Middle Eastern
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Muhammara (محمرة) — Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Dip
Muhammara is Aleppo's gift to the mezze table — a thick, brick-red dip of roasted red peppers, toasted walnuts, and p...
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Today's Fast
April 11, 2026
Lenten Fast — Wine is Allowed
Great and Holy Saturday
Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum / Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
Troparion: Great and Holy Saturday: Tone II. Noble Joseph ... When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise...
Fasting Recipes
Other
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Indian Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower Curry)
Aloo gobi is the dish that proves potatoes and cauliflower are not boring — they just need to be treated properly. Co...
Russian
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Постные Пироги с Картошкой и Грибами — Fasting Pierogi with Potato and Mushroom Filling
Handmade pierogi are a labor of love, but the fasting dough is actually easier to work with than the egg-based origin...
Other
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Cajun-Style Shrimp and Okra Gumbo
Gumbo is Louisiana's defining dish, and this version proves that fasting food can be as bold and layered as anything ...
Middle Eastern
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Fattet Hummus — Layered Chickpea and Bread Dish
Fatteh is the ultimate pantry-raid meal: crispy torn bread, warm spiced chickpeas, a tangy tahini sauce, and toasted ...
Romanian
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Mămăligă cu Ciuperci (Polenta with Mushroom Stew)
Mămăligă is to Romania what bread is to France — the foundation upon which everything else rests. During fasting, whe...
Georgian
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მწვანე ლობიო ფხალი — Green Bean Pkhali
Pkhali is Georgia's answer to the question of how to make vegetables genuinely exciting. Green beans are blended with...
Greek
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Γεμιστά — Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers with Rice)
Gemista is the quintessential Greek summer dish and one of the finest things you can do with ripe tomatoes. Hollowed-...
Middle Eastern
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Fattoush (فتوش) — Levantine Bread Salad
Fattoush is the Levantine bread salad — crispy pieces of fried or toasted pita tossed with fresh vegetables and a bri...
Middle Eastern
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Falafel (فلافل)
Falafel is fried chickpea patties — crispy, deeply herbed, and one of the most satisfying fasting foods in existence....
Georgian
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Аджапсандали (Ajapsandali — Georgian Vegetable Stew)
Ajapsandali is Georgia's answer to ratatouille, and it wins the argument. Where the French version aims for delicacy,...
Romanian
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Ciorbă de Ciuperci — Mushroom Sour Soup
Romanian ciorbă gets its signature tang from borș (fermented wheat bran liquid), and when you build it on a base of d...
Greek
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Μουσακάς Νηστίσιμος — Fasting Moussaka
A proper fasting moussaka that does not apologize for itself. Layers of fried eggplant and a rich lentil-tomato sauce...
Russian
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Картошка с Грибами — Potatoes with Mushrooms
There is nothing fancy about жареная картошка с грибами, and that is entirely the point. Pan-fried potatoes with mush...
Greek
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Μπριάμ / Briam (Greek Roasted Vegetables)
Briam is the Greek answer to ratatouille, though Greeks would argue the comparison should run the other direction. It...
Other
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Chana Masala (Indian Chickpea Curry)
Chana masala is the undisputed king of Indian street food, and it happens to be one of the most protein-dense fasting...
Middle Eastern
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Shakshuka with Tofu
All the warmth and spice of classic shakshuka — cumin-spiked tomato sauce, smoky peppers, a hit of harissa — but with...
Other
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Japanese Miso Soup with Tofu and Seaweed
Miso soup is one of the simplest and most nourishing fasting meals in existence — fermented soybean paste dissolved i...
Russian
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Постные Пирожки с Капустой — Fasting Cabbage Pies
These small hand pies filled with braised cabbage are the pride of Russian fasting baking. The dough uses no eggs, no...
Middle Eastern
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Hummus (حمص)
Real hummus — the kind eaten daily across Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine — is made from dried chickpeas, not canned. T...
Serbian
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Пинђур / Pindjur (Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Spread)
Pindjur is ajvar's rougher, smokier cousin from southern Serbia and Macedonia. Where ajvar is mostly pepper, pindjur ...
Romanian
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Dovlecei Pane de Post — Fasting Fried Zucchini
Dovlecei pane are Romania's answer to fried zucchini, and the fasting version replaces the egg batter with a sparklin...
Russian
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Грибной Суп с Перловкой — Mushroom Barley Soup
Dried forest mushrooms give this soup an almost meaty intensity that fresh mushrooms cannot match. Paired with pearl ...
Georgian
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Грузинский фасолевый суп (Georgian Bean Soup with Herbs and Adjika)
This is a thick, warming bean soup built on the Georgian flavor foundations: cilantro, garlic, blue fenugreek, and a ...
Middle Eastern
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Stuffed Grape Leaves (ورق عنب / Warak Enab)
Stuffed grape leaves — warak enab in Arabic — are one of the great shared dishes of the Eastern Mediterranean, found ...
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