We have guests coming over tomorrow, and I’ve decided on the main course dishes but I can’t decide on any sides to go with them! I’m making alloo ky parathay for breakfast chicken biryani for lunch and mutton nihari for dinner, they’ll be having breakfast next day too with us and I haven’t yet decided on that. Please help me to decide on side dishes to go with chicken biryani and mutton nihari (for two separate meals). I was thinking some kind of something potatos with biryani (but then breakfast would have been of potatoes too) and daal kababs with nihari? But my mind is just stuck! Suggestions pleasssssseee!!
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Breakfast on Day 2:
halwa puri cholay?
or khagina?
Ideas for sides:
small kababs (my original thought was aloo cutlets but you’re having aloo for breakfast)
bhindi fry
palak
chukander
salad
You’ve chosen menu items that don’t really need sides, so you could get away with anything here 
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2nd day breakfast: Halwa poori tarkari chana
With chicken biryani, you can serve lamb chopsticks as a sider or shami kebabs.
In dinner, Mostly Nehari is served alone because its a rich meal but still, if you feel like, you can first serve some fried chicken wings as a starter and then after 10minutes, server Nehari alone. Happy hosting
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pasta/ spaghetti will not be a good idea with any of the meals. So do not choose that.
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I wanted to add some veggies/daal to the menu instead of adding chicken/qeema/mutton sides because that would be too much chicken/meat to consume in a day, dont you think? Sorry should have mentioned that in my original post.
Thank you 
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That just made my day 
hehe
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So I’ll serve nihari alone. Breakfast for one of the days aaloo paratha and the other day I’ve decided to make chanas and halwa with parathas instead of puris (it takes too long to deep fry so many of them and its too hot to do that 
)
So I just want a side dish with biryani…
black bean kababs?
roast potatoes?
moong daal kabab?
lauke ke koftay?
or just nothing?
P.S. I havent really tried any of these recipes before
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ah. Ok. But yeah, its better not to choose anything than choosing a daal or sabzi. Usually I and I am sure everyone likes it but when its guests at home, they feel for what you serve them, and some guests just make issues at back that dekho to daal khilai, instead counting Biryani… I hope the guests you are going to deal with are good enough 
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roast potatoes rakh sakti ho but then dont add potatoes in Biryani 
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They’re coming over for the first time but I think they’re good enough But I guess you’re right, best to choose nothing over daal or sabzi lol. Maybe lauki ke koftay, ifI get the time for them, because they sound so fancy lol
hehe..thats what I was thinking
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Thank you girls for helping out. I’m SUCH an indecisive person
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seriously, Lauki kofta sounds weird, Khamakhuan tumhari mehnat raayegaan jaayegi… let this kofta dish keep original… mainly they are made of beef.. and they taste good with beef.
I remember, I visited my aunt, she made some nargisi koftay but she tried something strange with it, I dont know what was that, but since then, I HATE nargisi koftay… its a picture thats now in my mind…sometimes you try horrible things 
Lets not make this meal horrible for your guests especially when its their first time, first impression is the last impression. You can cook potato cutlets too.
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Best thing that goes with biryani (any type..chicken or meat) is bhagaray baingan…add raita and you’re set!! And I agree..nihari is a rich enough meal on its own.
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Yeah you’re right queenie, I’ll stick to tried recipes
I dont know if I can get baghary baingain right 
I tried them once and they dint turn out so good so I never tried them again. Maybe I can make baingan ka raita. That way I’ll get the baingan + the raita
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Why not serve shami kababs or ground beef samosas. With biryani do serve some type of salad, and raita.
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yeah. Better to stick with the recipes you are well-known of Best of luck. Hope the entire time goes well
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There is a very good baobab raita recipe of bajias. She is on Facebook or google bajias recipes. You can’t go wrong with simple raita or try adding diced tomatoes, onions, cucumber to whipped yoghurt (mix some water), salt, and black pepper. If you are abroad try to buy some frozen French bread or appetizers like stuffed jalepenos, frozen samosas,etc. do check the variety in your local Indian store.
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^^baigan raita
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Why dont you just make a simple daal maash? Or even you can make dahi barhas. They would seriously go great. Another choice is just steam frozen mixed veggies they make great combo with biryani. Even you can make chikkar cholas.
With Nihari you can even present veggie pizza. Any preference for fish? You can fry fish fingers also or fish kebabs. You can even make falafel here is the recipe in my thread
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/household-affairs-and-cuisine-corner/568577-relished-feasts.html
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The baingan raise sounds good. Also bhagaray baingan or tamatar ka khatta with boiled eggs on top is a good side dish to biryani.
you can do qeema served with parathas for breakfast the next day maybe add fried eggs or omelette.