Planning A Dish Party Iftar With Your Friends? Here Are 12 Different Affordable Menus

Ramadan is the ideal time to meet our friends and family. So take every opportunity to meet whoever we haven’t seen in a long time. So when we finally decide that we’re meeting them, it’s probably time to host a dish party. We take forever to choose what each one of us is going to make or prepare. Because we don’t want you to have any difficulties while arranging your dish party, we decided to share 12 different and affordable menus to choose from.

P.S. Most of the desserts in this article are mentioned here with more information on where to buy them from.

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Menu 1

Drink : Ramadan drinks (sobia - tamr - hibiscus)

Soup: Red Lentil soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Fresh Watercress & Apple Salad

Main: Roasted Chicken with Potato

Desserts: Banana Pudding Basbousa

Menu 2

Drink: Strawberry Jug

Soup: White Zucchini Soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Fresh Kale Salad with Oranges

Main: Saffron Rice Pilaf with Chicken

Desserts: Mango Kunafa

Menu 3

Drink: Lemon Mint Jug

Soup: Creamy Mushroom soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Arugula Salad with White Cheese & Pistachio

Main: Molokhia - Chicken - White Rice

Desserts: Mochi Ice Cream Cake

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Menu 4

Drink: Homemade Lemonade

Soup: Arugula Yogurt Soup with Mint Pesto

Salad/ Appetizer: Savory Atayef filled with olives/chicken/minced beef

Main: Butter Chicken and White Rice

Desserts: Tastousa

Menu 5

Drink: Qamar al deen (apricot juice)

Soup: Chicken Vermicelli soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Cheese and Beef Sambousek

Main : Roasted Chicken and Mahshi

Desserts: El-Malky Pyramids

Menu 6

Drink: Pineapple and Orange juices

Soup: Onion Soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Creamy Puree Potatoes

Main: Messaka’a (Eggplant casserole with Tomato Sauce)

Desserts: Kunafa Cheesecake

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Menu 7

Drink: Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

Soup: Cream of tomato soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Crunchy Red Beans Salad

Main: Chicken with Mango Stew

Desserts: Pistachio Sambousek

Menu 8

Drink: Date Biscuit Shake

Soup: Vegetable Freek Soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Cheese nut salad

Main: Chicken Negresco with olives and mozzarella cheese

Desserts: Dates filled with Nutella

Menu 9

Drink: Mango Milkshake

Soup: Vegetable Yogurt Soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Avocado Salad

Main: Bechamel Kofta and potatoes

Desserts: Break it Kunafa

Menu 10

Drink: Peach Juice

Soup: Seafood soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Renga Salad

Main: Pomegranate molasses chicken potatoes

Desserts: Sawabe' Gigi from Nola

Menu 11

Drink: Soda and fizzy drinks

Appetizer: French fries

Salad: Shrimp pink sauce salad

Main: Burger sandwiches with different sauces and fillings

Desserts: Oriental desserts

Menu 12

Drink: Ramadan drinks (from Dancing Goat Coffee)

Soup: Lesan Asfour Soup

Salad/ Appetizer: Atayef with cheese and mint

Main: Mushroom Piccata and White Rice

Desserts: Madlouka

The best thing you can do is not to make or buy many dishes because the amount of leftovers is drastically huge. You may add extra dishes from other menus instead of sticking to one menu. The number of dishes and quantities depends on the number of the participants, so it’s wise to plan accordingly.