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    Home » Recipes » Party Menus » Indian Party Menus

    Indian Party Menus

    Published On:November 6, 2015 By:Ruchi

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    Looking for an Indian Party Menus, then look no more. Here is a step by step guide to your Indian Party Menus for Diwali, get-togethers and more. Make the list, get organize and discover how planning small tasks can make your life so much easier!

    Step by Step Indian Meal planning Guide

     

    Preparing for a party all by yourself can be a tiring job. But if planned efficiently, it can make cooking a pleasure and you will feel like organizing a party every weekend. Have you by any chance missed my meal planning basic section then please read that and it will put some light on – “How should you get started on meal planning?”

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    This is my Diwali Menu that I had prepared last year for 16 guests – 10 adults and 6 kids.  TOTAL TIME TO COOK THIS WHOLE DINNER – 7 HRS. 10 MINUTES – divided over a period of 2 days. Don’t be alarmed, see the step by step preparation below and you will find it quite comforting.

    Recipe Links provided in the steps below.

    Indian Party Menus
    Indian Party Menus

    My first step was to multiply my ingredients- let’s see the sample below. In this image, I have doubled the quantity of my corn soup to match up to my guest count. I have skipped kids from the soup list – as kids usually pass on the soup. But if someone is still up for one, this soup will yield enough quantity. 🙂

    My planning started a day ahead – TOTAL TIME – 2 hr. 30 minutes.

    • Soak the dal. Link – Dal Makhani
    • Chopped/grounded ginger – garlic for all my veggies and snack. Chopped/pureed tomatoes for the next day. I prefer not to chop onions a day ahead and store in the fridge as it leaves a strong odor.
    • Prepare chutneys. I always have tamarind chutney ready in my freezer  – so this one is marked out. Link – Green Chutney, Tamarind Chutney.
    • Marinated Paneer. Though recipe says to marinate for 2-3 hours I kept it overnight. Link – Paneer tikka Masala. 
    • Started on making Gajar ka halwa. Link – Gajar halwa. 
    • Prepared 30 peda pieces. Link – Milk Peda

    Party day cooking – TOTAL TIME – 3 hr. 40 minutes

    • I started by boiling potatoes, boiling dal makhani and grilling paneer all at once on different burners. While these were boiling/cooking, I moved on to cutting my veggies and salad. This was all done in 30 minutes – in between, I kept a close watch on paneer.
    • Chopped onions.
    • Made soup. Link – Corn Soup. 
    • Prepared Khaman. While this was steaming, I prepared my veggie dip. Link – Khaman and Veggie dip. 
    • Then I moved on to assemble potato balls. Link – Cocktail snack – Potato balls. 
    • Made tadka and kept the dal on low flame to simmer.
    • Cooked achari gobi. Emptied in serving dishes. Link – Achari Gobi
    • Cooked Paneer. Emptied in serving dishes.
    • Made raita and kneaded the dough for rotis. Link – Raita, Roti. 
    • When dal was ready – emptied it in serving dishes.

    2 Hours before the party starts – Final touch ups – TOTAL TIME – 1 hr.

    • Fried potato balls. Kept them in warm otg/oven on the lowest setting, so that they stay crisp.
    • Made rotis.
    • Made rice. Link – Jeera Rice
    • Arranged chips/nachos in a bowl to go along with a veggie dip

    SETTING MY TABLES AND ALL SET AND READY TO GREET MY GUEST. 🙂

    More Menus coming up……..

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