After the first date that breaks each day’s fast, a soup is a very common first course – this one is rich, warming and almost a meal in itself
Food has a special place in Ramadan.
Over the years I’ve been a guest at many “iftar” dinners, breaking the daily Ramadan fast with Muslim friends and colleagues. Sharing food, culture and conversation has forged real friendships, increased my understanding and love for the diversity of cultures and histories that make up modern Australia, and added a host of new recipes to my repertoire. In homes around the country, people are retracing traditions from all four corners of the globe – and creating new ones.
As a bit of background, Ramadan commemorates the time when the Prophet Muhammed is believed to have received the first revelations that would become the Qur’an, the central religious text of Islam. It’s the most important month in the Muslim calendar and a time for self-reflection, self-restraint and charity. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and officially starts with the first sighting of the new crescent moon. This year that will be Monday 12 or Tuesday 13 April.
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