Ending the Ramadan Fast With an Indonesian Feast
BOSTON — Close to Logan International Airport, in a green corner of East Boston, passers-by slow down to catch the drifting smells from Retno Pratiwi’s kitchen. The air is sweet with fresh lemongrass and galangal, with garlic cloves and candlenuts browning slowly in coconut oil.
It is nearly the end of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims around the world fast daily, from sunup to sundown. Ms. Pratiwi, 31, zooms through her kitchen in flip-flops, back and forth between her flat stone mortar and electric stove, putting together an elaborate Indonesian-style feast — the kind her mother used to prepare on special occasions such as Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that signifies the end of Ramadan.
This year, Eid al-Fitr (also called Idul Fitri in Indonesia) begins on Wednesday and can last several days, depending on where it’s celebrated.'>>>
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