Picture this: I finished Maghrib prayer, and after a long day's fast, I felt the excitement to dig into my first Ramadan Iftar with new friends. The smell of Biryani and grilled chicken flowed all through the Masjid. My mouth watered and I was ready to devour my own weight in food. But I discovered something about this food... it was spicy!

My first Ramadan I was a broke college student...