Unconventionality Continued!

Like Luli - Ramadan is celebrated in a rather unconventional manner in my family as well. Being a single-parent household (my mom died when I was 14), over the years we've settled into a very normal routine for Ramadan as well. We eat Sehri (the meal before prayer) together, and at Iftar, instead of eating the spicy, fried goodies that Pakistanis love and thrive on, we break our fasts with dates and water, pray and then eat a regular dinner right after.

However, I love the traditional Iftars occasionally - especially when my aunt goes all out and gets about twenty dishes made ranging from sweets, fried poppadums and potato curry, samosas, chaat (chickpeas with spices, yoghurt and tamarind sauce) and pakoras (gram flour and vegetable batter, fried).

One of the funniest things thats happened in our 'unconventional' house in Ramadan - my cat had never seen me pray, and actually sat on the chair beside me, and smacked my head with her paw everytime I touched my forehead to the floor. My father and I both burst out laughing mid-prayer and had to restart all over again (and calm the perplexed kitty too).