Ramadan is associated with so many marvelous things the first thing that springs to mind is of course fasting and The Holy Qur'an! It truly is a blessed month with so much to gain from! Its a month of the Quran, fasting, its the month of the individual meaning its a time when we dedicate time and effort working on ourselves on our character trying to better ourselves not just for the month but for good!
The other day my husband told me a really beautiful comment made by one of the brothers he works with! He had written a message to the muslims in their company regarding Ramadan and had said something along the lines of this
'let the other people at work know that your fasting not by the fact that your not eating food but by the good change in your behaviours and the improvments in your characters!
Subhana'Allah what a beautiful phrase and its so true Ramadan is not just about not eating its a month of spirituality and purification!
Another thing that Ramadan is associated with is particular types of food! We all in our homes and families probably have particular dishes which are usually only made in Ramadan or become a daily thing in Ramadan!
One thing I associate with Ramadan are dates! Not just any type of dates but dates stuffed with whipped up double cream and topped with a crunchy almond! So I thought Id share it here incase anyone wishes to try it mmmmm they are so tasty!
Ingredients:
Dates (not the type squished up in a packet)
Thick Double Cream or Whipping Cream
Almonds
Method:
Pour the Cream into a bowl and wisk it up. I recommend an electric wisker or you could be there for long time! Keep wisking until the cream thickens up and is no longer runny! (test it by putting some on a spoon and turning the spoon upside down if the cream does NOT fall off then its ready!)
Slit the along the middle (long ways) and remove the seed. Now with a teaspoon carefully take some cream and holding open the date place the cream in the date!
Put an almond on the top and its finished!
Result:
Yummy dates!
Ill post some photos up soon of what they should look like!
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3 comments:
always remember you telling meabout your dates and cream
ill make them for u when u come over insha'Allah! The only problem is you can just keep popping them in your mouth mmmmmmmmm!
Assalaamu alaikum,
Mmmmm... dates and cream!
You introduced me to that a few years ago. I remember I went through a stage of just preparing them for myself as something to have for an afternoon snack. Sometimes I couldn't even wait to stuff them and I would have a bite of a date a spoonful of whipped cream and an almond - so naughty!
I haven't had them for ages, but I think I'll have to make them again.
Have you tried those packets of dates they sell in Tesco? They have
an almond inside and then the date is covered with milk chocolate. They are really tasty, masha'Allah. I think they are called Ronda, or something. In any case they are made in UAE and the pack is a brownish colour.
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