A beautiful quote about sins.

"Fear your sins more than you fear the enemy as your sins are more dangerous to you than your enemy"

[Umar ibn Khattab - May ALLAH be pleased with him]

dum ka kheema (baked minced meat)

This is a quick and easy recipe for the famous "dum ka kheema". "Kheema" means minced meat and "dum" means steamed/baked. Now, on with the recipe.....

Ingredients:
minced meat (preferably mutton)-900 gms
medium sized onions (finely sliced)-2
ginger and garlic paste - 3 tbsp
turmeric pdr - 1 tsp
red chilli pdr - 2tsp/less for mild
almonds - 8 to 10 (roasted on a pan for a couple of mins.)
garam masala pdr (optional)- 1 tsp
dhanya pdr (coriander seeds) - 1tbsp
salt - 1tbsp/to taste
yogurt - 800 gms/ 2 cups
oil - 1 cup for deep frying
charcoal (non-chemical) - 2 small pieces
Method:
In a wok, deep fry the onions till golden brown and keep aside. Wash the minced meat in a strainer and heat in a vessel with 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, till excess water dries. Heat the charcoal on another flame, simultaneously. Be careful with the burning charcoal. Avoid any inflammable material near it. Make a pit in the middle of the meat in the vessel and place a small piece of aluminium foil. Add 2 tsp of oil in the foil and place the charcoal in it. Quickly cover the vessel with a tight lid. The vessel should be fully covered so that no smoke escapes from it. Let it stay for 10 mins.
In a blender, add yogurt, fried onions, roasted almonds, red chilli pdr, turmeric pdr, ginger garlic paste, 4 tbsp oil, garam masala, salt, dhanya pdr. Blend till the amonds are broken down into a paste.
Preheat the oven to 360 degrees, in a baking dish spread the smoked meat, pour the batter in the blender over the meat evenly. Bake in the oven till the meat turns brown(a little on the dark brown side not burnt) at the top. Garnish with fried onions, chopped mint and coriander leaves. It can be served with naan bread, pita or rice. Best accompanied with tomato chutney. INSHAALLAH, i will post the recipe for the chutney in one of my next posts.

A Beautiful HADITH about being cheerful.

Rasul ALLAH (SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM) said: “Make things easy! And do not make them complicated! Be cheerful! And do not be repulsive.”

[Bukhari]

 

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A Beautiful HADITH about reward.

The Messenger of ALLAH (SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM) said : "ALLAH (Mighty and Sublime be HE) says : MY faithful servant's reward from ME, if I have taken to ME his best friend from amongst the inhabitants of the world and he has then borne it patiently for MY sake, shall be nothing less than Paradise."

[Hadith Qudsi 29]

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ALLAH, The Most High says, “And verily, if you ask them, who created the heavens and the earth?” Surely they will say,”ALLAH (has created them).” Say, “Tell me then, the things that you invoke besides ALLAH – if ALLAH intended some harm for me, could they remove His harm? Or if He (ALLAH) intended some mercy for me, could they withhold His Mercy?” Say, “Sufficient for me is ALLAH; in Him those who trust (i.e. believers) must put their trust.” (Qur’an, 39:38)

A Beautiful HADITH about dates.

Narrated Sad: ALLAH’s Apostle (SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM) said, “He who eats seven ‘Ajwa dates every morning, will not be affected by poison or magic on the day he eats them.”

Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 65 Hadith 356

two more of the hexagon series clothing.

These are the other two clothing items from the kid's hexagonal attire. This is a frock with the neckline of hexagons. The hexagons are of the same pattern used in the hexagon toddler shirt. Then there is a couple of dc layers, followed by v-sts all the way till the bottom and seven rounds of shell sts to finish off. This dress was crocheted for my eldest niece(s1), MASHAALLAH.

Its paired with this hair scrunchie, a big rose attached to a hair rubber band.

MASHAALLAH, this one is my favourite. Its all hexagons (again same pattern used) filled in with half hexagons at the bottom. The edging is of scanty fringes, giving it a cowboyish feel.

This is a readymade fabric head band to go with it. I attached a crocheted rose and it went perfectly with the shirt, ALHUMDULILLAH. This is a baby shirt which was designed for my third little niece(s3), MASHAALLAH.