YOGYAKARTA A typical food of Ramadan in various countries can be used as an alternative to the iftar menu, especially if you are tired of eating the takjil menu.

Indonesia itself has a typical food of Ramadan which is often used as a menu for breaking the fast. The food is Kolak. This is a sweet food full of coconut milk filled with kollangs, sweet potatoes, bananas, and jackfruit. This menu is never an abscess in Indonesian society's dining table when breaking the fast.

So, what about typical foods from other countries? Adapted by VOI from National Geographic, Sunday, April 2, 2023, here are typical Ramadan foods in various countries that can be an alternative to the breaking menu.

Shami kebab is a popular snack in India and Pakistan. This food is made from lamb or beef cooked with adal or Bengal gram chant.

The meat is then ground and spiced with garlic, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, jintan, mint, ketumbar, and green chili.

The donation was then put into the egg and then fried with a patty until the outside was crunchy and almost destroyed inside.

Kebab Shami is usually served with mint-coriander cockpit, tomato sauce, and onion ring. This food can be eaten open because it contains high amounts of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates.

Thareed is a beef and vegetable soup served using bowls or pots that are fogged from clay. According to some people, Thaid is one of the favorite dishes of the Prophet Muhammad.

This Saudi Arabian casual dish is made of lamb cooked for more than an hour. Then add potatoes, thoroughly, and zukini and then boiled into tomato paste, onions, and garlic paste together with broth.

So that the taste is more solid, thareed is then spiced with turmeric, dry lime, capulaga, ketumbar, cinnamon, red chili, and pepper.

Samosa is a triangular-shaped fried pastry filled with crushing potatoes or packaged meat and combined with jintan, ketumbar, and masal salt.

Samosa is served with mint citumbar chili sauce and sweet acid mitigation. This food is very popular during Ramadan.

Ramazan pidesi is a typical Turkish opening dish in the form of soft and warm bread served with olives, cheese, butter, and pasterma beef.

This food has a soft texture because there is an additional milk in the dough. When it expands, the dough will be coated with a mixture of eggs and yogurt and formed with hands into round bread. Next, the bread is served with jintan and wijen seeds on it and roasts.

Harira is a warm soup served with dates. This typical Moroccan food is made of lentil, beans, meat, bihun, and rich and strong tomato soup.

The soft consistency of Harira soup comes from tedouira, which is a mixture of thick flour and water added when mixing the soup.

In Morocco, this dish is usually served differently. Some choose rice instead of milk or beef compared to lamb.

That's information about the typical food of Ramadan in various countries. How, interested in trying it out?


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