Common ingredients for Saudi Arabia

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Saudi Arabia. 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.

• بصل (onion)

  Basal

• بطاطس (potato)

  Batatis

• بيض (egg)

  Bayd

• ثوم (garlic)

  Thoom

• جبن (cheese)

  Jubn

• جزر (carrot)

  Jazar

• حليب (milk)

  Haleeb

• حليب بودرة (milk powder)

  Haleeb budra

• دجاج (chicken)

  Dajaj

• زبادي (yogurt)

  Zabadi

• زبدة (butter)

  Zubda

• زعفران (saffron)

  Za'faran

• سكر (sugar)

  Sukkar

• سمن (ghee)

  Samn

  Clarified butter, often sheep or cow milk based.

• عسل (honey)

  Asal

• كريمة (cream)

  Kreema

• لحم ضأن (lamb)

  Lahm da'n

• مرق دجاج (chicken broth)

  Maraq dajaj

• مرق دجاج (chicken stock)

  Maraq dajaj

• مرق لحم (meat stock)

  Maraq lahm

• مرق لحم (meat broth)

  Maraq lahm

• مكعبات مرق الدجاج (chicken bouillon)

  Muka'abat maraq al-dajaj

• مكعبات مرق اللحم (beef bouillon)

  Muka'abat maraq al-lahm

  Commonly referred to by brand names like Maggi.

• مكعبات مرق اللحم (meat bouillon)

  Muka'abat maraq al-lahm

• هيل (cardamom)

  Hayl