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January 6, 2015

Veg Burger Recipe | Mc Donald’s Style Veggie Burger Patty Recipe

Veg burger recipe

Don’t you get tempted to try if you come across a recipe titled “Mc Donald’s style Veg Burger Recipe” ??. I know many of your answers would be YES!. Yeah, I too tried Veg burger for the first time in my kitchen after getting very much tempted by watching this video. In that video, he had shared the recipe of Mc Donald’s style McVeggie burger patty recipe with easily available ingredients in all our pantries and moreover it was Eggless! I just made few changes in the ingredients & method as per my convenience.

I replaced corn meal with powdered corn flakes just like my KFC style Veg Strips and I used crushed garlic instead of garlic powder. The result was awesome!! The Patty was super crispy outside and soft inside. I also tried grilling in my convection oven instead of deep frying and it came out pretty well. You can also opt for shallow frying if you are calorie conscious.What ever be the method of cooking, patties taste great.

This recipe is really a keeper and I am planning to make it for my daughter’s birthday party too. Sendhil loved it a lot and I guess he won’t take me to Mc Donald’s anymore as I started making it at home regularly. Soon I will try to share my daughter’s most favourite KFC Potato krisper/Aloo burger recipe which would be more of our Indian style. 

Friends, do try this easy burger recipe using store bought burger buns and mayonnaise & let me know how it turned out for you. Procedure may seem a bit lengthy as I made bread crumbs and corn meal on my own. If you have them readymade in hand, making this burger would be really easy !!

Veg burger recipe
Veg burger patty recipe

Mc Donald’s Veggie burger recipe


Mc veggie burger recipe Veg burger with homemade burger patty recipe – Mc Donald's style !
Cuisine: International
Category: Snacks
Serves:
Prep time: 60 Minutes
Cook time: 10 Minutes
Total time: 70 Minutes


INGREDIENTS
For arranging burger
  • Fresh Burger buns - 4 nos
  • Lettuce leaves - few
  • Shredded celery - as needed ( I used cabbage)
  • mayonnaise - as needed
  • Sliced tomato - 4 slices
  • Cheese slice – 4 nos ( optional, I din't use)
For burger patty
  • Boiled potatoes - 3nos ( medium)
  • Cooked peas - 1/4 cup
  • Carrot - 1 no ( finely chopped)
  • Onion - 1 no ( finely chopped)
  • Garlic crushed – 4 nos
  • Thick poha/Aval – 1/2 cup ( soak in water for 20 minutes)
  • Maida / All purpose flour - 1.5 tbsp
  • Salt & water – as needed
Spice powder recipe
  • Chilli flakes  or paprika – 1/2 tsp
  • Amchoor powder –1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
  • Pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • Salt – as needed
  • Parsley – 1/4 tsp
For batter
  • Maida - 1/2 cup
  • Corn flour – 1/4 cup
  • Corn meal OR powdered corn flakes - 1/4 cup
  • Oil – 1 tbsp 
  • Water - as needed
Bread crumbs - 1 cup  ( to coat)
HOW TO MAKE VEG BURGER - METHOD

