By Karimah bint Dawoud. You know sometimes you get fed up with the same ole, same ole, even though it’s nice, well that’s how I feel about dhaal, red lentils. When we do our FEED THE NEED, Feeding The Homeless In Central London, one of our sistars cooks an amazing dhall and spinach curry. If…
FOOD MEDICINE
By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. As foreigners , particularly those of us of Asian and African descent,(that’s all of us really) we don’t eat all this spicy food just for the fun of it, just for the taste. In places where there are no pharmacies, and no doctor, then food is prevention and…
Vegetarian Muslim Food
Karimah bint Dawoud, author of Heavenly Bites, the best of Mulsim Home Cooking, winner of Arabic cuisine cook book GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOKS AWARDS 2012 Well I am not strictly a vegetarian however i am promoting the sunnah that the prophet Muhammad peace and blessings of Allah didn’t eat very much meat, perhaps only once a a month. Before embracing Islam I was a Rasta and went through dietary stages of being pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan, more…
FEED THE NEED DECEMBER 2012
As salaam alaikum, We regularly have been going out on the streets feeding the homeless in central London since the end of Ramadhan. We are not yet a registered charity we cannot do that unless we have an income of £5,000 and that’s why we need your help.Once we get charity status we can tempt you with things like Gift Aid . We have a constitution and…
FEED THE NEED, feeding the homeless in Central London
FEED THE NEED, feeding the homeless in Central London…..Spare a thought today as you are wrapped up under your snuggley duvet with the heating on that there are poor souls out there sleeping in shops doorways in this freezing weather, just £5 means a couple of them get a hot healthy wholesome meal before they…
RAW PUMPKIN PIE
I have seen Raw Pumpkin Pie on sites like Sistah In The Raw and wondered what this little gem would taste like, finally my stomach ulcer could take meat and cooked food no longer , so we set off to get the ingredients for this cold pudding. The result was wonderful for our first go, bit of a cheesecake…
TIME MANAGEMENT- A REMINDER TO MYSELF
STELA TIME -By Karimah bint Dawoud “Pay attention to whom or what you give your time to!” Last night I treated myself to watch “In Time” with Justin Timberlake and that pretty girl with the big eyes from Mama Mia. “In Time” is an amazing film which made me think of this Islamic religious saying,…
HAPPY NEW YEAR – TIME FOR CHANGE
By Karimah Bint Dawoud Today is the 1st day of one of the sacred Islamic month; it’s the first day of the first month in the Islamic calendar, the month of Muharaam. How many of us actually know that is the significance of this month? Muharam means forbidden and what is forbidden in this month…
Day 11- NO MEAT 365
I knew there were going to be days like these but I never thought it would be so bad,most of it brought on by emotions.I have a had a not so good couple of days and finally succumbed to eating meat yesterday-comforting eating, self abuse, etc. I ate chips and chocolate , fizzy drinks and…
Day 10- NO MEAT FOR 365
I don’t know if I can do another day without meat, its partly down to not planning and partly to do with craving, I find I have been eating junk these last few days, hmmmmm, I think I am going to give in today then get back on the wagon tomorrow 😦
Karimah's Cuisina Quranic Cooking 