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Adam Liaw's roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

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Mix-and-match dishes suitable to share at iftar during Ramadan

During Ramadan, two main meals are served: Suhoor, which is eaten before sunrise, and iftar, the evening meal that breaks the fast after sunset. These share-friendly dishes, to mix and match, are mostly designed to serve at night.

38 recipes
Lamb, almond and apricot kofta.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s juicy lamb kofta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Zucchini and halloumi fritters with garlic yoghurt.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s zucchini and halloumi fritters

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Fried eggplant and feta fattoush.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s fried eggplant and feta fattoush

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's carrot and sultana salad.
EASY

Neil Perry’s carrot and sultana salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Adam Liaw’s roast lamb shoulder shawarma​

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Cos salad with tahini and molasses.
EASY

Cos lettuce salad with tahini and pomegranate molasses dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Easy pilaf rice.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s easy pilaf rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez’s green pea and spinach fritters.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s green pea and spinach fritters

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Speedy salmon pitas with hummus.
EASY

Salmon pitas with hummus

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Roast pumpkin and cous cous salad.
EASY

Spiced pumpkin, date, almond and moghrabieh (pearl cous cous) salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Mediterranean-inspired braised lamb shoulder with potatoes.

Braised lamb shoulder with oregano and preserved lemon

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
This Persian-style stew relies on sumac in place of hard-to-find black limes.

Persian-inspired eggplant, chickpea and beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Use your favourite curry powder to flavour this roasted cauliflower.
EASY

Karen Martini's yoghurt-crusted roast cauliflower

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Hot smoked salmon with dill, eggs and new potatoes.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s hot smoked salmon with dill, eggs and new potatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad with mint, dried olives and anchovy dust.
EASY

Karen Martini's zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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Greek green salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s ‘incredibly easy’ Greek green salad with feta, mint and dill

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry’s Moroccan carrot salad.
EASY

Neil Perry’s Moroccan carrot salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Serve this spiced rice with yoghurt on the side.

Karen Martini’s spicy brown-butter rice with halloumi and pomegranate

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
The lemony whipped feta works on its own as a dip, too.

Charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
A simple tagine of chicken, enriched with dried figs and olives.

Chicken tagine with figs and olives

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Tomato trio salad.

Three tomato salad with sunflower seed puree and whipped feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Toasted freekeh salad topped with crispy carrot.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Crispy carrot freekeh salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Roast broccoli with ricotta and lemon.
EASY

Roast broccoli salad with ricotta and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Piyaz salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s piyaz salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Lahmacun with hummus and olives.
EASY

Lahmacun (lamb pizza) with hummus

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Hummus.
EASY

Karen Martini’s hummus

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Basic overnight pita bread.

Dan Lepard’s basic overnight pita bread

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

Cilbir (Turkish-style eggs)

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Turkish-style flatbread.

Ramazan pidesi (Turkish-style flatbread)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Summer on a tray: roasted seasonal veg topped with slabs of halloumi.
EASY

Summer veg and halloumi one-tray wonder

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Spiced chickpea stew topped with roast pumpkin wedges.
EASY

Chickpea and roast pumpkin casserole

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Warm salad of roast cauliflower, labne, olives and almonds.
EASY

Warm salad of roast cauliflower, labna, olives and almonds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Falafel with broad beans and spice on tahini sauce.

Falafels with broad beans, tahini yoghurt and mint

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Moroccan couscous with harissa glazed eggplant.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ Moroccan couscous

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Once you make this harissa marinade from scratch, you'll be hooked.

Neil Perry’s pan-fried snapper marinated in harissa

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Burnt honey strawberries
EASY

Burnt honey strawberries

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy

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