Light meals work for this Muslim convert

Food for thought: Jaswinder with her family. The convert has shunned heavy meals for Ramadan.

KOTA KINABALU: While many Muslim households prepare dishes they deem able to sustain themselves the whole day during the fasting month, research officer Jaswinder Kler chooses to go light.

The 47-year-old said that as a convert, fasting did not start easy when she tried it for the first time in 2011, and it had started with her trying to sahur (pre-dawn meal) and buka puasa (breaking of fast) with heavy and filling dishes.“As I learn more and understand the meaning behind Ramadan, I realised it’s more than about food, ” said the mother of one.