  • Finely powder the cornflakes in a mixer and keep in a bowl. Mix all the powders given under “ Spice powder” and set aside. ( If you are using raw corn flakes, microwave it in high power for 1.5 minutes & then powder it)
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  • Wash and soak poha in hot water for 20 minutes. Then crush & squeeze it with your hands very well. It will become a dough like thing. Keep it covered & set aside.
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  • Pressure cook potatoes, peel the skin, mash it well. Cook the peas and keep it ready. Chop the carrots and keep it in hot water till use. Chop onions.
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  • In a kadai, heat oil and saute onions, crushed garlic cloves till onion turns transparent. Now add the carrot and saute till its soft. Add some salt to quicken the cooking process. Lastly add the mashed potato and cooked peas. Add little water & let the carrot cook for some time. After carrots are cooked & water is absorbed, add the spice powder mix. Adjust salt. Mix well & Mash it with the back of ladle. 
  • Finally add the soaked & squeezed poha and maida. Mix well. Poha & maida acts as a binding agent here. So mash it really well and make the entire mixture to a thick dough. Switch off the flame & let it cool.
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  • After the mixture is cooled down, wrap it in a polythene sheet like a cylinder as shown in the picture. Cover the edges using a rubber band. Refrigerate it for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
    • After 30 minutes, remove the patty dough and roll it tightly. Cut it into roundels. Refer picture below. The size of the patty should be the size of burger. Roll the patty on the kitchen counter or a plate to bring uniform thickness and to make a perfect round.
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  • In the mean time, prepare the batter & bread crumbs. To prepare bread crumbs, remove the corners i.e brown part of the bread and powder it in a mixie. Set aside in  a plate. Homemade instant bread crumbs is ready. For the batter, mix all the ingredients given under “ for batter” and add little water to make a thick dosa batter consistency. Keep it ready.
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  • Now dip the patty and in maida batter. Again dip in bread crumbs. Repeat the same once again. Yes, you have to coat it twice to get a super crispy exterior.
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  • Now heat oil to deep fry and check the temperature by dropping a pinch of batter. If it comes up, simmer the flame completely and drop the patty. If the heat of the oil is high, patty will burn. So take care. Cook only in low flame till they turn golden brown in both the sides. Flip it whenever needed. Deep fry, remove & drain in a tissue. Repeat the same procedure and keep all the patties ready.
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  • For arranging the burger : Take the burger bun and slit into two roundels. Toast in dosa pan by drizzling oil or butter. Take one portion of the bun and apply mayonnaise using a spoon.
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  • Wash and chop lettuce & celery. Place some of them on the bun.Now keep the patty. Above the patty keep some lettuce leaves, tomato slice & cheese slice. Cover it with another portion of toasted bun.( I applied mayonnaise on both the portions of bun as we love it that way)
      • Adjust the quantity of mayonnaise as per your taste.You can also keep some onion rings, tomato slices & cheese slices if you like.
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Serve immediately with ketchup !! Enjoy it to the core !!



Note


  • Use fresh burger buns for best taste.
  • As per the actual recipe,u have to refrigerate the boiled potatoes for 6 hours. But I skipped that step.
  • I have used corn flakes powder instead of corn meal here. U can add corn meal if u have in hand.
  • I coated the patty twice in the batter & bread crumbs to make a crispy exterior. But make sure oil is in right temperature else patty will get burnt.
  • You can make the patties instantly instead of refrigerating it for 30 minutes. In that case,take a ball of dough and pat it to bring the shape and proceed as given above.
  • If you are planning to make this for parties, you can make the dough very well in advance and refrigerate it by tightly wrapping in sheet & keep it covered. This dough stays good for 2 days in refrigerator if  properly stored.
    • Adjust the quantity of mayonnaise as per your taste.You can also add keep some onion rings,tomato slices & cheese slices if you like.

Try this veg burger recipe for your family. I am sure you won’t step into Mc D anymore !
Veg burger recipe

Veg Burger – After a bite by me :P 

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January 4, 2015

Dindigul Thalappakatti Veg Biryani-Mushroom,Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe--Sunday Lunch Recipes -1

