water Reshteh Rice Rice vermicelli noodles Ripe tomatoes Romaine lettuce Romaine lettuce hearts Rose water Rose water or orange blossom water Rosewater Saffron Saffron threads Saffron threads few Sahlab powder Salad Salt Samoon or crusty bread rolls Semolina Sesame or nigella seeds Sesame or poppy seeds Sesame seeds Shawarma spice blend Shelled or frozen fava beans Short grain rice Shredded mozzarella or kuwaiti style soft cheese Slivered almonds Soft unsalted white cheese Soft white cheese Sour cherry syrup Spring onions Spring roll or samosa pastry sheets Spring roll or samosa wrappers Stale flatbread Strawberry or raspberry jam Sugar Sugar coated chickpeas or jordan almonds Sugar syrup for drizzling Sumac Sunflower oil Sunflower oil or ghee Sweet paprika Sweet red wine Swiss chard Taboon or other flatbreads Taboon or pita bread Tahini Tahini sauce Tamarind paste To cayenne pepper Toasted almonds Toasted flaked almonds Toasted pine nuts Tomato Tomato juice or passata Tomato paste Tomato sauce Toum Turmeric Turmeric or saffron Turnip Unsalted butter Unsalted butter or samneh Unsalted mild white cheese Vegetable oil Vegetable oil or ghee Vegetable or chicken broth Vegetable or chicken stock Vegetable stock Vermicelli noodles Very coffee Very lean lamb leg Vinegar Walnuts Walnuts or pistachios Warm milk Warm water Water Water or beef stock Water or broth Water or chicken stock Water or fish stock Water or lamb stock Water or stock Water or vegetable stock White beans White cabbage White cheese White fish fillets White vinegar White wine vinegar Whitefish fillets Wooden or metal skewers Yoghurt Yoghurt as substitute Yogurt Za'atar spice blend Zhoug Zucchini