Ramadan Mubarak to all ma fellow bloggers and the readers out here!!
Ramadan brings a special joy to each and every muslim's heart; a month devoted to God; when every muslim fasts during the daylight and prays at nights. Fasting does not mean just to avoid eating; moreover its a means of learning self-control. Ramadan is also a time of intensive worship, reading of the Qur'an, giving charity, purifying one's behavior, and doing good deeds.
Coming to the food habits during Ramadan, we Malabar people give it so lots of importance in serving variety of dishes. We normally breaks our fasts using dates, fruits and juices by hearing Azaan . This is called the 'Iftar' and then after Magrib (sunset prayer) we have our tea with some snacks like samosas,cutlets,etc. After that, we have our Tharaveeh prayer to be done before our dinner. Our dinner consists mainly of different pathiris or any other dishes made mainly with rice. Along with that different varieties of Kanji (rice porridge) are also served. We try to avoid Chappatis or anything made with wheat as we believe that would leave us thirtsty and upsets our stomach. We would rise up early morning before Fajr prayer; ie; atleast an hour before sunrise and have a light meal. We call this Athazham. The eating habits may vary according to different houses and regions, but all prefer to have a nice and tasty food during Ramadan as they've to stock energy for the next day. We take lots of fluids and water in our food as its really difficuilt to maintain the hydration level of our body during daytime when we work and also we pray a lot for about 1 and 1/2 hrs at night which burns our calories a lot.
So let's all welcome this precious month with a delicious and yummy payasam or kheer which have recently introduced in our house by one of my aunt. Its made with Sago Seed/Sabudana and served with grated or chopped apples on top. Its a delicious drink with the crunchiness of apple and can be easily made too.
Ingredients:
recipe courtesy: Bushra Nasir
Milk 1 1/2 ltr
Condensed Milk/Milkmaid 1 tin
Sugar 6-10 tbsp
Sago Seed 1/2 cup
Apple (preferrably green one) red is also fine
Almonds or any other nuts for serving
Method:
1. Boil and reduce milk till it reaches the 3/4th of the total quantity in a deep bottomed vessel.
2. Cook Sago seed in a separate pan alongwith water. Don't add more water to it. When the sago seed is done, dry up the extra liquid in the pan.
3. Add condensed milk and sugar to the reduced milk. Mix well.
4. Add the Sagoseeds to it and boil till it reaches the preferred consistency.
5. Switch off the flame and let it cool.
6. Serve cold with grated or chopped apples, sliced almonds/cashews or pistachios according to your choice; apples are a must though.
Ramadan brings a special joy to each and every muslim's heart; a month devoted to God; when every muslim fasts during the daylight and prays at nights. Fasting does not mean just to avoid eating; moreover its a means of learning self-control. Ramadan is also a time of intensive worship, reading of the Qur'an, giving charity, purifying one's behavior, and doing good deeds.
Coming to the food habits during Ramadan, we Malabar people give it so lots of importance in serving variety of dishes. We normally breaks our fasts using dates, fruits and juices by hearing Azaan . This is called the 'Iftar' and then after Magrib (sunset prayer) we have our tea with some snacks like samosas,cutlets,etc. After that, we have our Tharaveeh prayer to be done before our dinner. Our dinner consists mainly of different pathiris or any other dishes made mainly with rice. Along with that different varieties of Kanji (rice porridge) are also served. We try to avoid Chappatis or anything made with wheat as we believe that would leave us thirtsty and upsets our stomach. We would rise up early morning before Fajr prayer; ie; atleast an hour before sunrise and have a light meal. We call this Athazham. The eating habits may vary according to different houses and regions, but all prefer to have a nice and tasty food during Ramadan as they've to stock energy for the next day. We take lots of fluids and water in our food as its really difficuilt to maintain the hydration level of our body during daytime when we work and also we pray a lot for about 1 and 1/2 hrs at night which burns our calories a lot.
So let's all welcome this precious month with a delicious and yummy payasam or kheer which have recently introduced in our house by one of my aunt. Its made with Sago Seed/Sabudana and served with grated or chopped apples on top. Its a delicious drink with the crunchiness of apple and can be easily made too.
recipe courtesy: Bushra Nasir
Milk 1 1/2 ltr
Condensed Milk/Milkmaid 1 tin
Sugar 6-10 tbsp
Sago Seed 1/2 cup
Apple (preferrably green one) red is also fine
Almonds or any other nuts for serving
Method:
1. Boil and reduce milk till it reaches the 3/4th of the total quantity in a deep bottomed vessel.
2. Cook Sago seed in a separate pan alongwith water. Don't add more water to it. When the sago seed is done, dry up the extra liquid in the pan.
3. Add condensed milk and sugar to the reduced milk. Mix well.
4. Add the Sagoseeds to it and boil till it reaches the preferred consistency.
5. Switch off the flame and let it cool.
6. Serve cold with grated or chopped apples, sliced almonds/cashews or pistachios according to your choice; apples are a must though.
Ramadhan Wishes to you and happy fasting. God Bless. I have to try adding sago as I love this kheer very much.
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what a delightful dessert
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yumm..yumm..orennam eniku!:)
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Super cool dessert... love the addition of apples..
ReplyDeletedelicious way to include apple in the payasam
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice on eating habits post on eating habits during Ramadan.....apple delight is new recipe to me...looks yum....Thank u for sending it down to Joy from fasting to feasting - IV.....
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