i’ve never hosted tea parties…
but want to host one in coming days…
i want to know what items you prefer when you host for say four friends/females only or four females with 2,3 kids?
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eeeee tea parties are my favourite ..
you can do so much and make it a hit ! Here’s a list of some of my hot favourite snacks that have recieved good feedback from guests, you can choose and mix what ever you find easy. I would choose about 3 snacks from each list below , so a total of 6 snacks , no more then that :
**Salty Snack: **
- A platter that had vegie and cheese tikkas on skewers in half the platter and the other half had chicken and lamb boneless tikka’s on skewers.
- roasted Potatos or French Fries with either grilled chicken pieces or KFC style roasted chicken
- Bite sized Pizza’s with various fillings
- chicken patties
- Vegie or meat samosa’s with sauces
- club sandwiches
- Chinese pakora or desi style pakora’s
- Channa chat ( I dont serve them in a bowl , just pop a spoonful on a cracker and add a touch of sauce on top , prepare a good few like this, decorate in a platter , it looks so much more attractive ! )
- Kababs ( shami or potato )
**Sweet snacks:
- **a selection of two types of biscuits and a marble cake
- cupcakes
- meetha paratha cut up in thin slices and decorated with corn syrup .. Its got a desi name but I am forgetting it now ..
- Bakalava
- Carrot halwa
- Strawberries dipped in chocolate
**Selection of Tea and Coffee
**- Tea ( different flavours )
- Coffee
- Cold Coffee
- Different toppings for the coffee, if you can manage to get them from the closest store
- Pink Tea with loads of nuts
Normally I make desi style paki hui chai and leave it in a flask. For regular tea, I leave the teabags and flavoured teabags in a plate and guests can put together their own choice of tea.
Cold coffee , I keep aside in a flask as well and every 15 -20 minutes I would froth up some milk , put the froth in the tiny ramekins I have and place them next to the cold coffee , so guests could froth up their cold coffee
For toppings, I had various kind until last year , just keep them on the table and guests can help themselves …
PS: If kids are coming as well, I do keep a tiny platter only for the kids .. normally it has bite sized chicken nuggets, bite sized potato popcorn ( boiled potato balls covered with crumbs and egg and fried ) , some crisps, fries, etc ..
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**How about smaosas
namak parey
cup cakes
rolls
**
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me too love tea parties …
very often i made
cheese pasta
cup cakes
aloo chana chaat
egg halwa
sooji besan halwa
deep fried sandwiches
tikka sandwiches
curry macroni
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Our most recent tea party/mini dinner had the following menu:
Chicken and spinach lasagna
freshly battered and fried fish fillets
chicken cajun sandwiches
Seekh kabobs
chutney
For dessert we had gulab jaamans and tea
My dads old classmate/ friend and his family were visiting from out of state, they were going to be dropping in for a quick hello and advised us not to go out of our way as they had already attended a birthday party earlier that day.
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omg lovely ideas ladies!!!
the menus are very attractive!
CB…i love the list!!! i love your idea of putting teabags in a plate n guests will help themselves…
geminis yes weather is a bit cold so halwa is a good option…
PG…thats a yummy menu…which chatni you served with all these items?
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i LOVE green peas [tali huii hari maTar] … fresh ones are the bestest…frozen peas are OK too!
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How do you make deep fried sandwiches and curry macroni?
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@Akmoti it was your standard mint/cilantro chutney 
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CB - i am printing your list off for future use!
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lasagne or any pasta is a must!!
so do cupcakes with tea!!
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FRIED SANDWICHES
bread slice-20
eggs-4 blended with 1 tsp soya sauce
chicken boiled OR cooked -1 cup
salt-according to taste
potato boiled n meshed-3 medium
mint or coriander leaves-2 tbsp
METHOD
cut the slices into round shape with a cutter or steel glass or a lid
chop the remaining bread iinto crumbs in a chopper
mix salt ,mint leaves n meshed potatos n place a spoonful paste on one slice,cover with another.
dip into beaten egg properley coat with crumbs
deep fry 2 or 3 at a time…serve with ketchup.
NOTE-u can make any filling of ur choice
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CURRY MACRONI
make salan of chicken with more onions tomatos n ginger garlic paste,boil macroni,boil veges of ur choice fry potato chips n cabbage,mix all n bhoonify untill macroni is fully mixed,put on dam for 5-10 min.
u may skip veges.