Suhoor/Sehri/Pre Dawn Meal/Iftar

Lioness of Allah —

Assalamualykum,

So with Ramadan creeping closer day by day, i was just curious, wondering about what people eat at sehri.

I read something once about the Prophet's pre dawn meal, saying it's sunnah to eat at least a date and drink some water , but i'm not sure where its from. Please correct me if i'm wrong though.

Anyhoo, what do you guys normally eat for Suhoor?

I normally have a bowl of cereal, Coco Pops or Cheerios,:D but iknow people who eat Chappatis (Roti) with curry. (Personally i could probably not be able to stomach that, that early)

*EDIT*: We may as well talk about iftari too now... I normally break my fast with dates and water, a lil' bit of fruit and then... Stuff down all the fried stuff....and maybe eat roti too 😛
But thats just me what about you guys??

Let Za discussion BEGIN!!!

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Bilan — Mon, 1 Aug 2011 - 16:12

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]What time did you wake up? Most likely your food will be digested by the time you wake up no matter what you eat.

I did feel hungry, but so far it has been much better than last year. Last year I was actually in pain cuz of the hunger! Then again, there's quite a few hours left![/quote]

I ate before it was 'officially' sehri. but i didnt have that much to eat that same day, making me hungry earlier than normal.

Lioness of Allah — Mon, 1 Aug 2011 - 19:14

Ah well bilan, you know not to do that again 🙂
I had a bowl of cheerio's today, a date and a glass of water.

What do you do if you don't wake up for suhoor, and oversleep? Coz i think Yaqub mentioned something about sleeping in. Is your fast still "accepted" and valid or is that fast then a qadha?

Bilan — Mon, 1 Aug 2011 - 20:36

[quote=Lioness of Allah]Ah well bilan, you know not to do that again 🙂
I had a bowl of cheerio's today, a date and a glass of water.

What do you do if you don't wake up for suhoor, and oversleep? Coz i think Yaqub mentioned something about sleeping in. Is your fast still "accepted" and valid or is that fast then a qadha?[/quote]

lol! yes ma'am :oops:

It still is. You get reward for waking up, but its not MUST must

Bilan — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 14:44

I had...samosa! and mandaasi and pancakes and syrup! 😃 and yoghurt cos admin mentioned it but it was off! 😃 so had to have one of those probiotic ones :/
need to try porridge next time inshAllah. over and out 😃

TPOS — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 14:49

For iftar I had 3 dates, a boiled egg, water, fruit chaat, some pakoreh and then later those chocolate croissants

For sehri, I had a chapatti with vegetables, more water and then washed the dishes, waited a while then had some rice pudding 🙂

Angelic (not verified) — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 14:51

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone! (late I know)

At sehri time I just have paratha and some curry. Then I have some tea with biscuits.

For Iftar (only had one yet) I had spring rolls with chatni (yuuum) and then had a chappati with curry.

I am going to avoid having fried food ONLY.

Second fast at work again, going not bad, finish at 6pm, enough time to go home and prepare for breaking fast 🙂

TPOS — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 17:58

[quote=Angelic]Ramadan Mubarak to everyone! (late I know)

At sehri time I just have paratha and some curry. Then I have some tea with biscuits.

For Iftar (only had one yet) I had spring rolls with chatni (yuuum) and then had a chappati with curry.

I am going to avoid having fried food ONLY.

Second fast at work again, going not bad, finish at 6pm, enough time to go home and prepare for breaking fast :)[/quote]

Ramadhan Mubarak to you too 🙂

Are the fasts really 20hrs long in scotland?? :O

LookingToSee — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 19:12

on first day i had them AWESOME cereals! they are...STAR SHAPEEEEDDDD THEY ARE TOO COOL!

for iftaar i had dates, mauritian cake thingies, agarjelly thingy...argh...too hard to describe...hmm..lets say..homemade nuggets thingies.

for suhoor two i had.... OATMEAL AND PEAR BOOOOOOYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA

for iftaar 2...*drools*

im going to go read some Quran or something...

Bilan — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 19:44

Maybe its just me..but u guys dnt seem to have a lot for iftaar.

But! ive bought my oates. bring on porridge for sehri wooh! 😃

LookingToSee — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 - 22:10

[quote=bilan]Maybe its just me..but u guys dnt seem to have a lot for iftaar.

