Here’s a scenerio. What do you do? You’re going to cook a few Pakistani dishes. And you’re going to invite over 8-10 people. You can keep it simple or you can put in a couple more hours and fancy it up.
I might make:
white rice
Aloo goshth
kababs
salad
baked tandoori chicken
raita
rotis
Any suggestions? Or tell me what you do.
Here's a scenerio. What do you do? You're going to cook a few Pakistani dishes. And you're going to invite over 8-10 people. You can keep it simple or you can put in a couple more hours and fancy it up.
I might make:
white rice Aloo goshth kababs salad baked tandoori chicken raita rotis
Any suggestions? Or tell me what you do.
I think the menu is fine :)
I personally am not too fond of aloo goshth or white rice (I don't eat much rice)....so I would substitute the white rice with brown rice, which I like better. Plus brown rice is less fattening, healthier. Perhaps pulao type rice with meat (the same meat you'd use in the aloo goshth) or maybe with peas.
And then I'd substitute the aloo goshth with a vegetarian dish. Perhaps chanay or palak. This is because there is already a chicken meat dish (tandoori chicken) and a red meat dish (kababs/aloo goshth)......so I'd replace the one of the meat dishes with a vegetable one. That way you have more balance.......you have the chicken, the beef......and then vegetarian.
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I personally love Japanese food with brown rice also. But if I was to invite Pakistani people to eat Pakistani food with brown rice, they'd be eating much less of everything. I come from a Pathan family and meat is in everything. I guess I'm just used to making sure nobody is offended if I neglect the meat.
I personally love Japanese food with brown rice also. But if I was to invite Pakistani people to eat Pakistani food with brown rice, they'd be eating much less of everything. I come from a Pathan family and meat is in everything. I guess I'm just used to making sure nobody is offended if I neglect the meat.
^ But you won't be neglecting the meat, Saima. You already have two meat dishes (baked chicken and kabab). You may even choose to include meat in the rice. I just thought a vegetarian dish would not only give balance, but also provide a different texture.....and it also provides nutrients that meat doesn't.
You might even choose to incorporate meat with the vegetables. For example, palak with goshth. Many people make murgh cholay (chanay/chickpeas with chicken). If you add meat to the vegetables........then you can opt to keep the rice simple and plain even.
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Aloo ghost and white rice? umm.. i'm sure these guests can make that them selves, but try to be unique and make something different.. add Lasagna or at least biryani or something.
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I am half pathan too and do NOT remember being served white rice in any Pathan dawat. lol
Make pulao with mutton instead.
I know pathanz love aaloo. Are your guests pathans too? If not, then do not make aaloo gosht. Make either mattar gosht or palak gosht.
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Funguy, my mother always made lots of pulao, but for some people here it's heavy. And since my dad had a heart attack we've all become for simple and health conscious in our menus. Ok, thanks to both of you for suggestions on ditching the aloo. I'll include more veggies or cholay.
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i love aloo ghost, my family loves aloo ghost with white rice. For veggie dish palak aloo or palak paneer would be good. Don't do biryani..just do vegetable pulao..(use less oil). You can keep the aloo ghost and get some naans/pita for people who'd like to have it with bread.
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Good suggestions Lusi. I like how you wrote aloo GHOST. Hahaha. Haunted aloos!
Here's a scenerio. What do you do? You're going to cook a few Pakistani dishes. And you're going to invite over 8-10 people. You can keep it simple or you can put in a couple more hours and fancy it up.
I might make:
white rice Aloo goshth kababs salad baked tandoori chicken raita rotis
Any suggestions? Or tell me what you do.
You could always serve saffron rice (zafrani chawal) or chalow (which is sort of like biryani but without the ghosht). Both are lighter but more flavourful alternatives.
We always serve the saffron rice with sliced boiled eggs and it's garnished with pomegranate seeds (anaar daanas). The saffron rice goes very well with chicken tikka or tandoori chicken.
You should include one vegetable dish and one salan (something geela/wet) - you could always combine the two and do something like a vegetable jalfrezi that when cooked with lots of onions has some masala in it - or like someone else said palak paneer or even daal such as pachrangi daal, channa/mash or khatti daal - yummy!