Ramadan Kareem to all my dear friends in India and across the globe!
The ninth month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar where each and every Muslim in the world spend day light hours in complete fast. The entire month , Muslims all over the world abstain from food and water and also some other physical needs required in day light hours. The fasting in the month of Ramadan/ Ramzan is considered to be one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims take an entire month out of their lives to observe this strict fast and rededicate themselves to worship and faith.
Like any other family, Ramadan in my family is also a most awaited annual affair which is celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm. Performing Namaaz together, making Sehris early morning, waking up kids to have their part before the time ends, reciting the Holy Quran, praying for our near and dear ones, distributing Zakaat & Fitraa to the poor and the needy, Iftaar parties etc etc, There is so much to say about Ramadan and how we worship & celebrate the whole month.
In my home i have grown up seeing my grandmother and mother making simple food for Sehri (early morning food intake) just because they had a logic behind that morning intake should always be simple yet filling. The more oily or heavy stuffs we eat, the more we shall be thirsty the whole day and won’t be able to concentrate on praying ad other religious activities. But the Iftaars were always the opposite. From early evening that ladies at home start preparing various snacks. Earlier many oily snacks were prepared but now as the new generation doesn’t like to have those oily snacks, hence varieties of fruits and sharbats are served to quench the thirst.
This year I am pleased to invite all my amazingly talented and popular blogger friends for a Ramadan Pot Luck. Alhumdulillah! I am so blessed to have so many good friends who came up with their delicious Ramadan Special Recipes and contributed for my round up for this year. The moment i flashed the idea of Ramadan Recipe Pound Up on Facebook, my post got flooded with so many delectable and a huge variety of food from all across the country and the globe MashaAllah!
With so many posts pouring in , this potluck party had to be the biggest one ever and a great success. Anyone in the world who looks for this post can easily find a splendid recipe collection for Ramadan this year. So to make it a little easy for the readers , I decided to categorize the posts under various headings. So to start with this long post includes Drinks, Starters, Main Course, Breads, Biryanis, Sides and the quintessential Desserts.
So hold on your breath as we are about start our food journey where we get to travel and explore Ramadan special recipe ideas from all across the world.
DRINKS TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST AFTER A WHOLE DAY FAST !
Ramadan in summers become really tough as our body starts dehydrating and demands lot of fluid intake. So it is seen that people who keep Roza often indulge them self in having plenty of fluids in the form of fruit juice, sharbats, milk and other hot & cold beverages.
To begin with Drinks, we have 10 amazing thirst quenchers contributed by Sandhya Hariharan, Farrukh Shadab, Karthika Gopalakrishnan, Jagruti’s Cooking Odyssey and Shaheen Ali (myself)
STARTERS TO BREAK THE FAST AND FEED YOURSELF AFTER OPENING THE FAST WITH DATES !
After a whole day fast without food and water, it’s obvious that Iftaar has to be a little special. Though Ramadan is not at all about feasting but still the joy of completing a day long fast in the name of Allah is worth all the feast. Here’s presenting 10 mouth watering snacks & savory recipes that can help you plan your Iftaar menu this year.
Recipes (veg/ non veg) contributed by in no particular order … Fareeha Ahmed, Nusrath Jahan, Jofy Abraham, Hazeena Seyad, Madhuri Aggarwal, Jyothi Rajesh, Farrukh Shadab & Jagruti Cooking Odyssey
MAIN COURSE, ALHUMDULLILLAH! IS A BLESSING IN RAMADAN TO ALL GOD FEARING DEVOTEES THROUGH OUT THE MONTH !
Many of use during Ramadan avoid having heavy snacks and starters in Iftaari just to avoid getting bloated. Hence they are seen to have just a glass of cold/hot beverage as per the season and then they directly proceed for dinner post Namaaz. So here we are sharing 10 mouth watering Main Course recipes for you to try this Ramadan for your friends and family.
Recipes (both veg and nonveg ) contributed by Nusrath Jahan, Jyothi Rajesh, Farrukh Shadab, Shaheen Ali (myself) & Richa Gupta
BIRYANI, THE ONE COMPLETE MEAL THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!
Biryani is one quintessential delicacy that is cooked in almost every Muslim home during Ramadan. We don’t much indulge into non veg strictly. There are times when we enjoy some amazing veg versions too.
Sharing some authentic Biryani recipes contributed by Manuela Zangara, Rupali Kadam, Priya Kathiravan, Shaheen Ali (myself), Hazeena Seyad, Parvathy Vijayakumar & Farrukh Shadab
Now when you have a wide range of Main Course Curry and Biryani options, it would be unfair if I don’t share some scrumptious accompaniments and sides recipes. So here another set of some mouth watering delicacies that can double the enjoyment of having a full fledged lavish meal this Ramadan.
Recipe contributed by Hazeena Seyad, Sarika Seth Gunjal, Farrukh Shadab, Sreelatha Shenoy and Shaheen Ali (myself)
SWEETS & DESSERTS TO COMPLETE YOUR MEAL AND PAMPER YOUR TASTE BUDS!
No occasion and festival meals are complete without a good display of sweets and desserts. I have a very strong sweet tooth. Just go crazy when it comes to sweet. For me any meal veg/non veg is just not worth if there isn’t a nice spread of desserts. haring some amazing national & international dessert recipes here to make our potluck complete. All that is good ends with a sweet!
Recipes contributed by Shaheen Ali (myself), Jayshree Nishchal, Naina Puthran, Jagruti’s Cooking Odyssey, Madhuri Aggarwal, Jyothi Rajesh, Sarika Seth Gunjal, Farrukh Shadab, Aish Das Padihari , Janani Rakesh Kumar, Shreya Ashish Tiwari , Smruti Ashar Shah & Sonia Patankar Shringarpure
As this Ramadan Round Up comes to an end, I would love to take this opportunity to thank my blogger friends for bringing such an amazing selection of food to share with one another. It wouldn’t have been as successful without your help. We hope that our readers had a great time, and hope to have a chance to reconnect with them and get to see some amazing food posts and feedback this year. I would request my readers to follow my blog as well as the above mentioned blogs too and drop in your valuable comments under respective posts.
Thanks to you all again, for making this such a success this year!
Hello! Welcome to Spoon Fork And Food ! I'm so happy you're here. Myself Shaheen and I am an IndianMuslim. Cooking is the way I express my creative side to the world. Welcome to my happy corner on the Internet.
2 comments
Such an awesome collection Shaheen simply loving it. Thank you for adding mine too.
Thanks a ton Meena, for having faith on me and sharing your recipe for this round up. Glad u liked it 🙂