Creamy Butternut Soup

Slms and Hello,hope everyone is doing good, and to those fasting hope Ramadaan is going great .The fast is going very well my side, ma sha Allah.
Who would've believe we fasted thirteen days already, geez, half of the month already past us.
 In my previous Ramadaan post I said I'll be posting easy recipes, I know alot of people can cook but to those that can't, those that just got married or staying alone, or what ever reason ,we all started somewhere, I'll be honest when I got married I couldn't really cook, but today I get compliments all the time for my cooking, hehe.
So this is my very first time doing a post on cooking or recipe giving so to say, I have no idea how its supposed to be done, I'm just doing it my way. Keep in mind the recipes are not my own, its recipes I've collected over the years, from people, books, over the radio, online, I take recipes where ever I can and try it out, if I like the way it came out l make it again and again.

So we starting with a easy *Creamy Butternut Soup* , It's winter and its Ramadaan so what a better recipe to start with.
A friend always asked me how you get your food so delicious so I told her I always start by saying 'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah) before I start cooking or do anything and then she started doing it too and she's not even Muslim (laughing). So let us begin by saying  Bismillah *

Ingredients
20ml Oil
10ml butter or margarine
1 large onion, finely chopped
500g butternut,  peeled and cubed
1 medium potato, peeled and cubed
2ml turmeric
5m curry powder
2ml ground cinnamon
3-5ml salt (or to taste)
5ml sugar
750ml water or vegetable stock
125ml milk
125ml fresh cream

Method
Heat oil and butter in a large pot over medium heat.
Add onion and sauté until golden.
Add butternut, potato and spices.
Toss for 2 minutes until well coated.
Add salt, sugar and water.
Bring to boil, then cover and allow to simmer gently - approximately 25 minutes - until vegetables are soft. Allow to cool.
Puree mixture, with milk, in a liquidiser until smooth.  Return mixture to pot and gently  reheat.Add cream.
Do not boil.
(Serve garnished with chopped chives and crusty bread.)

In Ramadan we love our savouries-,samosas ,halfmoons spring rolls etc so we enjoyed our soup with that and you can even serve with rolls,(very easy recipe I got from Facebook) takes about 20min to make, will post that nxt.

Hope you'll enjoy your soup. :)

Xoxo Nadia SS ♡

Ramadaan Kareem

 So as the month of Shabaan draws to an end by merely a few hours we await the auspicious holy month of Ramadaan, the ninth month of the Islamic calender. This will be my eleventh year of fasting (In sha Allah ),  I can't believe how time flies, eleven years ago I said the Shahada and started this beautiful journey and embraced Islam. While people of other religions may be thinking here's the month of hunger for the Muslims, I did before I embraced, we as muslims are actually excited about this month. You'll ask Excited to not eat? Well Ramadaan is much more than abstaining from food and drink, the hunger is all that stands out to people if they don't know the real meaning behind it, it's to restore your soul with Imaan( faith  believe), to re-focus your attention on Allah and work on your self-confidence , to let go of the ugly habits and back biting, talking bad about others and at the end of Ramadaan say I've become a better person. I can personally say I've tried my best to do that, if something was difficult I used Ramadaan to help me, over the years I've stopped a smoking, improved my Salaah(prayer) by trying my best to make it on time and not miss prayers, wear modest clothing and step by step wear the head scarf. There's so many things I can think of that I can and need to to improve on, but the excuse of our busy lifestyles stops us from doing these, like reading the Quran regularly, learning new dua's and surah's, so many things but In Sha Allah.
So beautiful to see how everyone start wearing modest clothing and cover their bodies, cover their hair with a scarf, make salaah (prayer) and fast, so beautiful that you can even see the nur (light) on their faces. What would be more beautiful is if we could uphold it even after Ramadaan and not go back to our old habits. But yes no ones perfect we all  just human.
During this month I'll maybe try something new on the blog like posting some easy recipes and still continue with the Mommy Talk about my naughty little girl and Lifestyle.

To our family and friends that did not get to see another Ramadaan may they be granted Jannah tul firdous In Sha Allah. To the newly reverts, our elderly, the sick, the young children, all  those that want to fast and be fasting for the first time may Allah make it easy for you :) I.S
To end of I wish everyone a beautiful month, may all your dua's, dhikr ,good deeds, charity(sadaka, fitrah) and most importantly your fast be accepted by Allah.

Ramadaan Kareem ♡ from Shiny-Sequins Blog
Xoxo Nadia SS