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In this New year, with all your support and blessings, I have planned to start biryani series from this week. I guess most of you make ( Both vegetarian & Non-vegetarian) make biryani in weekend especially on Sunday. Even I too make biryani mostly on Sundays, make myself free and enjoy my time with my family. To me, Biryani is an easy to make yet very rich & delicious one pot meal that make everyone drool over its smell & color. I love to try varieties of biryani recipes by watching TV shows, by referring blogs or cookbooks. I thought of blogging the same here as it might be useful to vegetarians who look for varieties of biriyani recipes. So every Sunday, you can expect some yummy biryani & pulao recipes in my blog. Actually I wanted to start this series with “How to cook Basmati rice” post. But I still have some work pending to bring that post here. As I am in Salem, I couldn’t do it. So I thought of starting this series with this most popular Dindigul thalappakatti biryani recipe in which I used jeera rice. Generally vegetarians have less options for biryani varieties. So I used to refer non-veg biryani recipe too & try it  by replacing chicken or mutton with vegetables like mushroom, Gobi/cauliflower and soya chunks. You can find one such example here.  Even today I have shared Dindigul thalapakatti biryani which is the most popular mutton biryani of Dindigul district. For this recipe, I referred so many sites and read readers comments to get some idea about its color, the rice used in it etc. Finally I landed upon here & tried this biryani by making small changes in the actual recipe to achieve its brown color. I used mushroom & soya chunks/meal maker in place of mutton ;). The taste was awesome. It came out super flavourful with minimum masala. Raksha & Sendhil loved it a lot. Raksha told me to make the same biryani next day too for her lunch box . So I made a minimum quantity for her using rice cooker. Now I can confidently try this biryani for my guests too. I served this biryani with simple onion raita as a side dish. I made fruit custard for dessert & curd rice as well. So last week we had this biryani, raita, fruit custard and curd rice for our lunch. It was simple yet divine ! I have updated this recipe with a full video. Do watch it !

I will try my level best to collect the best biryani recipes, try them in my kitchen and share it here.Wish me Good Luck. Leave your feedback or share the picture if you try any biryani recipes from this series. It will motivate me to try n post more. Check out my other biryani & pulao recipes that are popular in my blog.

I have updated this recipe with a video. Please check it !


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July 10, 2014

EASY HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE RECIPE WITH COCOA POWDER - HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE AT HOME

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Easy Homemade Chocolate recipe with just 3 ingredients - Cocoa powder, coconut oil and honey ! U may wonder by seeing this title .I too felt the same when i saw this super easy recipe here . U won’t believe if I say I had been attempting to make a perfect homemade chocolate recipe for the past 3-4 months in different combinations using stove top as well as microwave methods. Yes,its all for some of my reader’s request & to make my dream post come true. And yay! my dream came true finally !. Actually I was trying to make basic homemade chocolate using one string sugar syrup. But I felt the taste was more like a chocolate burfi . So I worked on it by changing the ratio of ingredients to make it a real chocolate and posted the recipe HERE !

Coming to this post, this chocolate recipe needs only 3 ingredients which are readily available in all our pantries and the highlight is its completely dairy free, vegan, no sugar, no sieving, no boiling and no microwaving too. Just mix, pour, freeze and viola!! Your chocolate is ready. Cool right??.  Its a great recipe for beginners & even your kids can make it. I won’t say it tastes like melt in mouth Dairy milk. chocolate. But It tasted similar to dark chocolate with slight bitterness & coconut-ty flavor. Please don’t try this recipe if u don’t like coconut oil flavour. There are very less chances for this recipe to go wrong. Don’t worry if you don’t have chocolate moulds. U can use mini muffin pans or some ice trays lined with parchment paper. I bought these moulds from Nilgiris, Jayanagar - Bangalore.

Keep this recipe as a base, run your imaginations and come up with different flavours on your own. I added few chopped nuts in some pieces & it was good to have the crunchy taste while eating. But remember this chocolate will melt & becomes soft soon after you remove from the freezer.So consume it immediately. It tastes great even if it melts, just go on & lick the melting chocolate. Friends, just rush into your kitchen and make these cuties.Surprise ur kids & sweetheart while they come back home in the evening. All you need is just 1 hour freezing time.All the best !! Thumbs up

For beginners, I have shared all possible tips for troubleshooting in my NOTES section. Do have a glance into it before you start doing. Ok, lets see how to make perfect chocolates at home easily.

