Chicken bites

Assalam-u-Alikum, Lubna of yummy food has given Muslims the opportunity in the form of the event Joy From Fasting To Feasting- VI so that we can share tasty Ramadan recipes. I am also sharing one with you. So check the recipe and give me the feedback too. :D

Ramadan is the most sacred month for Muslims. The arrival of Ramadan  often brings delectable foods to our minds, which are equally tantalizing and scrumptious. Ramadan is both a solemn occasion and an occasion of joy also. In this month, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and abstain from all evil inclinations also. There are two main course in this month of sehr and iftar. Sehr is sort of a meal that is taken before fasting starts and iftar is the meal taken to break the fast. At iftar, everyone usually go on a binge after fasting the whole day. In Ramadan, all of us have a taste for nearly everything; whether it be sweet or savory. Going without food the whole day is actually equal to experience the feeling of hungry and the poor so to share their feelings. Consequently, Muslims feed the hungry and the down-trodden and a feeling of kinship arises when zakat is also given to the poor. So, amidst the environment of fasting I am here to share a recipe for iftar and it's from a cooking show on T.V.

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Chicken bites

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless ½ kg
Cumin seeds 2 tsp
Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
Black peppercorns 10
Cloves 3-4
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Onion, sliced 1
Ginger, sliced 1 inch piece
Garlic 4 cloves
Green chilies, halved 3-4
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Oil 2 tablespoons

Method

Dry roast cumin seeds, coriander seeds, peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon.
Mix together onion, ginger, garlic, green chilies, lemon juice and the roasted spices and grind to a fine paste. Add salt and mix well. Marinate chicken pieces in this paste for two hours in the refrigerator. Heat oil and cook the marinated chicken for five minutes, stirring continuously.
Serve hot.

hope you like it and thanks Lubna.

komal ~

*Most Inspiring Writer*

Assalam-u-Alikum, I am here again with a probably more interesting post :p. You would have already guessed what i am gonna be talking about by reading the above excerpt. You are right, i am talking about my favorite author Umera Ahmed! Though she is an Urdu writer but I also love reading Urdu novels especially of her's. The reason is that she writes so well that i can't explain....Trust me! Her writing style of linking two people, and their past with the present is awesome and worth reading and discussing. The real essence is achieved every time, when you reach the ending and you become like a statue; so astonished by her conclusion. Her story-line is always very pure, strong and thought provoking. Umera basically writes about social issues of our society with a tinge of romance :p, plus the female being the main character of the story and the story is all encircled around her life; as to how the woman every time sacrifice, exercise patience and still she is deprived of the due status. Believe me, her novels create addiction and after reading it you enjoy in a way that is out of the world! Here, I also wanna mention that her most popular and best novel is Peer-e-kamil  (S.A.W.). It's a story about a girl who struggles to change her religion and finds the true path and a guy who also ventures and finally find peace. I don't want to ruin this by telling you the ending so you find yourself and relish every page of it ( no exaggeration but the novel is really this way ). One more characteristic of her novels is that they also revolve around religious teachings. Moreover, many of her novels have also been dramatized on private T.V channels which always became block-busters, one after the another. Her novels' include: hasil, lahasil, amar-bail, meri zaat zarra-e-benishan, iman umeed aur mohabbat and others...Now, that's enough for her description and may you read one of her books and if you do then tell me how did you find it. :D

Happy Reading!

Komal ~

"Valuable than Seen"

Welcome Back! xD

 You would have heard this dialogue a hundred times in your own house or would have uttered even by yourselve : 'Oh! Mom, leave it please. What's the use of giving this delicious pizza to our neighbours. Let's all enjoy ourselves :/ ' And your mom replying in the same traditional way: ' Don't say like this, my son. Sharing has always been a good habit. '

But have you ever thought about the real value of neighbours? Well, a significant status has been given to them in Islam too. People are required to respect, share, love and care for their neighbours. It's because they are the one who will be there to help you in the first place when you are in hot soup. At that time, no relative of yours neither your independent siblings won't be there to help you out. Even if you call them, they won't be able to come for you just the next minute i.e. they would rush but naturally they would consume some time to reach your place. They might also get stuck in traffic!

So, at that very instant your neighbours/acquintances would be the only people there to save you. Consequently, according to human nature they deserve the same attitude of care and friendship in return.

Conclusively, it's our duty to be helpful towards each other especially to the people living in our vicinity by sharing with them some food you have cooked, or any other thing they need, inviting and going to their place plus rejoicing together the very festivals of one's community. All this will result in nothing but brotherhood and unity and will soon put an end to warring factions also.

I hope i am clear with my point of view. Now, i want you to give a second to think about this also.
Happy neighbouring :)
Thanks

Warm regards
---komal.

Edexcel Examinations

Salam,

So in the busy routine i finally got time to write a post..... :-) Nowadays i am remembering those days of last year when i had to give the Edexcel examinations of  Pakistan Studies, Islamiyat and Urdu! Dry subjects huh? See, a whole year of rote recall and writing long and long answers has passed so quickly ( indeed, time flies ). Obviously, these subjects demand descriptions of legends/heroes or geography of Pakistan or an essay in Urdu or all about religion in Islamiyat. The curriculum which we have been studying since grade one had to be combined and memorized in a single year! So finally we went through these subjects and now a whole year is left ahead without these three :D In my second year of o levels, i will be appearing for biology, human biology, chemistry, physics, English and mathematics.

You might be wondering why suddenly i am sharing this with you? It's because the Edexcel board result will come on 23rd August 2013 so it's quite near (shivering). I am afraid because it will be my first experience of getting an o levels result. They were the days when i studied all night and all day and even in my sleeps i only thought about the syllabus :p So much locked and occupied i really worked hard ( no exaggeration ). I confess that i am a slow coach :p but steady and always work hard to achieve my ends (perhaps, this is the reason of my success uptil now). And i also want to add that if anyone needs any help for preparing these three subjects for Edexcel o level like for getting mark schemes and specification materials they can surely ask me :) as i personally myself took guidance from several people, experienced in this regard. Lastly, I want all of you to pray for my result cuz' i know that you all will surely do. Now, it's time to sign off. Take good care of yourselves and * Ramadan Mubarak to you all! *

AllahHafiz.

Detestable!

Hello buddies,

Today i am here with a quite serious talk. I have no idea whether how you people take it into account. But for me, it is totally detestable. Yeah, i am talking about two moral weaknesses which i loathe soo much that i even felt to share it with you!
They are:

• lying
• bragging

People here in the world that is drowned into a deep sea of materialism have inculcated mainly these two 'qualities' (as they say) ; the former being the root of all evil inclinations. Sad to mention, but both of these things are so widely practised that now their doers don't even fear God. These are also common among friends and children at school. 

 The conversation being: "hey, i have such a grand mansion with two lawns, a swimming pool and a backyard!" and at other times: "Oh! i am sorry. You know how busy I am? Actually i wasn't at home for two days and so could not bring your notebook to school. Also, that my phone was not working." I don't understand what's the need of doing all this. I mean if you do have a large house, for instance , then why to show off? Or if you forgot to care for the person whose notebook is with you, you can simply confess your lack of responsibility! Why heading quickly towards such immoral habits.

 

What I am trying to say is that there is no benefit of adopting either of these habits. If there is, then please let me know. Instead, lying to each other or lying in the form of bragging have always created dissent, sorrow, pain, grieve and have widened the differences between us.

 

In a nutshell, do something which is a source of benefit for the people else don't break the heart of others for your mere ego!

 

Hope, this will help to create a pause for everyone to think about their character at least.

 

Regards.