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Ramadan Mubarak         Mondays are appearing too fast. Barely blinked my eyes and Monday is at my doorstep. Imagine, nearly half of 2106 is getting over. For the 43rd #FoodieMonday #Bloghop, our theme was #Ramadan Special.        What is Ramadan(Ramazan)? Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar during which all devout Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for the whole month. Observing fast during this month is considered one of the highest form of Islamic worship. Muslims believe that the holy text Quran was first revealed during the ninth month. Islam follow the lunar calendar, therefore fasting month each year varies. This time round its June -July. That means Muslims in some countries like Iceland, Germany, Norway, Sweden etc will be practically fasting for over 20 hours. Fasting begins at sunrise and ends at sunset. That means Muslims abstain from any type of food and water during that period.         Suhoor ...

Family time       I have been away from the blogging scene for nearly a month. I had gone to London for my nephew's wedding. Weddings are fun but hard work also. It gave me the opportunity to meet up with my huge huge family. Since I stay far away, meeting up with them is a special treat, a special occasion. My eldest son and my daughter in law too came for the wedding. My daughter in law wore a sari for the first and carried it off so beautifully. It seemed like she has been wearing saris like forever! Its amazing how during the pre-wedding, wedding and after wedding celebrations food plays such an important role. We barely use to get breakfast out of the way by 11 and come 1 p.m. people are flocking to the kitchen for lunch. Lunch over and we start preparing for dinner. Suddenly everyone has so much space for the variety of food. Its a known fact that we tend to eat more when we are in the company with others. I enjoyed preparing desserts and drinks and basic dishes but...