Ramadan Kareem to all Muslim Mumsnetters and their families

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Hope you have a blessed and happy Ramadan

Much love,

Crookshanks

Spooky here, everyone must be cooking for tomorrow!
Why don't I feel ashamed?

OOOOOOOOOh, but I never learnt to make them!.....Stamps feet.....waah waah!

dont feel ashamed.... anything for an easy life, I shoulda married a chef I'm telling you I shoulda

I must remember not to eat my kids' leftovers tomorrow....

I married a man who thinks he is a chef, pretty damn fine pretend chef he is too, Alhamdulillah!

lol about the somosas - cheated this year as I'm pregnant and got my mum to make loads for us, and bought some from the shops - some of them are quite nice.
Yuck - gulab jamun - give me nice big fat chocolate cake any day.
How's the first fast going for everyone?

happy Ramadan ladies

ramadan mubarak everyone.
aunti flo here too, so no fasting for few days yet. ties in quite well actually with bike ride i'm doing on sunday. (29 miles, i must be insane)
seriously, i didnt know anyone still made samsosa's themselves. its time consuming, laborious thankless work. one hour to make something that lasts about 30 seconds. if youre lucky.
buy them. and the gulab jaman, and everthing else really. even tescos do perfectly decent samosas
ds1 wants to know why i'm not fasting. if i tell him, he is goin to say something quite gross i;m sure. he's ten. do i just pretend not to eat i n front of him?

ramadan mubarak too

now dont laugh but i dont know how to spell this (so phonetically) but my colleague greets me and says

Shalah lakum
what does that mean then - hink he menas how you doing/hope u well

i think he means assalamu alaikum. it means 'may Allahs blessings be on you.
or hello.

when i say it that sounds right -Ta much

so what should i say apart from Aye

Ramadan Mubarak ... can I ask a question too?

I know you don't fast when you have your period, but what about when pregnant or breastfeeding?

And also (from the perspective of a teacher working (when not on maternity leave like now) in a secondary school where 35% of our students are Muslim), at what age should the children start to fast?

ladiess...buy the samosas ready made! Nisa (a brand) does reallly lovely jumbo size chicken samosas...with just pure chick in it... atleast i love them n so does the family....i dont even knw how to make them :P

ejt1764....if u r pregnant or breastfeeding and u think u will not b able to fast then there is a relaxation n u can make up the missed fasts later in the year..
HTH

so wats everyone having for iftar today??/?
ideas please!
n fuzzywuzzy i agree wid u can v have recipe suggestions/menu everyday??
i dont have a clue wat to coook today

you dont have to fast when pregnant or breastfeeeding, or ill. you make it up later in the year, except of course with pregnanc and breastfeeding you may have many years on the trot when you simply cant cope with fasting. you make them up when you can

puberty is when kids have to start. though in practice it is often later. when they feel the need/desire to. for girls that's once they get their periods. no idea what it is for boys. they may start younder, but only if they want to and can cope with it.

It's usually reaching puberty that kids are expected to begin fasting....however, I did my first fast when I was seven.

I was completely and utterly determined to fadt, because all the grown ups did it and I felt left out, so my mum would make sure I stayed sleeping whilst the grown ups got up for suhoor (the meal before sunrise which one partakes of during ramadan), but I got up anyway, prior to that I'd go to school sans my packed lunch insisting I was fasting and my poor mum would have to come to the school and hand in my lunch......

For today I made daal with lamb, and rice.
Samosa (obviously)
Jelly and ice cream for desert
And also Falooda

I cannot make fussy thigns whilst I'm at work...maybe on the weekend I'll make a biryani or something....

And Isasmum I will try those samosa next time we go shopping, thanx for the tip

ramadan mubarak sarah, welcome to MN chatty wee world

Trying to avoid the fried food route today, so it' grilled chicken with some spicy pasta on the side. Am sure the samosas will come out of the freezer this weekend!!

I really want to try making 'haleem' this weekend. It's a broth made with pulses and lamb and very warming and filling, served with naan and lemon juice. yum yum

Defo agree with what someone mentioned below, we should share our food ideas! (Am just interested to see what others do)

Salaams all!
My first fast is going not too badly! Although I did nearly eat a banana, am addicted to bananas and choccie hobnobs. All I can think of is when I eat this evening, I am aving a cup of tea and a couple of choccie hobnobs!
For my main meal this evening, I am having chicken curry, rice, salad, fruit salad and icecream. So nothing exciting really.
I am not really much of a foodee, and mostly look forward to having iftar at my friends houses.
I can't get to the mosque to pray taraweeh prayers either, don't have anyone to babysit the kids. I could prya just at home, but then you miss the atmosphere at the mosque. I am quite lucky this year, my local mosque actually has facilities for women, which is great!
I am a revert, so didn't start fasting till 18 anyway!
Children usually start at puberty, which varies from child to child.
My four year old ds fasts from breakfast to lunchtime, lunchtime to snack time, snack time to iftar time,etc.
Kids just like to feel a part of everything that goes on. My kids just love the dates, and Eid, when they get tons of pressies!

Motherz, that haleem sounds great, I would love to have the recipe!
Could you post it please!
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I will email you Sarah!
I live in Ilford, Essex, if anyone wants to have a meet-up with me!
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hmmm great to hear from u all...n my tummys goinn rumble grumble...hehe
welll
i m doin dahi puri (which is sweetened yogurt wid chickpeas n pastry n tamarind sauce)..n obviously dates n juice...n chicken nihari(that's a kind of curry) wid rice...n yea theres sum icecream in the freezer..
tryin to avoid the fries everyday cuz DH is apparently on a diet! hehe
n hey thnx for remindin me abt the haleem.. a simple n quick way to make it is to get Shan shahi haleem mix...u can get it from indian or paki stores easily...n i gess at tescos as well...
this box has all the lentils and pulses n spices all measured...so its reallly easy...n it turns out yum yum!

as for taraweeh i went yest n took DS whos 1 year old along.tho we prayed 8 units...i felt if i dont go for taraweeh i cant really feel its ramadan...n since he is at the crawling stage he was in my arms all the time! but well i felt hes gotta learn..

so will try to get him to sleep a bit earlier today n put in car seat n take along...so u lot pray for me..that he sleeps through!

soorryyy its lonG!

Deeja your pretty near me, I live in Dagenham behind greenlanes.

Isasmama can you give me the recipe for dahi puri, I love dahi puri but cant make it.... was trying to convince dh he had wanted to take me to green street and treat me to dahi puri pani puri etc before ramadan but he was too busy