Grains and starches in Nidam al-Tayyibatحبوب ونشويات

This is the only exception allowed among bakery products: an industrial sandwich loaf made with wheat bran, which replaces bread at breakfas…

The system allows bulgur as cracked whole wheat, just like frik. It is used in stuffings, kibbeh and stuffed quail.

Corn on the cob, boiled or grilled, is allowed; only its flour and cornbread are ruled out.

Frik is allowed despite its gluten: whole grain, not milled, not kneaded. It is used to stuff pigeons and quail or cooked in lamb broth.

Potato is one of the system's five daily pillars: allowed in every form, boiled, fried, baked or mashed, but cooked without onion or garlic.

Rice is the system's central starch and one of its five pillars: allowed in all its forms, it replaces bread at almost every meal, cooked wi…

Sweet potato is allowed by the system.

Counterintuitively, the system rejects brown rice and only allows polished white rice: it considers the grain's outer layer irritating and l…

Corn flour and the bread made from it are excluded as bakery products, while the whole cob and popcorn remain allowed.

Couscous, made from refined wheat semolina, is explicitly excluded by the system along with pasta and quinoa. This is a major break with the…

The system rules out oats in all forms, classing them among the excluded cereals, contrary to their reputation.

Pasta is excluded along with all white-flour products.

Quinoa is excluded by the system, despite its superfood image, and named alongside couscous and pasta.

All breads and pastries made with white flour are excluded by the system; bran toast is the only exception.