Ramadan Iftar Recipes — Soups, Salads, Mains & Desserts
An iftar table has an order: something warm to open the fast, a fresh salad, small bites, a main that gathers the family, and something sweet with coffee. This list covers all of it, every recipe halal and tested.
Plan the week: soup and salad daily, mains that rotate, and desserts that are mostly made a day ahead.
The recipes
Hearty Lentil Soup
The first bowl on every iftar table. · 60 minFattoush (Levantine Bread Salad)
Fattoush — the iftar salad. · 20 minCaesar Salad
Caesar salad with its creamy dressing and croutons. · 20 minKibbeh (Fried Bulgur & Meat Croquettes)
Fried kibbeh — a Ramadan favourite. · 90 minMaqluba (Arabic Upside-Down Rice)
Maqluba — the family main. · 2 hClassic Roast Chicken
Roast chicken with very little effort. · 2 hBeef Stew
Tender beef stew, slow-cooked. · 3 hCrinkle Cake (Muakacha)
Crinkle cake in syrup — an easy Ramadan sweet. · 60 minBiscoff Tiramisu
No-bake Biscoff tiramisu — made the day before. · 5 h
Chef's notes
Prep before the afternoon
Chop the fattoush vegetables and keep them chilled without dressing, toast the bread ahead, and dress just before serving so everything stays crisp.
Light first, then the main
Start with soup and salad and leave the main for after prayer — easier on the stomach, and the table lasts longer.
Questions
What's the best soup for iftar?
Lentil soup is the classic and the gentlest after fasting — and the most searched in Jordan.
Are all the recipes halal?
Yes — every recipe is halal, with no pork and no alcohol.
What's the easiest Ramadan dessert?
Biscoff tiramisu, since it's no-bake and made a day ahead; crinkle cake if you want a Middle Eastern sweet.
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