Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Diwali mela menu - 27 October 2012

sutherfeni mithai

Diwali at home always has great memories, baking and making mithai to cooking an elaborate vegetarian affair was always the heart of it. On the auspicious day we’ll do our pooja (prayer) and then set plates with different farsans and mithai to distribute them to the neighbours. After a great feast we would visit family and friends and end the evening with a magnificent array of fireworks. At chai lounge we’ll be catering for our meat eaters. Here is our menu



welcome mithai(indian sweet)

 pear juice infused with cardamon topped with prosecco

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selection of gujarati farsans
farsan is Gujarati snacks usually fried, salty and crunchy.

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seasonal lamb pilau served with papad
delicately flavored lamb seasoned with mace and nutmeg cooked in a fragrant rose and saffron rice finished with cashews and raisins

cucumber and rose chaas
cucumber and yoghurt seasoned with rose water and black pepper

grilled munchkins
char grilled pumpkin seasoned with clove and cinnamon

paneer kofta in creamy sauce
lightly spiced paneer koftas in a rich sweet cashew & almond sauce

kumquat pickle
sweet and sour kumquats pickled with kaloonji seeds

rotli
hot wholewheat rotli’s to scoop up the lightly spiced paneer koftas

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selection of mithai
mithai are Indian sweets served during auspicious occasions. 

sweet masala chai & paan
betel leaf filled with gulkhand, sweet fennel, cardamom and sealed with a clove

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one for the road
mithai box