For the falooda jelly, place the water, falooda powder and pink food colouring in a small saucepan on a medium heat and bring to the boil. Pour into a heatproof dish and leave to set until firm. Dates are commonly seen during Ramadan, because they contain “a lot of vitamins and minerals”, explains Karolia. What I thought: This is a great recipe to try out if you’re bored of making the same noodle dish again and again. I was a bit doubtful about how much chilli and garlic sauce was advised in the recipe, but honestly, it was so yummy and very spicy! This was such an easy recipe too, perfect to prepare for an iftar when you’re tired and hungry. She also considers how she prepares the food, and has been increasingly using the air fryer, to keep meals lighter and healthier. Between filming recipes for her YouTube channel and feeding three hungry kids, A nisa Karolia spends a lot of time in the kitchen – especially during the month of Ramadan.

PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Ramadan_Cookbook_80_delicious_recipes_perfect_for_Ramadan_Eid_and_celebrating_throughout_the_year_-_Anisa_Karolia.pdf, The_Ramadan_Cookbook_80_delicious_recipes_perfect_for_Ramadan_Eid_and_celebrating_throughout_the_year_-_Anisa_Karolia.epub Anisa Korolia is a food blogger who amassed over 200,000 followers online who follow her cooking blogs on YouTube and has now been signed up with Penguin Books to release her first Ramadan cookbook. Anisa Karolia is one of the UK’s most popular Muslim food bloggers, who is on a mission to create recipes for Ramadan that are family-friendly, fuss-free and filling. And we love them! Even if you don’t follow the religious festival, which runs from 22 March to 21 April this year, these are utterly delicious dishes that are most definitely worth a cook-up. Anisa says…Practice makes perfect, so I would probably say to anybody who wants to get into cooking, just don’t give up – you will make mess and it’s OK. When my daughter first started cooking with me, I remember her dropping a whole bottle of chillies on the floor, and I just said what my mum said to me, ‘It’s OK, we’ll just clean up’. With chapters covering one-pot wonders, healthier options, crowd-pleasing bites, easy bakes, drinks, and more, The Ramadan Family Cookbook is a hugely valuable resource for cooking and spending time with loved ones during the month of Ramadan and beyond. Ramadan is a month to detox our mind, body and soul and encourage us to make better choices. Being without food and water from sunrise to sunset, and being away from day-to-day distractions, helps us appreciate what we have in life so we can focus more energy on charity and helping people. After researching what was on the market Anisa found that there wasn’t a dedicated Ramadan cookbook but believes that as it is such a special time for Muslims and it was about time that a book was created.

My ingredients are easy, accessible items people already have in the cupboard as I don’t want people to feel intimidated by recipes that are too long and will take hours to make. There are a few speciality ones in the book that might take a little longer, but for majority of them, I’ve tried to keep things simple and tasty.” What I thought:This was surprisingly quite straightforward to make. The sauce and marinade were really easy to put together and enhanced the flavour of the dish. It didn’t take long to prepare, which I thought was great, as it would be easy to make while fasting. The lamb chops were easy to cook and the addition of the sauce was delicious! I’m glad I tried this dish before Ramadan starts as this is definitely something that is easy to make and will be a family favourite during Ramadan. One of the holiest months in the Islamic calendar, the religious celebration sees Muslims around the world abstain from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset, as they focus on sacrifice, charity and prayer. Family meals – “suhoor” pre-dawn and “iftar” in the evening – become a much-anticipated part of the day, with feasts often prepared in advance so the family can come together around the dinner table and give thanks. She continued: “I’ve tried to keep the recipes quite simple because I know there’s a lot of us that don’t have that time to spend in the kitchen, but still want good food.With the start of Ramadan less than a fortnight away, this week's publication of Anisa Karolia's The Ramadan Cookbook is all the more timely While writing the book, you created, quite literally, a melting pot of culture, identity, and food. Did this process take you on a journey of your own? What was that like? Want to wow your friends and family with a delicious dessert? Try this Rose and Pistachio Milk Cake by @cookwithanisa 🤤 Growing up my mum used to ask me and my younger brother to try making things like pasta and give things a go and I still carry on that (tradition) with my children. I feel that’s one of the ways they will learn recipes of their own”. Karolia’s passion for food was first sparked by spending evenings after school in the kitchen with her mother and grandmother, experimenting with different ingredients and flavours, and says the best advice she can give to novice cooks is keep trying, even when things go wrong.

The debut from the Leicester-based recipe blogger and self-taught cook is an attractively photographed collection of 80 recipes to inspire the home cook looking to feed family and friends at suhoor, iftar and Eid. The Ramadan Cookbook's recipes are ones to please and feed, not show off, and Anisa's approachable style feels true to the spirit of sharing and feeding that, as she explains, is essential to her faith, during Ramadan and beyond. And to finish, my Rose & pistachio milk cake is the perfect sweet treat, absolutely heavenly, moreish and looks so good. It will definitely pretty-up your table. It’s great for breaking your fast, or for any celebration!” WATERMELON At first I thought that YouTube might not be for me but my husband was very supportive and told me to go for it. I’m glad that we worked together on this as a team as he helped me with the editing and supported me throughout my journey”. Ramadan is a special month. When I was young I used to think that Ramadan was a time when we had lots of nice food at the end of a fast. After growing up and understanding what it’s (Ramadan) is all about I learnt why we are fasting and the spiritual side of it as well as the food.”The following recipes are from my new book, The Ramadan Cookbook . They can be used throughout Ramadan –from suhoor to iftar –including the celebration of Eid. The recipes are so versatile, though, that you and your family can enjoy the everyday meals in this book any time of year. When you’re cooking, the smell, the aroma…you do want to eat it,” laughed the blogger, who shares recipes online with a community of more 240,000 foodie fans. “But you know that at the end of the day you’re actually going to get the meal, so you can wait. You get used to it, as we’ve been fasting for a long time.