By Karimahs Cuisina. Members of KC have just completed the global poverty project international challenge to live below the line, food and drink one pound per day, it’s a real eye opener but it was also strange when we finished to attended what we would call a banquet, a fund raising dinner at the Water…
Category: RECIPES
Delightful dishes from around the Islamic World
IT’S HAYFEVER TIME AGAIN! WHOOOPEE!
Hayfever Allergy Fighter. As I travelled around, fantasizing about burying my face in the fluffy pink cheery blossom that hangs in choochie clusters from our trees, I forget about the down side, the stinging eyes , the running nose, the tickle in the throat and cough all caused as reactions to the trees pollen that’s…
LIVE BELOW THE LINE, DAY 4 Lunch & Supper,Salmon and Nettle soup
This LIVE BELOW THE LINE is a team effort from Karimah Cuisina’s members and VIP volunteers, this recipe comes from an idea from one of our older, wiser mature members, she reminded us of the fish heads that we buy in White chapel market in the east end of London. A pound a day in the UK is not…
LIVE BELOW THE LINE, Day 1 Lunch
12pm Lunch Time About an hour after eating I had acid in my stomach, I have an ulcer, so normally I eat foods to avoid this and thought that by eating brown rice flour and not wheat, that every thing would be ok, but it passed, normally I’m would have some herbal tea with…
HOME MADE VEGAN PESTO
By Karimahs Cuisina We have been making pesto this way for so long that I forgot that some people put cheese in it.For Muslims parmesan cheese it haram because it contains an enzyme called rennet, which comes from the stomachs’ of baby cows…..not very nice! So these vegan alternative, diary free is perfect, if you…
LIVE BELOW THE LINE – Salmon and Nettle soup
This LIVE BELOW THE LINE is a team effort form Karimah Cuisina, this recipe comes from an idea from one of our older, wiser mature members, she reminded me of the fish heads that we buy in Whitechapel market in the east end of London. A pound a day in the UK is not really…
Moona’s Magic Mango Juice
By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & wellbeing writer This juice is inspired by the teaching and practice of Sistah In The Raw and Professor Aris Latham, May The Creator guide, bless and protect them. Moona and the Magic Mangoes Once there was and once there was not, a beautiful kind hearted young woman called…
INFUSE WATER
Water is mentioned in the Holy Quran over 100 times, more than any other nutrient, air is the most essential compound for human survival followed by water. you can survive 10-14 days without food but only 3-5 days without water. It forms 83% of the blood. After a trip to Sistahintheraw we were reminded about infused water, a great way to…
Raw Humous- Pale Green, the new style, the raw style
by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. Traditionally in the middle east, hummus dip is made by using cooked chickpeas, channa dhall or homous as the beans are actually called in Arabic. However we are learning that heating food above 118F, that’s 47.78C , actually decreases the vitality of the food. We recently attended a Middle Eastern raw food workshop delivered by NAMA foods, which was excellent and learnt to make this raw humous , which…
Live Below the Line – Something Fishy Going On
by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. While brain storming with Teama Cuisina on Live Below the Line challenge , one of the more mature sistars came up with a brilliant idea mashallah, “Why don’t we make soup from salmon heads that are only 50p in the market” So inshallah this weekend we are having a trail run, if we can keep the cat away from the soaking salmon…
Karimah's Cuisina Quranic Cooking 