Ramadan Weekly Menu plan

I did this last year to great success, as it is that time of the year again, I have been asked to please post a weekly menu plan for Ramadan. There are more recipes on the blog as compared with last year, so I hope this is as robust and as helpful for you guys all over the world. The menu plan was designed to be less stressful for Sahur, and then you can go to town for Iftar, starting with a simple quick option to stave off hunger after prayers, while you bear down and cook the main dishes. I have also presented options, depending on the size of your family, or if you will be cooking for just yourself, you will find something useful. Ramadan Kareem!!!

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To find recipes for the dishes posted below, just type the name of the dish into the search bar of the blog or click on Recipespaedia HERE

Sahur – Day 1

Fruits – whatever is in season, stock up the house with. You can serve as juice or fill yourself up with a smoothie
Moin Moin and Pap or Oats with milk – if you are making a large batch, see my post about peeling beans in a blender or food processor. It would save you a lot of time. Click HERE and HERE.
Yamarita fries – or plain boiled or lightly fried Yam with Efo Riro (vegetable soup)
For your starchy solid option, Semovita/ Wheat flour and Buka stew with Ewedu or Okro.

Iftar – Day 1

Fruits
Fish/Meat Peppersoup wit bread rolls to satisfy the hunger pangs
Egusi soup with a starchy solid of your choice
Goat Curry with plain boiled rice.

Sahur – Day 2

Plantain Mosa – plantain pancakes
Sandwiches – with whatever filling you wish
Groundnut soup with a starchy solid like Eba
Palm oil rice, with grilled meats or chicken

Iftar – Day 2

Akara – to snack on and stave off the hunger pangs while the main dishes are prepared.
Masa with Miyan Taushe
Eba with Ila Asepo
Yam Pottage

Sahur –  Day 3

Adalu (beans and corn) with pap
Bread and Egg sauce
Spaghetti and Meat balls in Tomato sauce

Iftar – Day 3

Sweet potato chips with Ata din din and Fried Chicken
Miyan Kuka with Tuwon Shinkafa
Amala with Gbegiri and Ewedu
Jollof rice and Dodo

Sahur – Day 4

Tapioca with milk and grated coconut
Fruits salad or a Potato salad
Fufu served with Ogbono soup
Full English breakfast – bread, scrambled eggs, baked beans, beef sausages and mushrooms
Rice and beans with Mama Adeola stew

Iftar – Day 4

Puff Puff
Pounded Yam and Waterleaf Soup
Ekuru with Eko and Ata din
Couscous with beef and vegetable sauce

Sahur – Day 5

Fruits
Yam and Fresh Fish peppersoup
Semovita with Imoyo and blanched spinach (efo tete or green)
Ewa Aganyin and Bread

Iftar – Day 5

Fisherman’s soup with Oatmeal and chopped lightly boiled Okro
Ofada rice and Ayamase (ofada sauce)
Unripe Plantain Pottage

Sahur –  Day 6

Indomie Jollof and fried plantain with boiled eggs
Fried fish and vegetables with Egg sauce and Irish potatoes
Pancakes with beef sausages and sauteed vegetables
A starchy solid and your choice of Nigerian soup

Iftar – Day 6

Peppered meats with Chips
Corn and Plantain Moin Moin
Egusi Ijebu with your choice of Starchy solid

Sahur – Day 7

Suya burger with a fresh vegetable salad
Cereals and milks with chopped fruits
Coconut Jollof rice
Yam and Garden Egg sauce

Iftar – Day 7

Miyan Kubewa with Tuwo Masara
Egbo + smoked fish sauce
Sinasir with Soup
Bitter leaf soup with Eba

I hope this helps you prepare for Ramadan. Another post will go up next week Friday, hopefully. Someone remind me please, just in case I forget.