Writing on the Wall

It has become a routine matter in our lives every year that we literally sweat for Eid moon sighting. Every year Ramadan starts and ends with confusion. Its actually quite ironic that in this digital age in which there are countries trying to explore the darker areas of space and we the muslims of India and pakistan still depend on a 70 year old feeble cleric to resolve this obligatory matter for us . The matter is daunting and distressing now as this year we witnessed a feud here in pakistan between the govt minister and clerics. The science ministry lead by ‘not so popular’ Fawad Chaudry declared Eid few hours before the route hilal committee who gets salaries for the only job they almost fail every year to do so. This year it was more baffling for them as they took almost 5 hours to announce the Eid in a perplexing manner as the cleric leading the committee looked fragile and unclear while announcing the festive day. And if that wasn’t enough , a sectarian rift started immediate

Ash   Reshteh  is a thick vegetable and noodle soup which is traditionally prepared to welcome the Persian New Year.  This is a traditional soup dish  generally served in winter.  It is one of the most popular foods in Iran. having an iranian background this remained a worthy addition on our dinning table. It is a dish which remind me of Iranian people, and their grandmothers’ heavenly cookery! Ash Reshte is a mixture of chickpeas, beans, noodles and plenty of herbs and it takes a while to get prepared. People normally serve it along with fried onion and mint. Lets see how we will make this. Ingredients Top of Form ·          ½ cup kidney beans ·          ½ cup chickpeas ·          ½ cup navy beans ·          1 cup chopped parsley ·          1 cup chopped spinach ·          1 cup chopped coriander ·          1 cup chopped dill ·          500gram linguine (or Persian reshteh noodles if you can get them ) ·          2 large onions ·          2 tablespoons flour