Halal Pantry

Meals are quick and easy when you stock up on things that will supplement fresh meats and produce. Keep things on hand to prepare everyday halal meals with these ideas about what to stock in your halal pantry.

Index: Baking Pantry Items | Beans | Condiments & Spreads | Dried Fruit | Drinks | Fish | Herbs & Spices | Grains | Nuts & Seeds |  Oils | Olives |Pasta & Noodles |Rice | Sauces & Pastes | Snacks | Vinegar | Misc.| 

Baking Pantry Items

• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Chocolate (70% or more)
• Cinnamon
• Cocoa Powder
• Coconut flakes
• Cooking spray (use olive oil in re-usable spray bottles)
• Extracts: Vanilla (non-alcohol), Almond (non-alcohol)
• Flour: All-Purpose, Bread Flour, Cake Flour, Masa Harina (for tortillas), Potato Flour, Whole-Wheat Flour
• Nutmeg
• Salt: Sea salt, Pink salt, Gray salt
• Sugar: Piloncillo (Mexican sugar), Powdered sugar, Raw cane sugar
• Vanilla Bean
• Yeast

Beans (canned or dry)

• Black beans
• Navy beans
• Pigeon peas
• Red beans

  Condiments & Spreads

• Fruit Jams and Preserves
• Ketchup, preferably organic
• Mayonnaise
• Mustard (no wine added)

Dried Fruits

• Apricots
• Dates
• Figs
• Prunes
• Raisins

Drinks

• Almond Milk
• Coffee (no decaf- it contains alcohol)
• Tea- black, Breakfast, Earl Gray, Jasmine
• Tea (herbal)

Fish (Canned)

• Anchovy
• Crab
• Sardines
• Smoked Trout
• Smoked Oysters
• Tuna

Herbs & Spices (dried whole and/or ground)

• Annatto seeds
• Basil
• Black seed
• Chile powder
• Cilantro
• Cinnamon sticks
• Cloves
• Coriander
• Cumin
• Curry leaves
• Dill
• Epazote (Mexican)
• Fennel
• Ginger
• Herbs de Provence (French herb mixture)
• Lavender
• Lemon peel/zest
• Lime peel/zest
• Mint
• Mustard seeds
• Nutmeg
• Orange peel/zest
• Oregano
• Paprika
• Parsley
• Pepper- black, white
• Red pepper flakes
• Rosemary
• Saffron
• Star Anise
• Sumac
• Turmeric
• Thyme
• Zattar

Grains

• (Pearl) Barley
• Bulghur
• Couscous
• Lentils: brown, red
• Oatmeal
• Quinoa
• Wheat

Nuts & Seeds

• Almonds
• Cashews
• Flax Seeds
• Pine Nuts
• Pistachio
• Pumpkin seeds
• Squash & melon seeds
• Sunflower seeds
• Walnuts

Oils

• Chili Oil
• Coconut Oil (Extra Virgin)
• Ghee (clarified butter)
• Grapeseed Oil
• Hazelnut Oil
• Lemon-flavored oil
• Olive Oil (Extra Virgin)
• Orange-flavored oil

Olives

• Black
• Green
• Kalamata
• Pimiento-stuffed (Spanish)

Pasta & Noodles

• Amish egg noodles
• Angel hair
• Ditalini
• Elbow Macaroni
• Fettucine
• Lasagna
• Macaroni
• Orchiette
• Pastina
• Ravioli
• Rice noodles
• Rigatoni
• Spaghetti
• Tortellini

Rice

• Arborio
• Basmati
• Brown
• Jasmine
• Long-Grain
• Red
• Wild (black)

Sauces & Pastes

• Anchovy paste
• Pesto
• Salmon paste
• Tabasco
• Tahini (sesame seed paste)
• Tamarind paste
• Tomato Sauce
• Tomato Paste
• Worchestire

Snacks

• Applesauce
• Crackers
• Baked potato chips (in olive oil)
• Pear Sauce
• Popcorn

Syrups & Sweeteners

• Agave (cactus)
• Black Strap Molasses
• Date syrup
• Honey
• Pomegranate syrup

Vinegars

• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Balsamic Vinegar (no alcohol added)
• Rice vinegar
• White Vinegar

Misc.

• Almond milk
• Bread crumbs
• Canned pumpkin puree
• Cornmeal
• Fish gelatin
• Lemon juice
• Lime juice
• Panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs)
• Pectin (for making preserves, jams and jellies)
• Tomatoes (whole, peeled)