Region
What Western Asia cooks with
62 ingredients from the guide appear in the 63 catalogued dishes of Western Asia, in Asia. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
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Most typical of Western Asia
A–Z
Every ingredient in Western Asia’s dishes

Acıka
1 dish here

Baker's yeast
3 dishes here

Bell pepper
1 dish here

Black pepper
5 dishes here

Bread
1 dish here

Broad bean
2 dishes here

Bulgur
1 dish here

Butter
1 dish here

Carrot
1 dish here

Cheese
1 dish here

Chicken
2 dishes here

Chickpea
2 dishes here

Chili pepper
1 dish here

Common bean
1 dish here

Corn starch
2 dishes here

Cucumber
1 dish here

Dough
5 dishes here

Egg
4 dishes here

Eggplant
2 dishes here

Flour
7 dishes here

Garlic
5 dishes here

Goat meat
2 dishes here

Green bean
1 dish here

Hazelnut
1 dish here

Lamb meat
4 dishes here

Lavash
1 dish here

Lemon juice
2 dishes here

Lentil
2 dishes here

Liver
1 dish here

Milk
4 dishes here

Minced meat
4 dishes here

Mutton
1 dish here

Nettle leaf
1 dish here

Olive oil
2 dishes here

Onion
10 dishes here

Paprika
1 dish here

Parsley
1 dish here

Phyllo
2 dishes here

Pork
1 dish here

Potato
1 dish here

Pumpkin
1 dish here

Quince
1 dish here

Raisin
1 dish here

Rice
5 dishes here
Salep
1 dish here

Scallion
1 dish here

Strawberry
1 dish here

Sugar
4 dishes here

Sulguni
1 dish here

Sumac
1 dish here

Table salt
6 dishes here

Tahini
1 dish here

Tomato
3 dishes here

Tripe
1 dish here

Turkey meat
1 dish here

Veal
2 dishes here

Walnut
2 dishes here

Water
2 dishes here

Wheat
1 dish here

Wheat flour
1 dish here

Yogurt
3 dishes here

Zucchini
2 dishes here
Photo credits for this page (61)
Phyllo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Zucchini: Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Baker's yeast: ElinorD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Yogurt: Nithyasrm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lamb meat: Pujanak · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Walnut: Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lentil: User:Justinc · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Veal: Jeff Kubina · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Acıka: Georgian Recipes at Georgia About · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bell pepper: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bread: Bake Across Europe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bulgur: Johann Jaritz · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
Butter: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carrot: MOs810 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken: Sakurai Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chickpea: AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Common bean: Jay Superthato · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Corn starch: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Cucumber: Nikodem Nijaki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Flour: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Goat meat: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Green bean: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hazelnut: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lavash: Benoît Prieur · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lemon juice: Ovinus Real · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Liver: Poupou l'quourouce · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Milk: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mutton: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nettle leaf: Danny Steven S · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive oil: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Paprika: Gnu-Bricoleur · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parsley: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pork: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Potato: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pumpkin: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Quince: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scallion: Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Strawberry: ShakataGaNai · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sulguni: Jonathan Cardy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sumac: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tahini: Gilabrand · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tripe: Biskuit from Atlanta, GA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheat: User:Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheat flour: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons