Iftar recipes – A collection of over 150 Iftar snacks recipes & sweets recipes for Ramadan. Iftar is a meal that is served at the end of the day to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. The ninth month of the Islamic calender is known as Ramadan also written as ramazan, ramzan or Ramadhan. Muslims across the globe observe fast for 29 to 30 days to commemorate the first disclosure of Quran. (source:wiki).

Though the essence of fasting during Ramadan is spiritual, it also helps to tune the mind and body. During this month, people involve more in charities, spiritual readings and get together for the Iftar meal to strengthen the family bonds.
Traditionally muslims break the fast with dates and or water. Haleem & nombu kanji are also consumed to break the fast in some south Indian states. After the evening prayers, iftar is taken and is usually enjoyed with friends, family and community.
Many people enjoy the pleasure of hosting iftar parties at home where they get to greet and share the food together with the community. A variety of foods are prepared for the iftar meal which includes fresh fruit juices, appetizers & soups etc. Even restaurants offer buffet iftar meals during the month long period.
Special dishes like sheer kurma, shahi tukda, dum biryani, samosa,many veg and meat appetizers include the menu. However each region has their own special dishes and is a personal choice as well.
I had a lot of requests from readers during Ramadan last year for a compiled post of Iftar recipes, so I put in an effort to make this post. Any suggestions to enhance this page are most welcome.
- Eating healthy is very important during the fasting days.
- Include lot of fresh fruits & vegetables in your sehri/ suhoor and iftar menu.
- Focus on whole grains, lentils, eggs and lean meat for protein.
- Consume red meat, fried foods and sugar desserts in moderation.
- Avoid or at least minimize consumption of coffee, tea, sugar loaded smoothies & beverages. Otherwise they may lead to dehydration, acidity and sleeplessness.
- Do not overindulge in foods. Eat in moderation.
- Include a variety of healthy foods and experience the benefits of fasting.
On this page, you can find healthy beverages, healthy snacks, non-veg appetizers/snacks, veg appetizers/snacks and then some desserts.
I will be updating this page further with new iftar snacks recipes through out the month of Ramadan. So stay tuned!
Here are my suggestions for quick foods if you are running short of time and are unable to go through the entire post.
RECIPE | TOTAL TIME | SERVES |
Anjeer barfi | 20 Mins | 16 Squares |
Dry fruits ladoo | 15 mins | 12 balls |
Date Nut Balls | 35 mins | 8 balls |
Oatmeal pancakes | 25 mins | 4 pcakes |
Chicken pakoda | 35 mins | 2 to 3 |
Mysore bonda | 25 mins | 3 |
Aloo chaat | 30 mins | 2 |
Crispy fried chicken | 30 mins | 3 |
Paneer rolls | 25 mins | 3 to 4 |
Dates halwa | 9 mins | 15 squares |
Badam milk | 15 mins | 2 to 3 |
Chicken Dum biryani | 1 hour | 3 to 4 |
After a day long fasting, the body needs to be hydrated & rejuvenated well. A healthy natural homemade fruit juice, smoothie/ milkshake or a clear soup does the job well.
These recipes are not only healthy, they will keep you hydrated and boost energy instantly. Try to minimize the use of sugar.
A glass of barley water can be consumed regularly before you begin to fast. This will keep you hydrated through out the day.
Iftar recipes – Beverages
Lassi recipes – Sweet, salted and mint
Mango lassi
Dry fruits milkshake
Badam milk
Cold coffee shake
Chocolate shake
13 Fresh fruit juice recipes
Banana Milkshake
Carrot badam milkshake

You can also check these 50+ Main course recipes here
Latest Iftar Recipes for Ramadan
Chicken pakora recipe (Chicken pakoda)

Cheese balls | Potato cheese ball recipe

Jalebi recipe | How to make jalebi

Mutton kabab recipe | Mutton keema kabab recipe

Crispy corn recipe | Crispy sweet corn recipe

Moong dal pakoda (moong dal bhajiya)

Mutton korma (Lamb korma)

Chicken spring rolls recipe | How to make chicken spring roll

Top 10 desserts & sweets – Iftar recipes
Here are the top 10 desserts you can try. For the complete collection do check this 40 Iftar sweets recipes
Fruit custard recipe

Kulfi recipe (instant malai kulfi)

Mango kulfi recipe

Falooda recipe | How to make falooda ice cream | Faluda

Rasmalai recipe | How to make soft rasmalai

Gulab jamun recipe | How to make gulab jamun recipe

Kheer recipe | How to make rice kheer

Dates halwa recipe | Dates burfi | Dates mawa ladoo

Shahi tukda (Shahi tukra)

Sheer khurma recipe

Rasgulla recipe | How to make rasgulla (Soft spongy rasgulla recipe)

