Here's a list of vegan Ramadan food ideas. These iftar recipes are full of fresh veggies that the whole family will enjoy.
Just a little note about iftar;
Iftar is the Arabic word for 'breaking of fast' for the evening meal during the month of Ramadan. Although, some people do fast outside of the month of Ramadan, usually to make up for days not completed during the holy month.
Ramadan is the holy month of fasting. Where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam.
If you have a favourite Ramadan recipe you'd like to share, leave me a comment below. Now let's get into this list.
🍲 Soups & Porridges
Carrot and Celery Soup (Easy + Vegan)
A light and warming carrot and celery soup. Mildly sweet from the carrot, this vegan soup is low-fat, healthy and perfect for dunking freshly baked bread into.
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Lentil Porridge (Mujadara Makhbousa)
Savoury Lebanese lentil porridge is known as Mujadara Makhbousa. A wholesome, warming bowl of goodness made with lentils and rice.
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Best Lebanese Lentil Soup (Shorbet Adas)
My family’s favourite authentic Lebanese lentil soup (shorbet adas) made with orange lentils, rice, vegetables and spices. The best Arabic lentil soup recipe. Gluten free + vegan.
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🥗Salads
Fattoush Salad (My Family's Recipe - الفتوش)
This fattoush recipe is unchanged from my childhood, passed down from my mother from hers and so forth. Fattoush is Lebanon’s version of a garden salad with sour dressing and toasted pita bread for extra crunch.
Fattoush Salad
Spiced Vegan Couscous Salad (Maftoul Salad)
This spiced vegan couscous salad with pine nuts is well seasoned and includes colorful diced vegetables and herbs in a fresh lemon dressing. It can serve as a main dish or side dish.
Vegan couscous salad
Balela Salad (Lebanese Chickpea Salad)
This balela salad is a Lebanese chickpea salad is cumin chickpeas mixed through fresh tomato, onions, herbs and spices. Can be enjoyed warm or cold, for breakfast, lunch or dinner with your favourite flatbread or part of a mezze.
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Easy Quinoa Taboula Salad (Gluten Free)
An easy gluten free quinoa taboula salad made with quinoa, freshly chopped parsley, tomato, onion and cucumber in a light dressing. Can easily be adapted to be without oil.
Quinoa taboula
🍟Sides
Vermicelli Rice (Lebanese Rice)
A staple with every Lebanese family, vermicelli rice (aka Lebanese rice or riz bi sharieh) uses only 3 ingredients and is easy to make. It’s the perfect side to accompany so many foods such as stews, curries, braised vegetables and more. Vegan friendly.
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Hindbeh Bi Zeit (Lebanese Greens)
Lebanese greens (hindbeh bi zeit) is made with either dandelion, endive or chicory tossed in a sour dressing topped with caramelized onion.
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Baba Ghanouj (Lebanese Eggplant Dip)
Baba Ghanouj or Baba Ganoush is a simple and tasty eggplant dip from Lebanon that requires minimal effort. Vegan friendly. Gluten free.
Baba Ghanouj
Loubieh bi Zeit (Lebanese green beans - Loubia)
Loubieh bi zeit traditional Lebanese green beans that are braised with tomato, onion and garlic until tender. Vegan and gluten free.
Loubieh bi zeit
🍲Stews
Bamia (Lebanese Okra Stew)
This Bamia recipe is a classic Arabic dish from Lebanon made with okra and tomatoes. Preparation is quick and easy. Okra Stew is always served with vermicelli rice.
Bamia - Okra Stew
Sabanekh w Riz
Lebanese spinach stew aka sabanekh w riz is hearty, warming, and delicious. Using minimal ingredients and can be made in around 30 minutes. Gluten free and vegan.
Lebanese Spinach Stew
Bazella w Riz (Vegan Lebanese Stewed Peas)
This bazella w riz is an easy vegan Lebanese recipe of stewed peas and carrots in a tomato base (yakhni). Traditionally served over Lebanese vermicelli rice.
Bazella w riz
Lebanese Fasolia (Kidney Bean Stew)
Vegan Lebanese fasolia is a deliciously hearty red kidney bean stew in a thick tomato base seasoned in aromatic spices.
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🥘Mains
Vegetarian Kibbeh (Lebanese Kibbeh)
Bake vegetarian Kibbeh, made with potato and bulgur on an aromatic bed of walnuts, onion and sultanas. This delicious Lebanese kibbeh is a well balanced savory and sweet recipe that has been passed down through the generations of my family. Vegan friendly.
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Kousa Mahshi (Lebanese Stuffed Zucchini)
Kousa mahshi is Lebanese Stuffed Zucchini. This recipe is my Lebanese family’s recipe. Each zucchini (squash) is filled with spiced vegetables, toasted pine nuts and rice cooked in a delicious tomato broth. This is a vegan Lebanese recipe.
