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Ramadan Dinner @ Columbia University

Posted in Culture, Events, Food, New York, tagged on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Once again, the Osmanli Naksibendi Tarikat is hosting an iftar/supper at Columbia University during Ramadan. Last year it was a SMASH-HIT! People, Muslim and non-Muslim alike were talking about it long after Ramadan had passed.
For some it was a moment to break their fast with more than the 3 other Muslims they know on campus. [...]

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Turkish Red Lentil Soup (Mercimek Çorbasi)

Posted in Food, tagged , , , , , on March 20, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Lentils are one of the blessed foods mentioned in the Qur’an al-kerim. And according to the Holy Prophet’s medicine (may Peace and Blessings be upon him), lentils ’soften the belly’ increasing ’sympathy and humility’. Red lentil soup is a Turkish favorite and is good to be served with bread prior to your main dish. In [...]

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How To Make Naqshbandi Sufi Tea

Posted in Culture, Food, Howto, tagged , , , on March 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Turkish Tea is one of the staples of the Osmanli Naks-i’bendi-Hakkani Dergah (what is a dergah?). Turkish tea is a brewed tea. It is not bagged and steeped, in fact it is loose but processed leaves, herbs and spices that are brewed for a period of about 15 minutes or more. Our shaykh, [...]

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Coffee

Posted in Culture, Food, History, Ottomans, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2007 | 17 Comments »

Coffee is my favorite beverage. It is a widely consumed stimulant beverage which is prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. These seeds or “beans” as we call them today, were discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia. Coffee was first mentioned in literature by Muhammad Razi, a Persian physician and Islamic scholar. [...]

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The Many Uses of Vinegar

Posted in Food, Howto, Religion, tagged , , , , , on November 25, 2007 | 20 Comments »

Vinegar is a liquid substance produced from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields acetic acid, a corrosive organic chemical compound, represented as CH3COOH. Vinegar is made from the oxidation of ethanol in cider, fermented fruit juice, or nearly any other liquid containing alcohol. It has been used for food, household, miscellaneous and [...]

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