Khoya gulab jamun | Gulab jamun with khoya mawa | Indian sweets

Iftar recipes for Ramadan – non-veg Appetizers & Snacks
Some of these are tawa fried and some deep fried. Consume deep fried foods in moderation.
Shami kabab recipe

Chicken spring rolls recipe | How to make chicken spring roll

Chicken cutlet recipe | Chicken patties | Chicken tikki

Chicken kebab recipe | Chicken kabab recipe

Tandoori chicken | How to make Tandoori chicken

Chicken Shawarma recipe | How to make Shawarma at home

Chicken lollipop recipe | How to make chicken lollipop

KFC fried chicken recipe

Chicken nuggets recipe

Popcorn chicken recipe | How to make kfc style popcorn chicken at home

Reshmi kabab recipe | Chicken malai kabab

Chicken manchurian recipe

Chicken burger recipe | Zinger burger | KFC style chicken burger

Szechuan chicken | Schezwan chicken recipe

Chilli chicken recipe | How to make chilli chicken

Chicken tikka recipe

Chicken majestic | Hyderabadi chicken starter | Indian chicken starters

Garlic chicken recipe

Egg bonda recipe | Egg bajji | Egg pakora

Chicken 65 recipe

Iftar Recipes – Vegetarian Snacks
These are mostly deep fried or baked.
Sandwich recipes | 35 Easy sandwich recipes for breakfast & snack

Falafel | How to make falafel

Tawa pizza without yeast | How to make pizza without oven

Dahi vada recipe (soft & fluffy dahi vada)

Dahi kabab recipe | How to make dahi kabab (Dahi ke kabab)

Samosa recipe | How to make samosa

Bread vada recipe | Vegetable bread vada | Bread snacks recipes

Aloo bonda recipe

Aloo tikki

Veg seekh kabab | Soya seekh veg kabab | Vegetarian kebab

Paneer cheese toast recipe | Paneer cheese sandwich

Gobi manchurian recipe | How to make crispy cauliflower manchurian

Soya pakora | Meal maker pakoda using soya nuggets

Veg cutlet recipe | Vegetable cutlet | How to make cutlet

Masala vada recipe | South indian chana dal vada

Hara bhara kabab recipe | How to make hara bhara kabab (Veg kabab)

Onion pakoda recipe | How to make crisp onion pakoda

Dal vada (Moong dal vada)

Corn vada (Sweet corn vada)

Burger recipe | How to make veggie burger

Vada recipe | Medu vada | Garelu

Bread pakora recipe (Bread pakoda)

Mysore bonda recipe

Garlic cheese toast recipe

Pizza recipe | How to make pizza | Homemade pizza recipe

Chilli potato recipe | How to make chilli potato | Chilli aloo recipe

Punugulu recipe | How to make punugulu with idli dosa batter

Mirchi bajji recipe | Mirapakaya bajji | How to make stuffed mirchi bajji

Spring rolls recipe | How to make veg spring rolls

Pav bhaji recipe (Stovetop & Instant pot)

Gobi 65 recipe | Cauliflower 65 recipe | Gobi recipes

Bread roll recipe | How to make potato stuffed bread roll

Capsicum cheese toast sandwich recipe | Quick cheese toast

Corn cutlet recipe | Corn patties | How to make corn cutlet

19 Indian fritters recipes

22 Dosa varieties, South Indian dosa varieties for breakfast

Bread upma recipe | How to make bread upma

Wonderful
haleem recipe?
Yes I will
Hi mam
Ramzan is close to door. When you will share haleem recipe? M w8ing eagerly.
Hi Halima
🙂
Yes i will be sharing soon. I will surely share before Ramadan. Thank you
Hey hi again,
With Bakrid round the corner was wondering if you could share haleem recipe. Since I would have mutton want to try my hands on this irresistible dish. Waiting for your reply.
Hi Mahek
I dont think I will be able to share it now. Due to the festive season, we don’t eat meat for few months now.
🙂
Ohhh
Will be waiting for this recipe from you. TAKE your own time though. ?
Thanks Mahek Will surely post
Hi Swasthi`s,
I regularly follow the Swasthi`s Indian health recepies website. I would like to prepare Hale em with Chicken & Mutton. Can you please post the recepie regarding preperation of Haleem with Chicken & Mutton.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful recepies. Please keep posting on varieties of recepies, so that i can prepare easily.
Hi Sravan, You are welcome.
Glad to know you. Thanks for following the blog. I am sorry that I cannot help you this time with a haleem recipe due to my kids holidays. Will be doing it for next Ramadan.
Will surely keep posting. Thanks for the comment
Hi Swasthi! 🙂
What a really nice collection of Iftar recipes! Ramadan is just around the corner. I can’t wait to try all these.., hopefully! 😀 Thank you so much for all the efforts and for sharing! 🙂
Hi Vita
You are welcome. Glad to know you liked the recipes. Do try them.
If you have any suggestions to enhance this page, do share with me. Would love to add more recipes here. Thank you.