Daavat/Dinner ideas

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I am doing a daavat for a family and wanted some fresh ideas…i feel as if im going to make the same boring food which they have ate at everyone houses:

Starters:
3 Bean salad
Fish
Roast

Mains:
Kofte
Chicken dish with peppers

Naan and Chaawal

Dessert:
Trifle
Cheesecake

I want new ideas or a new dish for starters or mains..not anything 2 hard 2 make :wink:

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Re: Daavat/Dinner ideas

Starters

Potatoes soup
Chicken corn soup
Slightly spiced chicken yakhni
Garlic Bread
Stick biscuits with butter
Spring rolls

Main Course

Chicken Handi
Chicken Karhai
Chicken White Korma
Pulao or Biryani
Fried rices (chicken or vegetable)
Mutton Karhai
Mutton Kunna
Haleem

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Thank You...more ideas pls....

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Re: Daavat/Dinner ideas

starters

chicken tikka bites
selection of salads
mini samosa's
mini tuna fishcakes

mains
chicken stirfry with noodles/plain rice
keema salan with naan
paalak aloo / channa daal eaten with naan or plain rice

dessert
summer fruit salad with ice-cream
chocolate profiteroles
gajjar ka halwa

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Re: Daavat/Dinner ideas

Dawat (Desi):
mutton karahi
chicken pulao
(or vice versa)
chicken masala roast (cooked in yogurt with masala jaat :wub: )
fish fried
seekh kababs or kabab masala
sometimes haleem (my mom used to make it…never tried myself)
salads (fresh, macaroni, beans)
raita, chutney
Drinks
IceCeam or some delight
Green tea

Chinese:
Soup
Egg fried rice
chicken manchurian
Chicken with vegetables or almonds
Chicken roast
Fish fried
Chinese macaroni or spaghettis
Russian salad (or any other salad)
Drinks
Dessert (IceCream or delights)

copied my post from
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/household-affairs-and-cuisine-corner/430784-the-menu.html

see this thread too…u wil get ideas :slight_smile:

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Re: Daavat/Dinner ideas

starter...

fish tikka
bihari kebab

main
arhaar ki daal
nargisi kofte
fish biryani
chiken jalfrezi
paye
augeri

desert
fruit chaat
kajrela
sheer kurma
choc fountain with fruit cut into peices and on cocktail stiks for dipping

drink
strawberry lassi

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Re: Daavat/Dinner ideas

for starters
aloo and keema cutlets
lamb chops

and theres aslo dhua gosht..
or nihari for mains

or chinese pulao