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Guacamole
Serves 8 - 3 avocados, stoned, peeled - 2 small tomatoes, skinned, seeded, diced - 1 small onion, very finely chopped - 2 fresh red chilies, chopped - 2 tablespoons chopped coriander 2 tablespoons lemon juice - 2 x 200 g/61/2 oz packets corn chips Mash avocado flesh roughly with a fork. Combine avocados, tomatoes, onion, chilies, coriander.. More -
Peach Cheesecake
Serves 8 HAZELNUT BASE - 125 g/4 oz plain sweet biscuits, crushed - 170 g/5½ oz hazelnuts, toasted, finely chopped - 75 g/2½ oz butter, melted PEACH FILLING - 250 g/8 oz cream cheese, softened - ½ cup/ 100g g/3½ oz caster sugar - 4 peaches, peeled, chopped - 300 ml/9½ fl oz cream (double) - 4 teaspoons.. More -
Prawns with Creamy Pesto Dip
Serves 8 - 1 kg/2 lb. cooked medium prawns, shelled, deveined, tails left intact - 2 carrots, cut into thick strips - 220 g/7 oz snow peas (mange tout), blanched - 1 red pepper, cut into thick strips CREAMY PESTO DIP - ½ cup/125ml/4 fl oz whole egg mayonnaise Dip: Combine pesto and mayonnaise in a bowl. Transfer dip to a serving.. More -
Tapenade
Serves 4 - 125/g 4 oz pitted black olives - 1 canned anchovy fillet, drained - 1 tablespoon capers, drained, rinsed - 2 tablespoons olive oil - 1 clove garlic, crushed - 2 teaspoons lemon juice - 3 tablespoons low-fat natural yogurt - 1 tablespoon chopped basil - 1 French bread stick, sliced toasted selection of raw and blanched fresh vegetables .. More -
Relatives Are More Deserving of Your Kindness – II
Why such virtue? You may be interested in knowing the reason behind this virtue. Read what the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Charity given to a poor person is charity, but charity given to a relative is two things, charity and upholding the ties of kinship.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] The eminent scholar Al-Munaawi,.. More -
Relatives Are More Deserving of Your Kindness - I
Allah The Almighty has praised those who fulfill the needs of the poor and the needy in different places in His Noble Book. He, The Exalted, also gave great rewards for those who spend in charity. Allah The Exalted Says (what means): {And those within whose wealth is a known right. For the petitioner and the deprived.} [Quran 70:24-25] The Lord The.. More -
Rejoice! Your Bad Deeds can be Replaced with Good Ones - I
Suppose a master tells his fugitive slave, after he commits many mistakes, to count them so he can be rewarded for them – provided he shows sincere regret, stops making these mistakes, and does not return to them again – would this slave not have good cause to rejoice? Such an act is beyond the capacity of any human being, because there.. More -
Rejoice! Your Bad Deeds can be Replaced with Good Ones-II
… Continued This repentance is a great gain and a blessed gift from the One who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful. It is attained only by the one whom Allah The Almighty guides. Has He not said, in connection with those left behind in the Battle of Tabook (what means): {And [He also forgave] the three who were left behind [and regretted.. More -
Ramadan Opens the Gates of Paradise - III
… Continued He pleases his evil-enjoining self by giving free rein to his eyes by watching movies and serials, besides surfing channels that broadcast filth, which is well known to everybody. If he has no work, you will find him turning his day into night by sleeping all day and missing all the daytime prayers. If he is a student, he drags.. More -
Ramadan Opens the Gates of Paradise - II
… Continued Who is more generous in rewarding than Allah The Almighty? Is there anyone who fulfills his promise like Him? Look at the role of faith pertaining to the reality of fasting during this month in particular; Imams Al-Bukhari and Muslim, may Allaah have mercy upon them, reported on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased.. More -
Ramadan Opens the Gates of Paradise - I
How fast time flies! A full year has passed, full of happy and sad events, and these nights and days will never return. Have you learned from the past? Have you forgotten your deeds during the last year? They are either good deeds, which you want to conceal so that you will receive their reward on the Last Day when neither wealth nor sons will avail.. More -
Advice to Women in Ramadan
O Muslim women, O protected pearls of the Ummah (Muslim nation)! I advise you to make a sincere intention to make the most of Ramadan, and to have good expectations of Allah The Almighty regarding your efforts at being dutiful to your parents and husband, raising children, doing the housework and worshipping your Lord. Do not let your kitchen and your.. More -
Chicken Pulao
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces 10 cloves 2 teaspoons black peppercorns 2 inch piece cinnamon stick 2 tablespoons coriander seeds 6 large black cardamoms 1 teaspoon cumin, white 1 small onion, coarsely chopped 5 garlic cloves 2 inch piece ginger cut into pieces 450 grams rice, Pakistani basmati 1/2 cup ghee or oil 1 large.. More -
Make the Most of the Season of Blessings
Ramadan is a blessed season, whose motto is, “Whoever sights the new moon of the month, let him fast it (that month).” Its age is a limited number of days. Its aim is that you become righteous. Its call is, “O seeker of good, proceed! O seeker of evil, desist!” Amongst the favors and bounties of Allah The Almighty are that He.. More -
Blessed Be the Seekers of Forgiveness - II
… Continued Luqmaan said to his son, commanding him to seek forgiveness frequently, "Make your tongue accustomed to seeking forgiveness as there are hours when Allah The Almighty does not let down a supplicating person." Furthermore, Al-Hasan, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, "Seek forgiveness frequently in your houses, at.. More
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