Common ingredients for Egypt

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Egypt. Local words are left unchanged so they stay readable in the original language; translate this page if you want supporting text and English names in your own language.

• أرز (rice)

  Roz

• بصل (onion)

  Basal

• بيكربونات الصوديوم (baking soda)

  Bicarbonat el-sodium

  Also known as 'koheb'

• ثوم (garlic)

  Thoom

• حبهان (cardamom)

  Habahan

• خل (vinegar)

  Khal

• سمنة (ghee)

  Samna

  Usually clarified butter

• شوربة دجاج (chicken broth)

  Shorbet degag

• شوربة لحم (beef broth)

  Shorbet lahm

• فستق (pistachio)

  Fostoq

• فلفل أسود (black pepper)

  Felfel aswad

• فول (fava beans)

  Fool

• كريمة لباني (heavy cream)

  Krema labani

• كسبرة (coriander)

  Kozbara

• كمون (cumin)

  Kamoun

• لبن (milk)

  Laban

  In Egypt, 'Laban' refers to cow's milk

• لحم بقري (beef)

  Lahm ba'ari

• لوز (almond)

  Loz

• ماء زهر (orange blossom water)

  Mayyet zahr

• ماء ورد (rose water)

  Mayyet ward

• مكرونة (macaroni)

  Makarona

• مكعبات مرقة دجاج (chicken bouillon)

  Moka'abat maraqt degag

• مكعبات مرقة لحم (beef bouillon)

  Moka'abat maraqt lahm

• ملح (salt)

  Melh

• ورق لورا (bay leaves)

  Waraq lawra