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Recipes for an iftar menu

Recipes to build an iftar table from soup to dessert. Most are gentle starters and dishes you can make ahead.

Recipes

Yellow red lentil soup served with lemon in a white bowl

Red lentil soup (mercimek çorbası)

40 minEasy

Orange ezogelin soup in a white bowl

Ezogelin soup (ezogelin çorbası)

45 minEasy

White bowl of yayla soup with red butter drizzled on top

Yoghurt and rice soup (yayla çorbası)

35 minMedium

Olive oil stuffed vine leaves on a plate with lemon slices

Yaprak sarma (stuffed vine leaves)

1 h 50 minHard

Imam bayildi with a tomato filling on a white plate

İmam bayıldı

1 h 10 minMedium

Olive oil barbunya pilaki with parsley on a plate

Barbunya pilaki (borlotti bean stew)

1 h 15 min + restingEasy

Fluffy rice pilaf with orzo in a black pan

Pirinç pilavı (buttery rice pilaf)

55 minEasy

Spiced iç pilav with currants on a plate

İç pilav (spiced pilaf with pine nuts)

1 h 5 minMedium

Tomato, cucumber and lemon shepherd's salad in a white bowl

Çoban salatası (shepherd's salad)

15 minEasy

Cacik garnished with mint in a white bowl

Cacık (yoghurt and cucumber)

10 minEasy

Pieces of Antep pistachio baklava on a white plate

Pistachio baklava

1 h 30 min + restingHard

Baked rice pudding with a browned top in a clay dish

Baked sütlaç (rice pudding)

3 hMedium

Rolled kazandibi with a caramelised surface on a plate

Kazandibi

3 h 35 minMedium

Triangular slice of syrup-soaked revani on a plate

Revani

1 h 50 minEasy

Golden syrup-soaked tulumba in a glass bowl

Tulumba

1 h 50 minMedium

Frothy ayran in copper cups

Ayran

5 minEasy

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