Be My Guest – Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets

There’s hardly anymore days closing into Eid. The last days, which are officially the days of Lailathul Qadr, which appears on the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan – the night which is better than a 1000 nights! Last year, I had shared some details here explaining how important this night is to us Muslims. So I would not repeat it again. InShaAllah, hoping that all of us are able to take full advantage of this blessed night and ask for Allah’s blessings, His Jannah (paradise) and protection from Jahannam (hell)…

It’s the third Saturday and time for another guest post. Just like how the last guest post by Farrukh was special, this is another guest which is special. My interaction with her started over her mince pie that appeared in Lubna’s Ramadan series last year. I just wanted to make some mini pies and I was attracted to her base recipe as it sounded really easy. I had some questions to ask her yet was not so sure how to approach her. I pulled up my strings and approached her on FB with my long list of questions. And she so graciously answered all with the patience of a teacher towards a child! That’s how I made my Soya Mince Pies with the confidence that she had given me. It is a pity that I have not made them again, thanks to my limited time to try out tea time snacks!

Let me introduce my guest of the day, Farwin, who blogs at Love and Other Spices. A Sri Lankan based in Dubai, it was easy for me to connect to her since we are based in the same place! Just to let you all know that she was featured in the BBC Good Food Middle East August 2013 with a detailed post on how Eid is in Sri Lanka and some easy Sri Lankan recipes. I had promised her that I would definitely try them, as I have preserved them in my huge recipe diary… alas, this also languishes in my whole big list of to-dos! Since I am reminded of it, I must… really very soon! Till then, let’s go and see what she has bought about for us today…

Assalamu Alaikum! The much awaited Ramadan finally is upon us and Alhamdulillah,we are now way into the middle of the Ramadan. May it bring the blessings of Almighty on all of us ! Aameen.