Fasting month is almost halfway. Are you still having your dinner with a takeaway because mums and sisters aren't around to prepare your favourite watermelon juice and other delicacies? Sure, most of us will be wishing that you might be with the family to devour those homemade short-eats and varieties of cuisines. Hard luck! They can not send those mouth-watering 'hedhikas'; so why don't you try them yourself. Make a huge feast for you and reward yourself. There are many cookery programmes and recipe books within reach, which not only illustrate step-by-step of Do IT Yourself, but also help you become a real cook. If you are keen to experiment, and prepared to make a finger-licking meal you can watch BBC's Ready Steady Cook where Ainsley's goody bag brings brilliant ideas. You may record it, play and re-play it on your video set, providing you are fortunate enough to have one already, while you are tossing that omelette! Yummy! How can we forget about one of our ex-president's (Mausoom, ex- presenter) 'Rahathafaathu'! We better stick to our Indian style curries and spicy food, shouldn't we? Even though you can no longer watch it on TV after coming here, you can access their award winning recipes. Thanks to Nasandhura and the Rahathafathu presenters - it is now available on online. So, you don't have any lame excuses not to try them yourself. Log onto Rahathafaathu website and prepare your favourite dish before Ramadan is over. BBC FOOD http://www.bbc.co.uk/food RAHATHFAATHU http://www.nasandhurapalace.com/raha