Ingredients:

1 cup papaya, diced
3/4 cup pineapple, diced
1 cup apple, diced
1/2 cup banana, diced
4 to 5 gooseberries, cut into2 halves each, (optional)
1/4 cup black and green grapes
1 cup cucumber, peeled and diced

‘Have u seen the moon yet??’, ‘Is Ramadan going to start tomorrow??’ seems to be on everyone’s lips as the evening before the first day of fasting wears on. Excitement hangs in the air. Somehow, Ramadan always seems like a magical month. As a child growing up in the middle east -being awakened in the wee hours of the morning, hearing a multitude of masjids call one for prayer and sitting and listening to my parents as they narrate incidents from the Holy Quran on charity, self-restraint, and repentance has …