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FADIL'S STEAMED BROCCOLI To be served for the Karamu, or Kwanzaa Feast Broccoli florets Himalayan pink salt or sea salt Generous amount garlic cloves, whole or cut, or 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder 1/2 tablespoon paprika powder 1/2 tablespoon ground basil 1/4 to 1/3 cup olive oil 5-7 slices butter Fill cooking pot with 8-16 ounces of spring, distilled or pure-source clean water. Place strainer pot into it and turn on flame or heating element beneath cooking pot. Fill strainer pot with desired amount of fresh cut broccoli florets. Sprinkle a very light touch of salt over florets. Mix in garlic, turmeric, paprika and basil. Douse florets with olive oil and place butter on top. Cover pot until butter melts, about 2 minutes. Once butter melts, gently stir florets to mix in spices and until top layer is at the bottom. Place top back on pot and let steam for 1-3 minutes, then turn off heat. Take lid off and check that broccoli is vivid green, lightly cooked, just slightly soft, but pleasantly crunchy. It's now ready to serve. SUBSCRIBE TODAY HELLO@MACONMAGAZINE.COM 478.746.7779 UNDERSTANDING THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF KWANZAA THE NGUZO SABA, or Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, are celebrated and discussed with respect to each of the seven days of Kwanzaa. They are a collective distillation of wisdom, truth and values from the traditions and culture of our ancestors, articulated in this manner by Dr. Maulana Karenga from his studies and travels. They should be mindfully and diligently applied both individually and as a community each week and day of the year. The principles should govern the scope of behaviors, choices, interactions, activities planning, strategies and values that we employ, especially as black people and particularly in context of our peculiar history globally and in America. The practice of these principles is to be utilized in harmony with other core values of practical, philosophical and spiritual practices we have as individuals. The Nguzo Saba is as follows: UMOJA: "Unity" means to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. KUJICHAGULIA: "Self-Determination" means to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others. UJIMA: "Collective Work and Responsibility" means to build and maintain our community together and make our sisters' and brothers' problems our problems and to solve them together. UJAMAA: "Cooperative Economics" means to build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. NIA: "Purpose" means to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. KUUMBA: "Creativity" means to always do as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. IMANI: "Faith" means to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. 88 maconmagazine.com | DECEMBER/JANUARY 2022