Dough
Wheat flour
Water
Vegetable oil (often palm or rapeseed)
Sugar
Salt
Sometimes a small amount of yeast or baking powder
?? Date filling
Dates (main ingredient)
Sugar syrup or glucose syrup
Orange zest / orange blossom water
Cinnamon
Aniseed (in some versions)
Clove or mixed spice
Lemon juice or citric acid (to balance sweetness)
?? Other ingredients (processing)
Cornflour or starch (to bind filling)
Preservative (in some packaged versions)
Natural flavouring