Mirch
March 29, 2011, 5:13pm
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Re: Serving Guests …
One must have a generous display of food when guests are coming over. My question is, how many dishes should we prepare? I see that many folks have so much variety that you could never really try everything…some flavors just don’t go together either.
LIke, for example, at a recent dawat, the hosts served: nihari, haleem, biryani, koftay, tandoori chicken, chicken shorba, mutton karhai, seekh kabab, chicken handi, raita, naan, salad, kheer, pineapple dessert. I think the first three items are stand alones, or at least shouldn’t be served together with each other…then there was way too much food. People were sticking to just a few items and there were degchis of a couple of items that remain untouched. Now wasn’t that a waste of time, energy and money?
So how many dishes should you serve at a dinner for let’s say 10 guests?
We have that kind of dawat , we do not waste it , we give it away to whoever wants to take it with them after dawat and if still some is leftover we freeze it for future home use or take it out if someone comes over unexpected.