I’m looking for inspiration for my Eid menu this year. So what makes your Eid meal?
What dish reminds you of Eid?
Our usual menu is:
Gosht pilau
palak gosht handi
kebabs
aloo tikkis
keema rolls
A traditional sweet (kheer usually)
So it’s pretty simple…but I want to something different. I know it’s Qurbani time thus a lot of meat on the menu. Any other suggestions or recommendations would be great!
We are looking at starting our own traditions as we now have a little girl (who is 11 months old) so we want her to have foods that she can link to Eid etc too like many do.
Also, if you don’t have much family around (which we don’t) how do you go about making Eid extra special? Our local Masjid doesn’t hold any events/meals etc so that isn’t an option for us to attend.
Our day currently consists of: Eid Prayers, breakfast, opening presents, dinner. That’s it!
Our menu is simple and yummy. Fresh kaleji phipra cooked in yogurt and spices, this is supposed to be breakfast lol because all men of family eat qurbani ka gosht,etc as a first tging of the day..and then they get back to 'work' of cutting up the meat,weighing and makiing packets for relatives,poor,ownself,etc and then we all have a lunch of meat quorma,that too cooked with minimum masalay because we have experienced that qurbani kay meat ka apna maza hota hai..it needs least spices to taste its best.we have fresh naan,simple brown rice,green chutney and imli plum chutney in the menu followed by freshly ,ade besan ka halwa ! Yumm !!
My dad usually cookes either nihari, or baked chicken with mushrooms, or biryani for Eid. He enjoys cooking and often makes these dishes on the weekends too.....but it's sort of like a tradition to have either of them on Eid as well.
we usually have kaleji/gurda seeKh right after the Qurbani. at lunch we have sivaiyaaN for dessert and qorma, shaamii kabaab, yaKhnii pulaao, kalejigurda/narKhara saalan, sookhii dhuli maash kii daal with taRkaa with roGhnii roTii/rumaalii chapaatii/sheermaal...also sometimes we have shaahii TukRe or shakarqand/motichoor laDDoo kheer :)
Must haves ...
Bhuni kaleji, quorma, pulao, seekh kabob, dhai barrey, qimami siveyiaan ...
Other dishes fill in/round out the menu ... But these are musts on eid day.