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Takeaway and restaurant plates

A takeaway name is a shape, not a species. Split the filling, the pastry fat, the fryer, and the sauce. Shrimp/prawn is a cited school split — not a lunchbox yes.

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  Shawarma

  Spit-roasted stacked meat. Chicken, lamb and beef are the usual; the word does not name the animal or the slaughter. Fat dripping down the stack, a yo…

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  Doner

  Ottoman spit meat. Chicken, lamb, veal; pork doner exists in some European shops. The cone, the slaughter, the fat, and the salad sauces (yogurt, mayo…

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  Gyro

  Greek spit meat, often pork in Greece, often beef-lamb in the US. Chicken gyro exists. Tzatziki is yogurt. The pita is bread. The word gyro does not n…

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  Gyoza

  Pan-fried dumpling, usually pork and cabbage. Chicken and vegetable gyoza exist. The wrapper, the filling species, and the dipping sauce (soy, mirin, …

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  Dumpling

  A class, not a filling. Pork, chicken, prawn, vegetable and beef dumplings share the word. The wrapper may be egg. Pan-fry oil and a shared steamer wi…

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  Wonton

  A thin wheat wrapper, often with egg. The filling is usually pork or shrimp in a restaurant — that is the ruling, not the wrapper word. Vegetable wont…

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  Samosa

  A fried pastry. Vegetable samosas and lamb or chicken samosas share the triangle. Frozen packs add pastry fat (E471). A shared fryer with meat samosas…

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  Pakora

  Gram-flour fritters. Onion, spinach, chicken. The batter is plant. The fryer fat and any meat pakora sharing the oil decide a shop plate. Ready-mix pa…

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  Falafel

  Fried chickpea or fava fritters. The mix is plant. Shared fryer with meat, yogurt-tahini sauce, and a pita with unknown cheese are the plate-level che…

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  Naan

  Leavened tandoor bread. Yogurt and ghee or butter are common. Garlic naan is still this row plus garlic; peshwari adds nuts and sugar. Restaurant naan…

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  Roti

  Unleavened flatbread. Atta and water at home. Restaurant roti canai is often laminated with ghee or margarine and served with a dhal or a meat curry. …

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  Paratha

  Laminated wholewheat bread. Ghee, butter, or vegetable oil in the layers. Frozen supermarket parathas often list palm oil and E471. Stuffed aloo or ke…

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  Pita

  A pocket flatbread. Home dough is flour, water, yeast, salt. Supermarket bags add dough improvers (E471, DATEM, L-cysteine). The bread is not a certif…

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  Souvlaki

  A grilled skewer. In Greece it is often pork; chicken and lamb souvlaki exist. The word does not name the animal or the slaughter. Pita, tzatziki and …

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  Tzatziki

  Yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil. Dairy plus plant. Factory tubs may add thickeners. The dip is not a ruling on the gyro or souvlaki it is served w…

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  Shrimp

  Two named Hanafi fatwas disagree on whether shrimp/prawn is fish (samak). Darul Iftaa Leicester (Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam) permits prawns as fish by Ar…

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  Calamari

  Squid, usually fried. Named positions disagree. Hanafi: calamari/squid is not samak (AskMufti; Darul Fiqh — no spine, gill, fins), so not permitted. i…

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  Fish sticks

  Breaded white-fish fingers. The fish is usually pollock, hake or cod — lawful if it is fish in the school you follow. Batter, crumb (E471, flavour, so…

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  Baklava

  Layered phyllo, nuts, and syrup. Phyllo fat is butter or margarine (E471). Pistachio and walnut are plant. Syrup is sugar, lemon, rose or orange bloss…

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  Kunafa

  Kataifi pastry, cheese, and syrup. The cheese is the live question (rennet; some shops use mozzarella). The pastry fat is butter or ghee or margarine.…

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  Biryani

  A layered rice dish. Chicken, mutton, beef and vegetable biryanis share the word. The meat and its slaughter, the ghee or oil, yogurt, and fried onion…

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  Spring roll

  A wrapper plus a filling plus a fryer. Fresh rice-paper rolls are one pack; fried wheat rolls are another. Pork, shrimp, chicken and vegetable filling…

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  Tempura

  A light fry batter. Vegetable tempura is one plate; prawn tempura is another. Shared oil with pork or with ebi is the takeaway question. The batter it…

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  Tikka masala

  A cream-tomato curry. The meat (usually chicken) and its slaughter, the cream or yogurt, and a ready-jar’s E471 and natural flavour are the checks. Th…

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  Plant-based meat

  A class of soy, pea, or wheat proteins formed to look like meat. Heme (soy leghemoglobin), E471, coconut oil, natural flavour and a shared grill with …

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  Ramen

  Wheat noodles in broth. The noodle is plant. Tonkotsu is pork-bone; shoyu and miso still hide bonito, lard, and meat fat. Instant sachets are a third …

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  Pho

  Vietnamese noodle soup. Beef (phở bò) or chicken (phở gà). The slaughter, the bone broth, and a star-anise spice mix. Rare steak in the bowl is still …

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  Banh mi

  A baguette with pâté, mayo, pickles, and meat — often pork. Chicken, tofu and sardine versions exist. The sandwich name does not name the animal. The …

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  Pad thai

  Stir-fried rice noodles, tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, crushed peanut. Fish sauce and shrimp are the live rows. A vegan pad thai skips bo…

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  Burrito

  A wrapped flour tortilla. The filling names the ruling — beef, chicken, pork carnitas, bean. Sour cream, cheese, lard in the tortilla. A burrito is a …

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  Carbonara

  Egg, hard cheese, guanciale or pancetta, pepper. Guanciale and pancetta are verified-haram pork cuts already on file. A turkey-bacon carbonara is a di…

• Haram

  Black pudding

  A British and Irish blood sausage: pig or beef blood, fat, oatmeal. AHF forbids blood and blood by-products in any form. islamqa.info: flowing blood i…

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  Pork pie

  A raised hot-water crust filled with pork. The name is the pig. AHF: any part of the pig. Toronto Public Health lists ham and bacon under pork. Jelly …

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  Catfish

  A scaleless freshwater fish. Darul Iftaa Leicester (Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam): catfish is a fish, so it is lawful in the Hanafi school as well as Shafi…

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  Calamari

  Squid, usually fried. Named positions disagree. Hanafi: calamari/squid is not samak (AskMufti; Darul Fiqh — no spine, gill, fins), so not permitted. i…

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  Octopus

  A cephalopod, not a scaled fish. Named positions disagree. Hanafi: octopus is not samak (Darul Fiqh / Shaykh Faraz Adam), so not permitted. islamqa.in…

A procedure for reading a pack - not a product certification and not a fatwa. See the methodology.