She also considers how she prepares the food, and has been increasingly using the air fryer, to keep meals lighter and healthier. From perfect predawn meals for Suhoor to hearty and satisfying meals for Iftar, as well as dishes made for celebrating with friends and family during Eid al-Fitr, and all the accompanying salads, chutneys, breads, drinks and desserts you’ll need, this book has all the most popular Ramadan dishes covered. In this cookbook, you'll find all the recipes you need to make your Ramadan meals family-friendly, fuss-free and filling.

Anisa Karolia is one of the UK’s most popular Muslim food bloggers, sharing all of her favourite authentic recipes since 2015. She has a community of over 240,000 followers worldwide and was a British Muslim Award winner in 2020.

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The following recipes are from my new book, The Ramadan Cookbook . They can be used throughout Ramadan –from suhoor to iftar –including the celebration of Eid. The recipes are so versatile, though, that you and your family can enjoy the everyday meals in this book any time of year. Accompanied by gorgeous photographs throughout, these recipes from much-loved food blogger Anisa Karolia are for anyone looking to eat well before and after fasting. What I thought: This is a great recipe to try out if you’re bored of making the same noodle dish again and again. I was a bit doubtful about how much chilli and garlic sauce was advised in the recipe, but honestly, it was so yummy and very spicy! This was such an easy recipe too, perfect to prepare for an iftar when you’re tired and hungry.

Want to wow your friends and family with a delicious dessert? Try this Rose and Pistachio Milk Cake by @cookwithanisa 🤤 Add the cream and ground cardamom to the chilled milk and whisk together. Grate the falooda jelly using a coarse grater. The smell of her mother’s home-cooked food nurtured her love of cooking and inspired her to try new dishes Soak the basil seeds in the water for 30 minutes – they will start to swell up. Drain through a tea strainer to remove excess water and set aside. Growing up my mum used to ask me and my younger brother to try making things like pasta and give things a go and I still carry on that (tradition) with my children. I feel that’s one of the ways they will learn recipes of their own”.She continued: “I’ve tried to keep the recipes quite simple because I know there’s a lot of us that don’t have that time to spend in the kitchen, but still want good food. One of the holiest months in the Islamic calendar, the religious celebration sees Muslims around the world abstain from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset, as they focus on sacrifice, charity and prayer. Family meals – “suhoor” pre-dawn and “iftar” in the evening – become a much-anticipated part of the day, with feasts often prepared in advance so the family can come together around the dinner table and give thanks. Ramadan is a month to detox our mind, body and soul and encourage us to make better choices. Being without food and water from sunrise to sunset, and being away from day-to-day distractions, helps us appreciate what we have in life so we can focus more energy on charity and helping people. Practice makes perfect, so I would probably say to anybody who wants to get into cooking, just don’t give up – you will make mess and it’s OK. When my daughter first started cooking with me, I remember her dropping a whole bottle of chillies on the floor, and I just said what my mum said to me, ‘It’s OK, we’ll just clean up’. Anisa Korolia is a food blogger who amassed over 200,000 followers online who follow her cooking blogs on YouTube and has now been signed up with Penguin Books to release her first Ramadan cookbook.