With the arrival of Ramadan, nourishing dishes often become a popular choice for iftar. This is because dishes such as soups can offer warmth, comfort, and a refreshing taste after a day of fasting.
Furthermore, nourishing dishes can also help replenish fluids lost during fasting. Therefore, let’s explore some nutritious and nourishing iftar recipes below!
Recommendations of Nourishing Iftar Dishes
Nourishing foods are not only limited to vegetables, but you can also add eggs or various types of meat to increase taste and nutritional value. The following are some nourishing iftar dish recipes you can try:
1. Clear Beef Soup
The first nourishing iftar dish is clear beef soup. Beef is enriched with protein, zinc, and iron, which can help boost immunity, strengthen bones, and many more. To make this dish, you can follow these steps:
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of beef, washed thoroughly.
- 1 potato, cut as desired.
- 2 carrots, cut as desired.
- A tomato, cut as desired.
- ¼ cabbage, chopped.
- 1 stalk of celery.
- 1 stalk of green onion, finely chopped.
- 1 liter of water.
Seasonings:
- 6 cloves of minced shallots.
- 4 cloves of minced garlic.
- 1 teaspoon of salt.
- 1 teaspoon of sugar.
How to make:
- Cut the beef into pieces, making sure they are not too thick so they cook more quickly and become tender.
- Boil the cut of beef for 20–30 minutes.
- Stir-fry all the seasonings until fragrant, then add them to the beef broth.
- Add a cut of potato and wait until half-cooked.
- Add carrots, cabbage, tomato, green onions, and celery to the broth.
- Bring the soup to a boil and cook for 15 minutes or until the beef is tender.
- The dish is ready to serve.
2. Egg and Potato Stew
The next nourishing iftar dish is egg and potato stew. You can use free-range eggs, which can serve as a source of energy, maintain an ideal weight, and many more. Then, potatoes are enriched with vitamins and minerals that can combat free radicals and support digestive health. The recipe for this dish is as follows:
Ingredients:
- 7 eggs, cracked and placed in a greased container.
- 2 potatoes,
- 400 ml of water.
- Mushroom bouillon powder.
Seasonings:
- 3 bay leaves.
- A stalk of lemongrass.
- 4-5 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce.
- 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
- 3 cloves of shallots and garlic, minced.
- 2 candlenuts, crushed.
- Salt, pepper, and galangal to taste.
How to make:
- Steam the eggs in the greased container for 20 minutes.
- Fry the potatoes until medium-well.
- Stir-fry the garlic, shallots, and candlenut until fragrant, then add the bay leaves, lemongrass, and galangal.
- Add the potatoes, then add the water and other seasonings.
- Cook until the liquid has reduced and thickened.
- Transfer the stew to a plate and serve with the steamed eggs.
3. Sayur Lodeh (Vegetables with Coconut Milk)
If you are craving for a nourishing dish for iftar, sayur lodeh can also be a perfect option. This dish consists of nutritious ingredients, such as eggplants, cabbage, green beans, and more. The following steps are how to make it:
Ingredients:
- Diced chayote.
- Sliced eggplants.
- Green beans, cabbage, long beans, and baby corn as needed.
- 1 liter of water.
Seasonings:
- 8 cloves of shallot, ground into a paste.
- 3 cloves of garlic, ground into a paste.
- ½ teaspoon of coriander.
- 2 teaspoons of toasted coriander seeds.
- 2 green chilies and red chilies, diagonally sliced.
- 2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
- 2 bay leaves.
- 3 cm of galangal, bruised.
- Coconut milk and salt to taste.
How to make:
- Boil the water, then add the spice paste, bay leaves, and galangal.
- Add the brown sugar and salt.
- Add all the vegetables and cook until they are tender.
- Pour in the coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes.
- Serve and sprinkle with fried shallots.
Read also: 10 Healthy, Delicious, and Easy-to-Make Vegetarian Foods!
4. Crab and Asparagus Soup
Crab is a good source of protein that can be used to make a nourishing iftar dish. You can combine it with asparagus, which contains antioxidants and vitamins. To make this dish, you can try the following recipe:
Ingredients:
- 250 grams ofcrab meat.
- A can of asparagus.
- ½ ear of corn.
- 2 eggs, mixed well.
Seasonings:
- 5 cloves of garlic, minced.
- 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce.
- 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil.
- 3 tablespoons of cornstarch slurry.
- Salt, pepper, and sugar to taste.
How to make:
- Stir-fry the minced garlic until fragrant and golden, then add the water.
- Add the crab meat, corn, salt, sugar, light soy sauce, and fish sauce.
- Once the corn is cooked, add the asparagus, then pour in the beaten eggs while stirring until they form thin strands.
- Add the sesame oil and cornstarch slurry, then cook until the soup thickens. Serve warm.
5. Mujair Kuah Bali
A nourishing iftar dish with a spicy taste is balinese style mujair soup. This fish is rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, and omega-2 fatty acids which can support your daily nutritional intake. The recipe of this dish is as follows:
Ingredients:
- 3 pieces of mujair (tilapia fish), wash them thoroughly, then halved and rubbed with salt and lime juice, let them rest for a while.
- Water as needed.
- Mushroom seasonings, powder stocks, salt, and sugar to taste.
Spicy paste:
- 7 cloves of shallots, ground into a paste.
- 3 cloves of garlic, ground into a paste .
- 3 coriander seeds, crushed.
- 6 curly red chilies, finely ground.
- 3 red chilies, finely ground.
- 5 bird's eye chilies, roughly chopped.
- ½ teaspoon of cumin, ground into a paste.
- 2 stalks of bruised lemongrass.
- A tomato, sliced into small pieces.
How to make:
- Fry the tilapia until cooked through or as desired.
- Stir-fry the spicy paste until fragrant.
- Add the cooked spicy paste to the fried fish, then mix well.
- Add enough water to make the dish soupy, then stir well.
- Once the dish is fully cooked, it is ready to serve.
Those are some nourishing iftar dishes you can try. These dishes not only offer delicious flavors and a refreshing taste when breaking your fast, but can also help replenish fluids and provide essential nutrients after a day of fasting.
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