5 Healthy, Nutritious, and Convenient Iftar Menu Recipes

Kapanlagi.com - Maintaining a fit body condition during fasting is indeed necessary. Because, with a healthy body, fasting worship will run smoothly without any disturbances. One of the things that can be done is by consuming healthy food during suhoor and iftar

When fasting, Muslims are advised to restrain themselves from all temptations and desires. Including refraining from eating and drinking. If not followed by a healthy lifestyle starting from exercise, enough rest, and consumption of healthy food, the body condition may decrease.

Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle as mentioned. But the most important thing is to maintain a healthy eating pattern, including choosing a healthy and nutritious menu for suhoor and iftar.

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In addition to healthy food, another factor often chosen by every Muslim when fasting is its practicality. The meaning of practicality is that it is easy to make, easy to obtain ingredients, and easy to serve and delicious. Don't worry because there are many healthy and nutritious iftar recipes that are easy to make at home.

Preparing iftar menu certainly takes more time than suhoor. So that you can be creative according to your taste and of course healthier and more nutritious. Here are 5 recommended healthy and nutritious iftar menu recipes that you can make, summarized from various sources.

1. Gulai Daun Singkong Recipe

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The first healthy iftar menu is gulai daun singkong. Usually, you might find many variations of meat gulai, but this time the meat is replaced with cassava leaves for a healthier and more nutritious option. Here is the recipe for gulai daun singkong from Tastemade Indonesia:

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of boiled cassava leaves.

- 6 shallots.

- 5 cloves of garlic.

- 5 red bird's eye chilies.

- 10 red curly chilies.

- 1 piece of ginger.

- 2 pieces of turmeric.

- 5 candlenuts.

- 5 tablespoons of andaliman.

- ½ teaspoon cumin.

- 1 piece of turmeric leaf.

- 1 stalk of lemongrass, crushed.

- 100 ml coconut milk.

- Bay leaves.

- Sufficient vegetable oil.

Instructions:

- Grind the prepared spices. Then sauté them with oil until fragrant. Add turmeric leaf, lemongrass, bay leaves, and coconut milk.

- After boiling, add the cassava leaves, water, sugar, salt, pepper, tamarind, and stir until well-cooked.

- Remove from heat and serve in a bowl. Gulai daun singkong is ready to be enjoyed as a healthy iftar menu.

2. Vegetable Pecel Recipe

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Vegetable pecel is a healthy dish for another breakfasting that you can make easily. Because vegetable pecel does not require many ingredients and complicated preparations. Here's the recipe for vegetable pecel:

ingredients:

- Various boiled vegetables according to taste.

- Boiled eggs.

- Fried tofu.

- Pecel sauce:

- 250 grams of fried peanuts.

- 7 cloves of garlic.

- 10 curly red chilies.

- 5 red bird's eye chilies.

- 2 pieces of old kencur.

- 7 thinly sliced ​​kaffir lime leaves.

- Enough brown sugar.

- 1 tsp salt.

- 3 pieces of tamarind dissolved in hot water.

- ½ tsp roasted shrimp paste.

How to make vegetable pecel:

- Fry the chilies and garlic until wilted. Then grind together with kencur, kaffir lime leaves, shrimp paste, and salt.

- Add peanuts little by little, then add brown sugar, tamarind water, and warm water. Dissolve until well mixed and adjust the taste.

- Transfer to a serving plate, vegetable pecel is ready to be served.

3. Spinach Corn Clear Vegetable Recipe

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Here is the recipe for spinach corn clear vegetable that is suitable as a healthy and nutritious iftar menu and is practical to make:

Ingredients:

- 1 bunch of spinach (pluck and wash)

- 2 carrots (peel and slice)

- 1 sweet corn (cut)

- 2 stalks of lemongrass.

- 1 segment of galangal.

- 7 shallots (thinly sliced)

- 2 bay leaves.

- 2 tomatoes, diced.

- Salt and sugar to taste.

How to make spinach corn clear vegetable recipe:

- Boil water in a pan and add galangal, lemongrass, shallots, and corn until boiling.

- Add carrots and tomatoes, then add sugar and salt.

- Add spinach to the pan until wilted.

- Transfer to a bowl and the spinach corn clear vegetable is ready to serve.

4. Vegetable Cap Cay Recipe

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The next healthy and practical iftar menu is vegetable cap cay. Vegetable cap cay is not only delicious but also high in nutrients due to the vegetable content and protein in meatballs, eggs, meat, or shrimp. Here is the recipe for vegetable cap cay:

Ingredients:

- 2 cloves of minced garlic.

- Broccoli

- Corn, cut into small pieces.

- Meatballs.

- Shrimp (clean and peel the skin)

- Sliced spring onions.

- Carrots, cut into small pieces.

- Chopped mustard greens.

- Onion.

- 1 tbsp oyster sauce.

- 2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in water.

- Salt.

- Chicken broth powder.

- Pepper to taste.

How to make vegetable cap cay:

- Sauté the minced garlic until fragrant.

- Then add shrimp, vegetables, meatballs, and sliced onions.

- Add enough water, then add salt, chicken broth, pepper, cornstarch, and oyster sauce.

- Cook until done and serve on a plate.

5. Fruit Salad Recipe

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Besides vegetables, of course, during breaking the fast, a healthy fruit menu is also needed. You can make fruit salad easily at home. Here is the fruit salad recipe:

Ingredients:

- Various fruits according to taste.

- Jelly, diced.

- Sauce:

- 1 cup plain yogurt.

- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise.

- 1 sachet sweetened condensed milk.

- 50 grams grated cheddar cheese.

- 1 tablespoon lime juice.

- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest.

Instructions:

- Cut various fruits and refrigerate for approximately 2 hours.

- Mix the sauce ingredients and stir until well combined, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

- Arrange the fruits and jelly in a bowl and pour the sauce over them. Add slices of cheese on top for extra flavor.

Those are 5 healthy, nutritious, and easy-to-make iftar menus. May the fasting be successful. Happy fasting during Ramadan 2020 KLovers.

(kpl/nlw/gen)