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Easy Lebanese Falafel (From Scratch)
Make the popular Lebanese street food in your kitchen from scratch. This crunchy Lebanese falafel recipe is from my Lebanese family’s recipe book, it’s easy, super delicious and on top of that it is gluten free.
Lebanese Falafel
Lebanese Vegan Stuffed Eggplant (Batinjan Mahshi)
Lebanese vegan stuffed eggplant is also known as "batinjan mahshi." Each eggplant is hollowed whole, stuffed with a vegetable and rice filling then simmered in a tomato broth until tender.
Lebanese stuffed eggplants
Vegan Black Eyed Beans With Greens (Lebanese)
A traditional home-cooked Lebanese food of vegan black eyed peas with greens known as “selek bi loubieh”. The black eyed peas are simmered in garlic, cilantro and onions with chopped greens and finished with a squeeze of lemon for a flavorsome comforting meal.
Vegan Black Eyed Peas with Greens
Lebanese Spiced Rice with Toasted Nuts and Vegetables
Easy Lebanese spiced rice with nuts and vegetables is one of my favorite ways to enjoy rice. It’s fluffy, filling, loaded with flavor and can be enjoyed as a side dish or a main. No more boring rice.
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Malfouf (Vegan Lebanese Cabbage Rolls)
This Lebanese malfouf mahshi (vegan cabbage rolls) are stuffed with rice, fresh vegetables and herbs. Then cooked in a deliciously minty sour evaporated broth. This recipe is vegan and gluten-free.
Malfouf
Best Vegan Shawarma
The best vegan shawarma, boasting big vibrant flavors. Made of spices mixed through cooked mushrooms, which are combined with fresh vegetables, pickles and a garlic sauce. A wonderful feast in a sandwich or bowl.
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Lebanese Pearl Couscous (Moghrabieh)
Lebanese moghrabieh (pearl couscous) is small pearls of wheat pasta with spices, chickpeas and caramelised onions. This Mograbieh is a vegan Lebanese recipe, also suitable for vegetarians, which can be served either in a broth or in a wrap.
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Mujadara Hamra (Lentils and Bulgur)
Mujadara Hamra hails from the South of Lebanon. It is a flavorsome dish made from caramelized onions, lentils and bulgur. Accidentally a vegan Lebanese recipe.
Mujadara Hamra
Mujadara (Lebanese Lentils and Rice)
An authentic Lebanese mujadara recipe of lentils and rice. This recipe is vegan and gluten free. An inexpensive meal to feed the whole family.
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🍮Desserts
Baklawa (Lebanese Baklava)
Baklawa, a mouthwatering dessert of layered golden filo pastry, with crushed walnuts and a drizzle of sugar syrup. This is the best baklawa recipe will ever need. Thank me later!
Baklawa
Atayef (Middle Eastern Stuffed Pancakes)
Atayef (qatayef) are an Arabic dessert of stuffed pancakes filled with walnuts, then oven-baked and then coated in a fragrant simple syrup. Vegan friendly.
Atayef
Vegan Lebanese Milk Pudding - Haytaliyeh
An authentic Lebanese milk pudding dessert converted to use plant based ingredients. Gluten free.
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Vegan Lebanese Rice Pudding (Riz Bi Haleeb)
Delicious and easy to make Lebanese rice pudding aka riz bi haleeb is a fragrant and creamy dessert. This is a dairy free rice pudding flavored with orange blossom and is naturally sweetened.
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Vegan Namoura (Basbousa Recipe)
Namoura (basbousa) is a Middle Eastern semolina cake with sugar syrup. Namoura has a sweet, floral taste and is served cut into diamonds or squares topped with a single almond piece
Namoura
Sfouf Lebanese Turmeric Semolina Cake (Vegan)
Sfouf is an easy Lebanese semolina cake with turmeric that is a gorgeous bright yellow color. This Lebanese cake is soft, quite tender and slightly crumbly. The semolina contributes to this cake's unique texture, giving it a slightly pleasant graininess. The exterior is crunchy and the interior is moist.
Vegan sfouf
Which one of these vegan iftar recipes did you like?
Did you make any of these Ramadan meal ideas? Tag me on Instagram @plantbasedfolk to be featured via my stories. Or leave me a comment below. One of my favourite desserts to make is baklawa, ouft it's so good!
Some of my other favourite healthy vegan meals to make, that aren't Arabic include, polenta fritas - these are made in the air fryer and can be enjoyed as a side to your main break fast Ramadan meal.
Damper, this is a 3 ingredients bread from Australia which is perfect for mopping up soup or stews. Use a small amount so you don't get full on bread during iftar.
Lebanese zaatar, if you're Middle Eastern, you know that this herb blend can be used on almost anything. It's especially nice for ftoor (breaking fast during sunrise).
An English inspired wholesome meal is vegan shepherds pie, it's full flavoured loaded with veggies and topped with mashed potatoes, this is an amazing iftar meal - go on try something different.
Janelle
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