So how did you spend your first day of Ramadan? and what did you break your fast on?
This day went rather fast (for me) I was sleep deprived for a few days, and though we had guests today I could barely keep my eyes open..
I woke up 15 mins shy of breakfast.. we had a feat but I wasn't very hungry.. to be honest I still want to sleep some more.. it is catching up with me the deprivation of the past two weeks...
we had rotisserie chicken today, some spinach burek?
stuffed courgettes except ours were stuffed with meat
taro soup
lamb chops
other things which I can't remember as I wasn't sitting on that side of the table..
for drinks we had
Roselle
milk and that thing calles 'khoshaf' I don't know what that is in English..
and qatayef for desert
which I don't care for, so I had oatmeal instead..
bought this today and found out it originated in ancient Egypt ..
Sourdough is a type of bread produced by a long fermentation of dough using naturally occurring yeasts and lactobacilli. In comparison with breads made quickly with cultivated yeast, it usually has has a mildly sour taste because of the lactic acid produced by the lactobacilli.
The preparation of sourdough begins with a starter made from a mixture of flour and water. As it ferments, sometimes for several days, the starter is refreshed with flour and water, then mixed into the bread dough, which is kneaded and allowed to rise slowly before baking.
Sourdough may have originated in Ancient Egypt around 1500 BC and was probably the first leavened bread. It was the usual form of leavening until the European Middle Ages,[1] when it was replaced by barm from the beer brewing process, and then in the 19th-20th century by baker's yeast. It was historically important in the production of rye-based breads, where yeast does not produce comparable results. It was the main type of bread made in Northern California during the California Gold Rush and it remains a part of the culture of San Francisco today. The sourdough tradition was carried into Alaska and the western Canadian territories during the Klondike Gold Rush. Many breads around the world use similar techniques. Although sourdough bread was superseded in commercial bakeries in the 20th century, it has undergone a revival among artisan bakers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough
I love sourdough. Especially how you can keep a part of the batch to keep refrigerated - and then mix with the next batch to turn into new sourdough ...
But strictly speaking, does the yeast in bread not produce alcohol in the rising process?
The essentials of any bread dough are flour, water, and of course yeast. As soon as these ingredients are stirred together, enzymes in the yeast and the flour cause large starch molecules to break down into simple sugars. The yeast metabolizes these simple sugars and exudes a liquid that releases carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol into existing air bubbles in the dough.
I saw this Ramadan feast at least I think it is a Ramadan feast and couldn't resist posting it. It is Kuwaiti so I am not quite sure what many of those are.
Lol it really does look massive! I'm not the worlds greatest photographer and I had a few minutes to take a pic before my greedy wonderful brothers started on it.
جزاك الله خيرا for taking the time to post those pictures for me =)
btw what happened to the rest of you guys no one makes anything for iftar anymore?
Lol it really does look massive! I'm not the worlds greatest photographer and I had a few minutes to take a pic before my greedy wonderful brothers started on it.
جزاك الله خيرا for taking the time to post those pictures for me =)
I want to know the answer to this too
I told you I thought it was a chocolate table I was like let me position myself so I can get comfortable and start working on that cake
Baraka Allah feeki a far cry from the sad quasi salad and hard boiled egg I posted
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
Belated Eid everyone.. may Allah swt yataqabal minna wa minkoum..
hope you all remembered me as I did you in my du3a & that you continue to do so in shaa Allah
until the next Ramadan then if Allah swt gives us life..
Today for suhoor I barely woke up on time. I managed to make a quick banana smoothie. So quick that there were actual chunks of banana left at the bottom.
I woke up late again today! Had the same banana smoothie, this time with a pinch of cinnamon and sprinkle of nutmeg.
Last night's iftaar I didn't eat much, was rushed to get ready for taraweeh. Only had half a chicken roll and some fruit salad. After taraweeh, I had like 10 dates (they were good!) and made an over easy egg with toast.
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