My MIL to be and fiance are coming around on the weekend to finalise wedding arrangements. My fiances brother and bhabhi will also be coming for the first time.
They’re family is really insistant that we just serve tea rather than dinner, as dinner will take up too much time, and we all need to focus on getting things arranged, rather than spending it eating.
Question is what should I serve with the tea? My uncle and aunt will also be there, but they don’t eat meat - only fish. So we need to cater for them also.
yar make vegetable fritters for the veg. people..(using alu..gobhi..broccoli..baingan...cabbage..carrots)...
make sandwiches two types..
a) boiled boneless chicken processed with butter..salt and black pepper
b)boiled eggs and mayo..salt..pepper
if u can then do make samosas again two types
a) using corns and mozzarella cheese...black pepper..for veg. ppl
b) chicken ka keema and chana daal for non-veg
have a macroni salad also...with lots of veggies and make sure u put french dressing just b4 serving...its yum yum...
aurrrrrrr hmmmm dahi baray bna lo..ek baarra bowl....yeh to hur kisi ko achay lugtay hain shaam mai...ek daih barray kr lo aur sath alu chanay ki chaat kr lo...
not to forget shami kebab bna lo sath..beef aur chanay ki daal k ya jaisay b ap ghar mai bnatay ho..i think chaaye k liay in-laws k wastay itna kuch kafi hai :)
P.S.. i just saw u wrote they eat only fish..then make it spicy wali fried fish:)
I would go along the same lines as what the others have said. I would serve:
fish pakoras
aloo and fish tikkis/cutlets
aloo chaat
shaami kebabs-for the meateaters...
finger sandwiches-I would serve one tuna filling, one salad and possibly one egg. Cucumber sarnies are popular at british tea parties...but for some they are not quite filling.
I chose a chaat dish as it can be filling so if visitors are hungry and love desi food they are catered for :) I now they said that dinner would take up too much time but you never know...well I never do.
Cake wise I would serve scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream, lemon drizzle cake and chocolate brownies. Oh and possibly a great hummingbird or carrot cake.
A pound cake....pre-cut into slices. Or any cake of your. choice. You can even have eclairs or cream puffs.
Cookies
Chicken sandwiches/Samosay/Pastries filled with meat. Don't do all three of them.
(You can do a meat/vegetarian combo. For example, you can do chicken sandwiches and vegetable samosay)
Shaami kabab (made from fish)
Chaat ( for example an aaloo/cholay chaat, or dehi baray)
And that's it. For beverages, have the options of tea, juice, and soda available. Basically you should have a mixture of sweet and savory (namkeen) items. At the same time, you don't want to go overboard because it's not a meal. It's neither lunch nor dinner, so try to stay away from lunch/dinner type items.
^ It sounds great. Here's a suggestion though. Make the aaloo tikki look different from the shami kabab. Otherwise they'll both look circular. Some people make their aaloo tiki by forming it into a circle, dipping it in egg, and shallow frying it.....so it looks the same as the the shami kabab.
What you can do is mash the aaloo with a little bit of keema. And then you give them a different shape, such a small oval shaped rolls. Coat in bread crumbs and fry. They will look different from shami kabab that way.
For cake, you have many varieties. You can get a pound cake and cut into slices. You can get a cheesecake. A lemon cake. A carrot cake.
I personally would go for chicken sandwiches because they are commonly made for tea and are a good accompaniment. Pasta salad is more lunchish- or meal-time'ish in my opinion.
Chicken sandwiches:
Boiled and shredded chicken breast
1 hard boiled egg....shredded
A few leaves of lettuce shredded
Salt and pepper to taste
2-4 tablespoons of mayonnaise
1 teaspoon mustard paste (the yellow one)
a few dashes of hot sauce.
Combine the shredded chicken, shredded egg, shredded lettuce, salt/pepper with the mayonnaise and mustard and mix well. Add a few dashes of hot sauce and mix. Spread filling on one side of bread, top with other bread. You can cut in triangles.
For pasta salad, you can boil pasta of your choice and toss it with diced boiled eggs, diced chicken, diced vegetables, and a dressing made by combining mayo, yogurt, and vinegar. Season according to taste and mix. Or you can use salad dressing instead.
Thanks red. Good tip about varying the shapes, I'll experiment with that.
Tigerlily,
do the experimenting with the shapes days in advance before they come so you know what works and what doesn't. We shape them in oval shaped balls, so they're not flat like a shami kabab.
