{"id":13627,"date":"2021-04-12T07:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T11:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13627"},"modified":"2021-04-12T07:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T11:21:18","slug":"ramadan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13627","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"976\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2869-edited-3-443x300.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRamadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, the holy month in which the Qur\u2019an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad; this year, Ramadan begins at sundown on Monday, April 12. During that period, Muslims fast from dawn until dusk; the meal that marks the end of each day\u2019s fast is called <em>iftar <\/em>and often commences with three sweet dates which help restore blood sugar levels, after which the menu will vary by country and regional specialties.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, a rich stew (a <em>khoresh<\/em>) is not uncommon at the dinner table. This is fesenjan, a Persian dish often made with chicken, sometimes with duck like this one; the other two essential ingredients are walnuts and pomegranates in some form \u2013 my version uses pomegranate molasses although I\u2019ve seen pomegranate juice pressed into service as well. Saffron rice in the supporting role.<\/p>\n<p>(And that\u2019s my grandmother\u2019s serving dish if you\u2019re curious.)<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan Mubarak!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fesenjan &#8211; home cookin\u2019 for Ramadan. Read on&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13627\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,138,31],"tags":[148,147],"class_list":["post-13627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking-in-the-time-of-covid","category-holidays","category-home-cookin","tag-iranian","tag-persian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13627"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13629,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions\/13629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}