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Vegan Iftar Recipes (32 Ramadan Food Ideas)

Published: Apr 14, 2021 by Janelle Hama

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.

a collage of four different meals
Jump to:
  • 🍲 Soups & Porridges
  • 🥗Salads
  • 🍟Sides
  • 🍲Stews
  • 🥘Mains
  • 🍮Desserts

🍲 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.
Check out this recipe
carrot and celery soup in a white bowl side view
Lentil Porridge (Mujadara Makhbousa)
Savoury Lebanese lentil porridge is known as Mujadara Makhbousa. A wholesome, warming bowl of goodness made with lentils and rice.
Check out this recipe
Lentil porridge
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.
Check out this recipe
white bowl of yellow soup toped with chop parsley and slices of lemon

🥗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
fatoush salad top down view
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
a white plate with two pieces of lettuce filled with colourful 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.
Check out this recipe
a hand with a handful of balilah in bread
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
A white bowl with a glass spoon filled with quinoa and chopped vegetables

🍟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.
Check out this recipe
vermicelli rice in a bowl
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.
Check out this recipe
a white plate with steamed greens topped with fried onion and a side of Lebanese bread
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
a metal plate with a yellowish dip and a green leaf covered in oil on top
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
two white plates and a pot of loubieh

🍲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
Spinach Stew (Sabanekh wa Riz)
Lebanese spinach stew is hearty, warming, and delicious. Using minimal ingredients and can be made in around 30 minutes. Gluten free and vegan.
Check out this recipe
Spinach Stew with rice known as Sabanekh wa Rice
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
stewed peas and carrots in a red pot with a white spoon
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.
Check out this recipe
two grey bowls of fasolia with rice
a collage of 3 different meals

🥘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.
Check out this recipe
Lebanese Kibbeh-vegetarian kibbeh freshly baked
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.
Check out this recipe
Kousa mashi in a white plate with a spoon
Easy Lebanese Falafel (From Scratch)
Easy Lebanese falafel made from scratch.
Check out this recipe
a white plate of irregular shaped falafel topped with sesame seeds
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
two cooked long eggplants in a red broth in a white plate
Delicious Lebanese Black Eyed Beans
A vegan and gluten free Lebanese black eyed beans recipe with red veined sorrel. The beans are buttery and melt in the mouth and the sorrel is coated in freshly squeezed lemon.
Check out this recipe
Lebanese black eyed beans with lemon wedges
Lebanese Rice Vegan
The best vegan Lebanese rice (roz) recipe, so tasty you will want a second serving . Gluten free, topped with nuts.
Check out this recipe
Vegan Lebanese Rice served with nuts in a black dish
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
Malfouf Lebanese Cabbage Rolls
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.
Check out this recipe
Vegan shawarma roll with a hand
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.
Check out this recipe
pearl couscous with pearl onions and chickpeas in a bowl
Mujadara Hamra (Lentils & Bulgur)
Mujadara hamra is a wholesome lentils and cracked wheat (bulgur) from the South of Lebanon. Vegan friendly
Check out this recipe
a white plate with cooked brown lentils and wheat
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.
Check out this recipe
Mujadara Lebanese lentil and rice

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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
freshly cut baklawa in a tray
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
atayef cut in half to show walnut stuffing
Vegan Lebanese Milk Pudding - Haytaliyeh
An authentic Lebanese milk pudding dessert converted to use plant based ingredients. Gluten free.
Check out this recipe
Haytaliyeh with crushed pistachio on top and tray in the background
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.
Check out this recipe
Lebanese Rice Pudding Riz Bi Haleeb in a bowl with pistachio
Namoura (Basbousa)
Namoura (basbousa) is a sweet semolina cake from the Middle East soaked in a fragrant sugar syrup. It is made with semolina, tahini and yogurt. This is a vegan basbousa recipe.
Namoura
Namoura in a tray
Lebanese Sfouf (Vegan Yellow Cake)
This Lebanese Sfouf is a gorgeous vegan yellow cake topped with pine nuts that is baked in a tahini greased cake tin resulting in a crunchy exterior and a soft dense semi crumbly inside. 
Check out this recipe
three pieces of yellow cake on a chopping board

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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