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me? no..its me being lazy...i think we're still iftaaring. or dinnering. or ifneering.

Angelic (not verified) — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 - 00:04

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]

Ramadhan Mubarak to you too 🙂

Are the fasts really 20hrs long in scotland?? :O[/quote]

Thanks 🙂

Well not exactly 20, we close fast at 3am and break the fast at 9:30 currently, so about 18 and half hours! What about you guys?

Lioness of Allah — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 - 12:20

I think i need to branch out and try new, and different types of foods. For iftar yesterday, i had dates,chicken, and lots and lots of fruit! I also had Yogurt, and it wasn't off!!!

My fast starts at 3.20 ish and i open it at like about 9 ish 🙂

s.b.f — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 - 00:59

[quote=Lioness of Allah]I think i need to branch out and try new, and different types of foods. For iftar yesterday, i had dates,chicken, and lots and lots of fruit! I also had Yogurt, and it wasn't off!!!

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sounds too healthy

LookingToSee — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 - 16:21

fooooddd.....fooodddd....ffoooood....

had freshly made mauritian rotti this morning...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... too good...

tonight...tonight...hmmmm...tonight... I'll make a cake, now. for tonight!

Lioness of Allah — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 - 19:06

[quote=s.b.f]sounds too healthy[/quote]
Thats kind of my "theme" this Ramadhan.

@Lily, mmmm Cake sounds good.... I'm gonna make flapjack 😃 (Maybe Tommorow though 😂

You — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 - 21:35

the stomach needs to get back used to having food in it, atleast for me.

after a while tea = heaven though.

Suhail (not verified) — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 15:48

Am craving samosas, gnu scout thru mecca tonight in search of these tasty delights lol....more than hunger is thirst which makes fasting here a mission. Anywaysss of to the harram for iftaar, jummah mubarak 🙂

LookingToSee — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 17:10

ah..lucky lucky man...

mauritian rotti just taste different. i dont know. everything we do just TASTE different. even if it has the same name...

i drink all night and eat inbetween. quite literally. no indisgestion 😉 (i feel like ive spelt that word wrong...)

i made flapjacks on day 2 or 3. for the first time. I made it pear flavoured! i want to make more! and i want to make apple and cinnamon cake..but...cbb...

Hummus — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 17:38

[quote=Suhail]Am craving samosas, gnu scout thru mecca tonight in search of these tasty delights lol....more than hunger is thirst which makes fasting here a mission. Anywaysss of to the harram for iftaar, jummah mubarak :)[/quote]

In Saudi.. And Replyiin To Revvyy.. Now Thats Waah Yhuu Call..Dedication..!

TPOS — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 18:52

[quote=Suhail]Am craving samosas, gnu scout thru mecca tonight in search of these tasty delights lol....more than hunger is thirst which makes fasting here a mission. Anywaysss of to the harram for iftaar, jummah mubarak :)[/quote]
😃

but keep away from here and make the most of your time! 😉

@Lilly - indigestion

Lioness of Allah — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 19:32

[quote=Lilly]ah..lucky lucky man...

mauritian rotti just taste different. i dont know. everything we do just TASTE different. even if it has the same name...

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Why does everything taste different? Nearly iftar time!!! Gonna ditch my healthy diet for Kebabs tonight!!!

I didn't get to make the Flapjack 🙁 (Tommorow inshallah!)

TPOS — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 19:42

[quote=Lioness of Allah]
Why does everything taste different? Nearly iftar time!!! Gonna ditch my healthy diet for Kebabs tonight!!!

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🙂 enjoy

I've had my braces tightened so won't be able to really eat anything 🙁 ahhhh the pain 🙁

Bilan — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 - 20:00

aww, feel it for ya feefs.

and I want cake!!!!!! 🙁 how can u people speak of cake and not give me?? 🙁 I love cake but rubbish at making it. no point making it for iftaar though, i dnt think id have it. i dnt know what i do wrong for sehri but i seem to be hungry soon as i wake up everytime. today i woke up because of it! then i went back to bed cos..u knw it was early :p but I had boiled egg, weetabix and chicken.

Foysol89 — Sun, 7 Aug 2011 - 18:23

[quote=Ocean]

and today I plan to make mushroom, capsicum and cheese omelette [/quote]

That tastes amazing. My sister instead of making an omelette, made it with a baguette and that tastes even better. Try it 😉