The Menu ...

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Recently we just went to another dawat their menu was also well balanced.

They had

Boneless chicken biryani
Gosht karahi
Seekh kabobs (w/ mint chutney)
Naan
Chicken Chow mein
Pasta salad
Dahi bharay

for dessert they served ras malai.

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Spiral and Tabu, sorry , I saw your comments just now , my oven is electric. I baked the chicken pieces first .. then I just lightly grilled the vege's in the oven grill mode ... and finally I inserted them in the skewers just before serving ...

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Went to a BBQ party yesterday .. The menu was

  • Grilled corn
  • Jacket Potatoes
  • Chicken tikka’s
  • Grilled Chicken Breast pieces
  • Grilled Fish
  • Seekh kababs
  • Pita bread

and the sauces included : garlic sauce , chilli sauce, mint sauce , ketchup, salad sauce and plain yoghurt.

I missed humous so much yesterday :hinna:

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I usually follow these simple rules when I have desi dawat:

2 meat dishes
1 vegetable dish
1 grill or roast
Rice
Salad
Raita or chutney

Dessert
One home made
One store bought or for kids:)

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We got invited to a Pakora party recently … and this was the menu:

  • Onion Pakora
  • Spinach pakora
  • Chicken pakora
  • Vegetable pakora
  • Potato wedge pakora style
  • aubergine pakora
  • Chinese pakora
  • Chilli pakora
  • Cauli flower pakora

and the usual sauces : ketchup, mint sauce, Garlic sauce, Chilli sauce, yoghurt, cucumber sauce

All in all it was good :yummy:

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Ahhh...we went to a pklora party last summer too.Very similar menu to yours CB,only there were anda and qeema pakoras too.Lucky there were some other bits n bobs otherwise very unhealthy I must say...but yummy :)

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Keema pakora? anda pakora ? :hayaa: … how were they made?

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yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :yummy:

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yeahh…keema pakora recipe plz… :blush:

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the andas were hard boiled and cut in two…and the qeema ones were cooked qeema mixed with besan.Ammi makes these in Ramzan sometimes.You just make the qeema in a bit of oil…no onions… adrak/lasan,haldi,pissa zeera,lal mirch,and a pinch of garam masala/black pepper,hara dhaniya.bhoon well and cool.Then just mix into your usual besam mixture.If the qeema is a bit chatpatta,they are well tasty.In fact I sometimes make them if I have left over bhoon qeema…works well that way too.You should try them…they are really nice :slight_smile:

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Thats so cute, never heard of a pakora party before!

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That sounds fabulous!

Omg, how cute! I have heard of them but never been to one…maybe I will do this for my next get together!

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yeah , it was my first every pakora party too and I was giggling all afternoon thinking what an odd party it is :omg:

I have been to a sandwich party as well … and then we all know about mango parties … so yeah we food lovers will do anything to keep ourselves entertained :omg:

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Having a party this weekend . This is the menu I have planned :

(Imagine yourself at the dining table :cb: )

Starters :
Mince meat and cheese rolled in Filo pasty
Brinjal bite size chips
Served with Green corriander and green chilli sauce

Main Dish :
Kofta Curry
Chicken Karahi
Chicken Jalfrezi half side on the platter and Fried rice on the other half
Shrimp Masala
Daal
Naan

Grill:
Mixed Grilled Skewers . Each Skewer will have bite size Fish, chicken tikka, roast potato, potato and spinach ball, mince ball and green and yellow capsicum and onion pieces

Salad
Pine apple Cream Salad
Pasta Salad

Sauces
Mint Sauce
Humous

Dessert
Zarda Rice with Cream
Cake, custard and Jelly trifle nicely sliced into pieces with a strawberry on top :@:

Tea
Mint tea /coffee/English Tea options.

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sounds good CB…:k:
I am planning a dinner in few weeks and still thinking about the menu…It has to be desi but I want some new dishes…lets see what I finally decide…:slight_smile:

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oh,...mind sharing the recipe for shrimp masala and the pineapple salad...??
:)

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Chips I will open up a separate thread for you, for the two recipes ... ..dont forget to come back here and let us know what the final menu was that you decided :@:

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Wow CB your menu looks amazing.

Would you mind posting the recipies for your starters?

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:yummy:

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For my sister’s dholki recently, the menu was strictly and only khaosway and it was a hit! :hayaa:

For my sister’s mayun, we had snack type food and kept it light:

Guacamole and tostadas
Mastaccoli
Beef pasta (this is a family thing)
Qeema puffs
Baked chicken
Halwa
Zarda

We had a dawat last night to welcome everyone to Chicago and we served:

Nihari :yummy:…this was so good!
Goat biryani
Bhindi masala
Tandoori chicken
Bhuna qeema
Raita
Salad
Naan
Cake
Tart