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The holy month of Ramadan represents an opportunity to start a healthy diet that benefits the body and helps protect it from diseases.

On the first day of the holy month, we provide instructions for preparing the best healthy breakfast.

According to the Qatari Ministry of Public Health, the month of Ramadan is an opportunity to get rid of bad habits that negatively affect health. Fasting also relaxes and strengthens the digestive system, increases its efficiency, and helps control triglyceride levels in the blood.

On the other hand, breakfasting with fatty foods, fried foods, and a lot of sweets is counterproductive and leads to an increase in triglycerides, cholesterol, and weight gain.

Perfect breakfast plan:

First: dates

Eat 3 dates with a cup of water.

Second: Eat soup

Avoid creamy and fatty soups and replace them with vegetable, lentil, barley or chicken soups (cream-free).

Third: Appetizers

Eat appetizers after soup, as they prepare your stomach to begin the digestion process.

Therefore, it is recommended to choose appetizers rich in vegetables, such as fattoush, green salad, and tabbouleh, with a little lemon or vinegar without adding any salt.

Fourth: The main dish

It is best for Ramadan tables to contain one main dish, as the variety and excess of food generally leads to overeating.

Breakfast food should include carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, bread, etc., protein found in red meat, chicken, or fish, or vegetable protein such as beans, lentils, and chickpeas.

General rules

  • Break my fast with dates.

  • Include soups and salads in your eating plan.

  • Avoid fried and fatty foods as much as possible and replace frying with baking or grilling.

  • Avoid eating sweets every day during the month of Ramadan and limit them to special occasions such as eating out or inviting guests to breakfast.

  • Include a salad to ensure your body's needs for fibre, vitamins and minerals are met.

Examples of healthy Ramadan dishes

Healthy Ramadan appetizers

  • Hummus, eat it with a spoon or dip it in brown bread.

  • Hummus with roasted garlic, prepared by adding two heads of roasted garlic and mixing it with chickpeas, tahini and lemon.

  • Stuffed grape leaves, making sure to fill with a smaller amount of rice.

  • Spinach pancakes.

  • Grilled halloumi, prepared by grilling halloumi cheese sticks in the oven, is a good alternative to fried potatoes and contains calcium and protein.

Healthy Ramadan salads

  • Fattoush salad, consisting of simple, fresh vegetables and pieces of toasted bread

  • Tabbouleh salad, which contains bulgur, parsley, mint and vegetables

  • Tomato, avocado and cucumber salad

  • Zucchini salad. To prepare it, mix zucchini slices with walnuts and parmesan

  • Bulgur salad with chickpeas

  • Healthy Ramadan soups

  • Lentil Soup

  • Lemon rice soup

  • Chicken vermicelli soup

  • White bean soup

  • Freekeh soup with chicken

Healthy Ramadan dishes

  • Pea and carrot stew

  • Green bean stew with chicken

  • Spinach stew

  • White bean stew

  • Kofta and potato stew, which involves cooking meatballs marinated in tomato sauce

  • Okra stew, featuring garlic, coriander, tomato sauce, beef, and fresh or frozen okra

  • Molokhiya

  • Mujaddara, consisting of rice, lentils, and fried fried onions.

  • Pasta with milk

  • Chickpea Pasta - This creamy vegetarian pasta dish is a healthy, Mediterranean-inspired side dish that's perfect for scooping

  • Chicken kofta

  • Chicken shish kebab, grilled chicken on a skewer with fresh vegetables

  • Homemade chicken shawarma

  • Shish Tawook, in which the chicken is marinated with yogurt, lemon and garlic

  • Freekeh with chicken

  • Beef kofta, made from minced beef, parsley, onions and a mixture of spices

  • Beef kebab

  • Beef shawarma

  • Stuffed cabbage, stuffed with a mixture of rice and minced beef

  • Falafel, prepared from ground chickpeas, herbs, onions and spices, then fried in oil.

    Be careful not to eat a large amount of it because it is high in calories.

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