Some delicious options for different occasions, that’s “Indian Party Menus”.
Hope you would find this series helpful when planning your party food menu.
Birthday Party at a Friend’s Home
Theme: Friend’s 41-year birthday celebration
Guests Number: 8
Time: Dinner
Venue: Home
Preparation: Homemade
Party Menu:
Brown Rice and White Rice
Tomato Pappu (Tomato Dal)
Broccoli-Sweet Potato Stir-fry
Plantain Curry
Eggs Vepudu
Coconut Pacchadi
Tindora Pacchadi
Majjiga Pulusu (Tadka buttermilk)
Dessert:
Birthday Cake with Pound Cake
Ravva Kesari
Gifts from Guests:
Coconut-Pecan Burfi (prepared by us)
German Chocolate Fudge Cake
Some delicious options for different occasions, that’s Indian Party Menus.
Hope you would find this new series helpful when planning your party food menu.
Birthday Party at a Friend’s Home
Theme: 3-year old baby boy birthday celebration
Guest number: 70 (50 adults+20 children)
Time: for lunch
Venue: Home
Preparation: Restaurant food from Mayuri, Houston & Pizza Hut Pizzas
Party Menu:
Masala Vada
Vegetable Manchurian
Coconut Chutney
Vegetable Salad
Vegetable Biryani
Tandoori Roti
Poori
Paneer Tikka Masala
Navaratan Kurma
Stuffed Brinjal Curry
Boondi Raita
Daddhojanam (Curd Rice)
Mango Aavakaaya and Ginger Pickle
Vegetable, Pineapple and Cheese Pizzas for Kids
Dessert:
Carrot Halwa
Peechu Mithai (Cotton Candy)
Party Favors:
Gifts for Children
Tiyya Pongali (Sweet Pongal with Jaggery)
Pulagam
Chikkudu Vittanaalu Kurma (Indian Broadbeans Kurma)
Peanut-Jaggery Pachhadi
Peanut Pacchi Pulusu
Mirchi Bajji
Ghee
Dahi
Happy Sankranthi, dear friends. What’s on the menu for Sankranthi?
Vijay and I went to London to visit my sister for the holidays. We had a wonderful and memorable time sightseeing and spending time with family and friends. Here are some pictures from the trip.
The Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
London Eye
The Palace of Westminster and the Big Ben
Greenwich Time and Prime Meridian Line
Beautiful Bournemouth Beach
Spectacular Swaminarayan Mandir, London
Peaceful Balaji Temple, Birmingham
Snow Girl with Rosemary Hat ~ Made by My Sister’s Daughter
Some delicious options for different occasions, that’s Indian Party Menus.
Hope you would find this new series helpful when planning your party food menu.
Holiday Dinner Party at My Sister’s Place:
Theme: Holiday Dinner get-together
Guest number: 5
Time: for dinner
Venue: Delhi Spicee, Ruislip, UK
Preparation: Restaurant food
Dinner Menu:
Masala Papads
Pani Puri
Chicken tikka
Naans and Stuffed Parathas
Madras Chicken Curry
Chicken Biryani
Malai Kofta
Chilli Paneer
Raita
Mango Lassi
Party Favors:
Lots of laughter and memorable experience
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Some delicious options for different occasions, that’s Indian Party Menus.
Hope you would find this new series helpful when planning your party food menu.
Holiday Brunch Party at My Home.
Theme: Christmas brunch get-together
Guest number: 5
Time: for brunch
Venue: Home
Preparation: Homemade
Brunch Menu:
Strawberry-Orange Soy Smoothie
Carrot-Cucumber Kosambari
Poori
Cumin-Basmati Rice
Chana Masala
Alu Curry seasoned with fresh, grated coconut
Masoor-Tomato Dal (thick soupy like in Sambar consistency)
Coconut-Onion Pacchadi
Dahi
Dessert:
Chocolate -Pecan pie (eggless)
Carrot-Pecan cake (eggless)
Party Favors:
Party food takeout
Some toys and chocolate
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December Tomato Harvest
Cold front, freezing temperatures and northern winds … winter is here in Houston. Due to frost warning, I had to harvest tomatoes from my September-planted tomato plants. From 8 tomato plants, the yield was about 8 pounds of cherry tomatoes and few Brandywines. They need some time to ripen, and what I have now would be enough to prepare some comforting soopas and sambars for this coming winter.
Some delicious options for different occasions, that’s Indian Party Menus.
Hope you would find this new series useful when planning your party food menu.
Thanksgiving Party at a friend’s home.
Theme: Telugu Thanksgiving in Kaarthika Vana bhojanam style
Guest number: 11
Time: for Lunch
Venue: Home
Preparation: Homemade
Party Food Menu:
Brinjal bajji and onion pakodi
White rice
Chicken Kurma (Kodi Kura)
Spinach Dal
Alu vepudu
Bottle gourd pulusu
Drumstick sambar
Kandi Pacchadi
Onion Pacchadi
Carrot and karela perugu pacchadi
Homemade dahi
Pomegranate(danimma) daddojanam
Papads and dahi mirchi (Majjiga Mirapa)
Dessert:
Paalathalikalu with ghee and mudda pappu
Mango kulfi
Served on:
Paper plates covered with fresh banana leaves
Party Favors:
Party food takeout in ziplock bags
Happy Deepavali, dear friends and readers. I have missed the web world, and it is good to be back and blogging again. Right now, it’s pecan harvest time in Houston. Mature, pecan trees line up the streets where we live and during autumn season you will see families with baskets and bags picking up the pecans that are fallen under the trees. We also joined the fun this year and picked up about five pounds of pecans from our neighborhood pecan trees. There are still plenty more pecans to pick and share. The shelled pecans were of good quality and very tasty.
Vijay and I, we both like pecans very much and we add them to kosambaris, cakes, pies and pralines. Pecans were one of the gifts that we chose to carry to Nandyala on our last India trip. We wanted our families back home have a taste of this wonderful americana treat. As we had hoped, they loved the pecans, particularly the jaggery-pecan pralines we prepared. Pecans truly are autumn wealth, and it’s good to get some directly from generous pecan trees.
Pecan Harvest from Neighborhood Pecan Trees
Shelled Pecans ~ An Autumn Wealth
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