The Menu ...

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Its that time of the year .. Iftar Dawats are on their way ... I am having a mega dawat this weekend ... The menu:

Starter
Filo pastry rolls with sauce drizling o the plate

*Iftar *

Fruit platter decorated with whipping cream
Spinach Pakoray
Chinese Pakoray
Brinjal Pakoray
Aloo kababs
Dahi Balla's
Chicken patties
Fried Chilli Potato Wedges
Keema naans

Dinner
Haleem
Chicken Biryani
Seekh Kababs

*Dessert *
Starter - small home made piece of cake decorated with strawberries and cream .. one piece in each plate
Zarda
Kheer
Gulab Jamuns

We have about 11 people coming so I have tried to have a variety on the list coz I cant cook food in large amounts :(

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plz invite me also CB lolz
n can u plz give recipe for cheeze pakoras..............

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Devlish aajoooo jaldi sai :lifey:

chinese pakoray , I need to try out something first , if it turns out nice , I will post the recipe for you … I might make them tonight for a test … kal check kerna , i might write the recipe here ..

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ok thnkx CB.............
do post pics of iftari......... hum isi pe guzara kr le gay

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awww devlish :hugz: ..

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I went to a dawaat last weekend, as everyone was there early they served tea with halwa first. Then dinner was a few hours later, the menu was:

Starters

Aloo tikki
BBQ tandoori chicken strips
BBQ lamb chops
Lamb samosas
Dhai Barey

Mains

Mattar keema
Chicken Biryanichawal
Gungo peas
Rajmah (red kindney beans)

Dessert
Seviyaan muzaffar
Meringue or vanilla ice cream with berries

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I had a relgious talk at my place a couple of weekends ago, about 30 people came. The menu was:

To pick at during the talk:

Dates
Turksh delight
Rice crackers
Chevda

Food served after the talk:

Spicy chicken wings
Chicken stir fry with egg noodles
Chilli paneer
Lamb samosas
Haleem
Kala chana
Dhai Barey
Fruit chaat
Mithai
Baklava

And of cource A LOT of tea

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tiger , that sounds good ... did you guys make turkish delight at home? can you share the recipe please :@:

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I like this thread aaa lottttttttttttttttt. caz i hv to come to know abut the menu at home when ever u invite someone. Many new recipe i hv to come across. Plz dear keep it up. and i wanna need the recipes , for this i request the mods to make new thread only for menu recipes. thanx. do it hurry dear i need many of them plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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I'd love to be able to say yes, but the Turkish Delight was bought on a holiday to Turkey. I'd be very interested in the recipe too if anyone has it.

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Zaina , all the recipes are on this forum. If you need a recipe , do a quick search for them. Like click on the search option on the top and type the name of the recipe you want. the threads that havethe recipe will come up .

Hope this helps.

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I was invited to a Iftar Dawat :

Iftari :

Samosas
Kababs
Pizza
Dahi Bhallian

Dinner :
Chicken curry
Baingan barta
daal
Plain rice
Roti

Dessert
Plain cake
fruit trifle

all in all it wasnt too impressing , just ok . I thnk the choice of menu was disasterous !

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last nite i went to iftar at huby's friends's home so the menu was v simple but i like it
iftari:
pakoray
cheeze samosa
nuggets
shrimps
chicken kababs
dhai bhalay
fruit chaat

dinner:
biryani wth salad n chutni

i enjoyed............... biryani was really yummy :)

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Our menu is mostly:
egg n veggie fried rice/ veggie pulao
mutton korma
dum kabab masala/ chicken tikka masala
chicken karahi/ chili chicken
haleem/ daal dish
mixed vegetables/ any other vegetable

Salads:
italian salad
russian salad

Desserts:
cake
trifle/ ras malai

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for iftar dawat my menu is:
fruit chaat
chana chaat
dahi bhallay
chinese pakoray
baked spring rolls
chicken cheese balls

for dinner:
mutton korma
chili chicken
egg n veggie fried rice
naan
raita
salad

dessert:
trifle
ras malai

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I think this is what we have included on the menu:

*Starters:
*
Fruit chaat

Dahi Ballay

Samosay

***I think once my parents also served simply egg rolls and chicken corn soup for starters. It might have been during the winter, but it was nice.

Main course:

Chicken biryani

kababs

korma

Palak

Either haleem or cholay

Crispy chicken pieces we'll order that from a restaurant)...and they're really delicate and light) **OR **home made baked/grilled chicken

Dessert:

Zarda and halwa

   or

Zarda and kheer

   or

Kulfi....and one of the following (zarda/halwa/kheer)

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RV , menu sounds fab :lifey:

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**I dunno what to cook today :hinna:
Can someone help me plz :@:
Wanna cook something yummy n quick
**

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Sidra , so many menu's to choose from... what are you wanting to cook? iftar special? or dinner?

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**Something simple for 4 ppl :)

Channa Chaat is ready, fruit chaat also.
**