If you are looking for homemade chocolate recipe without coconut oil, please CHECK THIS LINK 
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Homemade chocolate recipe

Easy homemade chocolate recipe


Easy homemade chocolate recipe Easy homemade chocolate recipe with just 3 ingredients ! - Just mix, pour n freeze !!
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Chocolate
Serves: 10 
Prep time: 5 Minutes
Cook time: 60 Minutes
Total time: 65 Minutes

If you are looking for homemade chocolate recipe without coconut oil, please CHECK THIS LINK !

INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 250ml
  • Coconut oil - 1/4 cup ( in liquid form at room temp)
  • Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
  • Honey or maple syrup - 2- 3 tbsp
  • Salt - a dash
  • **Peanut butter – 1 tsp (to suppress coconut oil flavor,optional)
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE AT HOME
  • Keep all the ingredients ready. Coconut oil should be in liquid form.not frozen. In a bowl, mix all the 3 ingredients adding a dash of salt. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure there are no lumps. Mix it well for a minute.( you can add a tsp of peanut butter to suppress the smell of coconut oil, I din’t do this step)
How to make chocolates at home step1
  • The mixture would be runny while you pour into the moulds. That’s just right. It should not be thick.
  • Pour into chocolate mould or a small muffin liner lined with parchment paper. No need to line if you use chocolate mould. U can use wider bowls too but it takes longer time to set.
How to make chocolates at home step2
  • Cover the mould or bowl with a cling wrap or polythene sheet. It helps to prevent ice formation on top of chocolate. Freeze it for an hour and Viola, Ur chocolate is ready. After an hour, remove the mould and gently tap it. Chocolates will come out easily !
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Consume immediately because it may melt in your hand !


Note

  • Most important thing is coconut oil should be in melted form. If your oil is frozen, heat it slightly, cool down and bring it to room temperature. Then you can mix with other ingredients. If you don’t follow this step, this chocolate will become a super flop.
  • Also while mixing, there should not be any lumps at all. The mixture would be runny while you pour into the moulds. That’s just right. It should not be thick.
  • Adjust the quantity of honey as per your taste buds. I used nearly 2.5 tbsp. Taste the mixture in between and check for taste before you pour them in moulds.
  • These chocolates have slight coconut oil smell while eating. If you don’t like them, add 1 tsp of peanut butter when you try it next time. Do not add too much. But I don't think oil flavour would be suppressed ;).I think you can add some vanilla essence or chocolate essence to remove the smell. Hope it woks !
  • For variations, you can add chopped nuts in the bottom of mould and pour the chocolate mixture over it.
  • Please do not substitute coconut oil with butter or any other oil. It won’t work.
  • If you want to use other sweeteners,u can go for powder stevia ( I don’t think you get this in India).
  • I got around 10 small pieces using chocolate mould. If you use mini muffin pans, you may need to use one pan with 12 mini muffins.
  • I got one more recipe from the comments section. People in abroad can try this too. Mix equal parts of coconut oil, raw cocoa, a little liquid chocolate stevia & mix it up. Pour them in mini muffin cups. U can sprinkle unsweetened coconut or add a teeny dollop of almond butter or chopped nuts.( Source : TONYA BALLEW in comments section).
  • I also tried adding melted butter and coconut oil in equal quantity to reduce coconut oil flavor. But it was stuck to the mould and it was difficult to remove. So I guess this recipe works the best with coconut oil.
  • If you are looking for homemade chocolate recipe without coconut oil, please CHECK THIS LINK !

How to chocolate at home easily
Enjoy this 3 ingredient homemade chocolate with your loved ones !
Easy homemade chocolate recipe

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Uma maheswari tried this recipe & shared this picture with me :)




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May 28, 2014

FRUIT CUSTARD RECIPE-CUSTARD POWDER RECIPES


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When I posted custard powder ice cream, I wanted to share this easy fruit custard recipe using eggless vanilla custard powder. This is one of the easiest custard powder recipes and its a good replacement for fruit salad to serve your guests at get-together or for birthday parties. I have been making this for years for all my friends & relatives. Its a very simple recipe but it fetches you more credits for sure.

