Common ingredients for UAE (Dubai)

These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in UAE (Dubai). 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 بودرة (milk powder)

  Haleeb budra

• خميرة (yeast)

  Khameera

• دجاج (chicken)

  Dajaj

• زبادي (yogurt)

  Zabadi

• زعفران (saffron)

  Za'afaran

• زنجبيل (ginger)

  Zanjabeel

• زيت نباتي (vegetable oil)

  Zayt nabati

• سكر (sugar)

  Sukkar

• سمن (ghee)

  Samen

• طحين (all-purpose flour)

  Taheen

  Often labeled as 'All-purpose flour' in English on local packaging

• قرفة (cinnamon)

  Qirfa

• قمح (wheat)

  Qamh

• كركم (turmeric)

  Kurkum

• لحم ضأن (lamb)

  Lahm da'an

• ماء (water)

  Ma'a

• مرق دجاج (chicken broth)

  Maraq dajaj

• مرق لحم (meat stock)

  Maraq lahm

• ملح (salt)

  Milh

• هيل (cardamom)

  Hail