THE FULL ENGLISH……FUNDRAISER

By Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain &  food  writer. Nisaa’ al Ansar present: The Full English With the Sisters. It was an early morning breakfast fundraiser for the needy people of war torn Syria. What a fantastic idea, mashallah! In collaboration with Makan Malaysian restaurant in the famous and trendy Portobello Road, this wonderful English breakfast was served…

SHARING EDEN BOOK LAUNCH -Royal Geographic Society

SHARING EDEN BOOK LAUNCH -Royal Geographic Society by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & environmentalist. I was honored to be invited by Lynsey Swan  to the launch of this wonderful new book, Sharing Eden, written by a wise elder ECO warrior, Harfiyah Haleem, dynamic Rabbi Natan Levy and suave yet serious Christian, David Shreeve. There…

KARIMAH’S KEDGEREE – A Taste of the Raj.

With fish or red lentils by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer, It’s a dish consisting of fish usually smoked haddock, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream and occasionally sultanas. there are variations of course and vegetarian variations. you cook my recipe either with fish or lentils, its…

INTERFAITH INTERFOOD DIALOGUE

By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain& Wellbeing Writer. As director of Karimah’s Cuisina, a faith based well being charity, I am a firm believer in food as a form of dowaa and tonight’s event was no exception. The Interfaith Forum Of Kensington And Chelsea was meeting at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre to learn about…

HERMAN – THE FRIENDSHIP CAKE STARTER

    If you wish to start a friendship chain from scratch follow instructions below counting the day you begin as day zero. Herman Sour Dough Starter for Cakes Recipes 2 cups flour 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup warm water 2 Tbsp or 2 packets active dry yeast Today is day 0….

HERMAN THE FRIENDSHIP CAKE- THE RECIPE

By Karimah Bin Dawoud Muslim Chaplain And Well Being Writer. After giving me bundles of natural moisturizer and body scrub, fragranced with mimosa and vanilla oils, “Do you want a surprise?” my crazy sistar friend said. ” As long as its 6’2, I don’t mind,” was my reply. “Well, ” a long drawn out “well”,…

SHA’ABAN – A MONTH OF PREPARATION

  By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer A REMINDER TO MYSELF FIRST. We are fast approaching the month of Sha’ban, a month of preparation before the month of Ramadhan. A time to let go of things, just let it go, it’s time to weed out all those all unnecessary things, get…

FAST ROCKET & SALMON LASAGNA

By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer. As you open the fridge staring at loads of veggies you mumble to yourself “What shall i eat?” When you come home from work or been out all day and haven’t taken anything out of the freezer what can you do? you don’t fancy doing…

GREY WATER RECYCLING – WASTE NOT WANT NOT!

By Karimah bint Dawoud, qualified Clinical Nutritionist and Award winning writer, “heavenly Bites, The Best Of Muslim Home Cooking” @Kube Publishers Most of us in the UK take water for granted in this green and pleasant land, but this attitude is far from Islamic and not part of the Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad ,salah la…

Saffron, Mesopotamian& Persian Cuisine,Restaurant Review.

By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. Saffron, Mesopotamian& Persian Cuisine, 39 Upper Berkeley Street, London W1H 5QH. I have been wanting to go to this restaurant for ages, well months actually and I couldn’t find the details on line. Then my mechanic said he wanted to take me out and talk…