Initially I used to add only apple & banana and call it as apple custard. Then I got the idea of adding cherries and cashews from Nags blog. But this is a much simplified version. Addition of nuts & cherries make this dessert richer, tastier and colorful too. As mangoes are around, you can try adding it.

Last week when Raksha’s friends came to my house,i made this along with veg fried rice and baby corn fry for lunch. They all loved it. Try this for your kids n family members & have a delectable dessert after an yummy meal. Everybody will love it and ask for more!!. So Lets see how to make this easy fruit custard recipe. 

Fruit custard recipe

Fruit Custard recipe


Fruit Custard recipe Mixed Fruit n nut custard recipe - Easiest dessert recipe !
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Dessert
Serves: Serves 4
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 10M+2H
Total time: 20M+2H


INGREDIENTS

 1 cup = 250ml

  • Milk - 500 ml (2.5 cups)  + 1/4 cup
  • Vanilla custard powder - 2 tbsp
  • Sugar - 4-5 tbsp
  • Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
  • Mixed fruits and nuts- Apple, Mango, banana, Cherries, tutti frutti, Cashews & Badam
METHOD

  • Boil 2.5 cups of milk and add sugar to it. Take 1/4 cup of milk and mix custard powder without lumps.
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  • Add this custard mixture to the boiled milk. Mix well in medium flame for few minutes till it thickens like dosa batter. Keep stirring else you will get a burnt layer at the bottom and it spoils the entire recipe.
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  • Switch off the flame and add vanilla essence. Refrigerate it for 2 hours.
  • Just before serving, chop all the fruits and nuts into small pieces.
  • Mix them with the chilled custard. Serve immediately.
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Note

  • Adjust the quantity of custard powder as per the thickness u need.
  • I always like the custard little thinner.Its ur personal choice of making it.
  • Adjust sugar as per your taste buds.
  • Adding cherries, tutti frutti, cashews and badam gives a nice crunchy taste while eating. So never skip it.

Fruit custard recipe


Enjoy this all time favourite fruit custard with ur loved ones Smile.It tastes yummy !!

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December 23, 2013

SIMPLE BIRTHDAY PARTY RECIPES MENU FOR KIDS

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In this post, I have shared a simple kids birthday party recipes menu idea. Recently I attended Raksha’s friend’s Birthday party. We moms are also good friends. It was like a fun filled get together for us, more than a birthday party. I loved the way my friend conducted the party. It was so fun and interesting for kids as well as parents. It was not  like a normal cake cutting party. Instead she conducted some events/Indoor games for everybody including parents with some attractive and useful prizes. 

Kids were so enthusiastic to participate in the events and so were us. Though the games were very simple like ball passing,placing caps etc by playing music, they were very interesting and all the kids thoroughly enjoyed it. Raksha and myself won three prizes. I have shown the picture of prizes in the below picture. In addition to these prizes, birthday caps, face masks and yoyo were given to all the kids.

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We had our lunch over there and it was a simple menu but filling and attractive to kids and parents. Though the number of items were less, everything were very tasty. Usually I hesitate and scare a lot to conduct party in my home and I have never conducted any parties. Other than family members, I haven’t invited anybody for Raksha’s birthday so far. But after attending this party, I got some ideas and confidence of conducting a party in my home. Hope I‘ll do it for Raksha’s next birthday. I tried the same party menu at home last Sunday.

As I was so much attracted by that party, I wanted to blog it for my future reference and for some beginners who are looking for simple party menu ideas. Hope you’ll find it useful.

