IFTAR IDEAS- DATES AND CUCUMBER JUICE

FOODS OF THE NOBEL QURAN AND SUNNAH -CUCUMBER BY KARIMAH BINT DAWOUD Inshallah today for iftar I will break my fast with dates and cucumber/kiwi juice. It was a custom of the prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him to eat dates with cucumber or melon as these two foods have diametrical…

WINTER FASHION TRENDS 1213

From the Glam Imam (Muslim chaplain actually) Karimah bint Dawoud. Aside from Islamic medicine, reciting Quran with tajweed and tarteel, almond cheesecake, handsome brothers with kind characters and  the environment, I have a passion for fashion, not in a let me loose in New Bond Street kind of way but in a let me see what going on and fuse it with Islam kind of way then…

IFTAR IDEAS – MAMOOL CAKES

 FANCY A DATE CAKE By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplin and Well Being Writer Mamool are shortbread pastries filled with dates and other things. Mamool are something that I love. I have made them before without a mould but this time courtesy of Green Valley off Edgeware Road, my favourite Lebanese supermarket, we have these…

RAMADHAN RESOLUTIONS – GREEN DEEN

I am still fighting with my editor to include these delicious(just joking) bowls of compost in my next book inshallah.Alhmdulilah its  grounding from my rasta days to care about the environment or maybe goes back further than that when my dad used to make us go round the garden with a nail tie to the end of a piece of bamboo cane  picking up the leaves.in Autumn to put   in the compost heap. I remember our pocket money depended on…

IFTAR IDEAS – VEGETABLE PAKORAS

From the book “Heavenly Bites The Best of Muslim Home Cooking” by Karimah bint Dawoud   Great for Iftar these high protein, veggie snack reminds me of my vegetarian Rasta days when I used to get pakoras from Hindu sweet shops. Pakoras are vegetables in a chick pea flour batter known as gram flour and deep fried.I have to say homemade…

IFTAR IDEAS – RAMADHAN POWER SMOOTHIE

By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain& Well Being Writer. Feeling sluggish, cold symptoms, eye infections, stomach overly acidic and don’t feel like eating much? Is your energy low? You are experiencing the RAMADHAN MID DROP! This is probably because you have been eating the same ole same ole fried foods, junk foods and not eating…

ANTI-AGING – AVOCADO AND PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE

by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplin & well being writer. Just imagine looking 30 and having the wisdom of a 60 year old?Reduces and reverses aging, combats arthritis, good source of healthy fats for the whole system and high in fibre. I know I could step out of my comfort zone for the benefits that…

RAMADHAN AND MENSTRATION

WHEN U R NOT FASTING::Mensturation And Ramazaan By Mariya Siddiqui. All of us (usually) come across those few days during ramadhan whenever you are not fasting; here are a few things u can do during dose days; instead of feeling aloof and down: (INSHAALLAH) 1. So what if you cannot read Quran (the Arabic text)…

ISLAMIC MEDICINE – HONEY – (ASAL)

by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer I am an advocate of local honey, where ever you live the local honey is best. Allah has put in the flowers of that area the remedies you need for illness you may incur while living in that area. for example you may live in…