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED FOR SERVING FOOD

Disposable serving plates
  • Small  sized cake plate
  • Big snack and food plate
  • Plastic Spoons & fork for cake
  • Plastic Spoon for food
  • Disposable paper cups for juice and water
  • Small disposable bowls for salad
  • Tissue paper/ Napkin paper,
  • Big polythene bags with buckets/cartons for trash. (this is very important, keep in all corners)
For decorations
  • Colorful ribbons , Happy  birthday banner , Balloons , Birthday knife , Candles, party foam, Chocolates inside a big balloon.
For kids return gift
  • Party caps, chocolates, face mask, yoyo or small toys, some useful gifts like chess box set, ludo, brain games etc based on the age. Some small storage bowls for adults and gift wrappers for packing gifts.

In the recipe menu , I have mentioned the order in which the recipes were served to us. As all these recipes can be prepared in advance, you don’t need any helping hand to prepare them. U alone can do everything and take the credits. Here is how my friend conducted the party.

HOW TO CONDUCT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
  • As soon as all the friends and guests gathered, store bought aerated drinks like Frooti, Pepsi, Fanta, 7up were served. You can serve  fresh fruit juices which is a healthy option for kids. 
  • She kept some events for kids and parents. U can plan some games like musical chair, passing a ball, placing a cap by playing a music and much more. Everything finished off in 30 minutes. After that cake cutting went on.
  • After cake cutting, she conducted one more event for kids. In the mean time, her family members arranged all the recipes in a plate and kept ready for serving.
  • In a disposable /Use & throw plate (like the one in the picture), they served a piece of cake, a sweet (I made gulab jamun with ready made mix), mixed veg salad, masala vada, vegetable pulao with raita and potato chips were served with a plastic spoon & fork.
  • After we finished eating, they asked for second serving. Finally they served curd rice and pickle.
  • Last but not the least, the lunch was finished with a small cup of ice cream. You can also serve fresh fruit cream instead of ice cream. Kids love this dessert as well.
  • In the above recipes, pulao, raita, salad, masala vada and curd rice were prepared at home. Remaining were store bought.
  • We parents enjoyed all the recipes but when I noticed most of the kids happily ate salad (as it had corn), cake (particularly cream, pastry cake is more preferred nowadays), pulao, chips and  ofcourse ice cream. Some kids had curd rice instead of pulao as it was mildly spicy. 

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Please find the links for the recipes here
In addition to the above recipes, you can find
  • Gulab jamun using ready made mix ( Recipe with video)
  • Store bought potato chips (I forgot to keep)
  • A welcome drink ( homemade or store bought juice)
  • Birthday cake piece
  • Ice cream 


HOW TO PREPARE RECIPES IN ADVANCE
  • In general, Kids love any recipes made with potato, paneer and cauliflower. So you can choose the starter and main course gravies accordingly. 
  • If you are preparing gulab jamun , make it the previous day and store in an air tight box. To me this is the easiest sweet, universally loved by all. U can also plan for other sweets like kaju katliburfi or make carrot halwa and serve as a dessert along with ice creamIf you want to make the job most simple, buy some sweets from  sweet shop like my friend did in the party.
  • Prepare the salad the previous day night and refrigerate by keeping in a box. On the party day, add freshly grated coconut, mix and serve.
  • For veg pulao, chop the vegetables and refrigerate in a tupperware box the previous night. For about 10-12 people, you can make 4-5 cups of rice. As the number of recipes are more, adjust the quantity of rice accordingly. Prepare the rice 30 minutes before the guests arrive so that it would be warm while serving. ( If you make in rice cooker or instant pot, keep in warm mode)
  • For curd rice, make 4 cups of rice. Prepare and refrigerate it in the early morning. As soon as you finish making the pulao, take the curd rice out and do the seasoning. Adjust the consistency and keep it ready. Do check out my curd rice post on how to make it creamy for parties.
  • Prepare masala vada batter and refrigerate the previous day. Make vadas at the end and keep it open till it cools down. Make it slightly thinner to maintain its crispness. If you do not want to have masala vada in your menu, you can try making gobi 65 or simply stop with potato chips. 
To make a grand lunch, you can include any starter like cheese ballsGobi 65, plain rice, rasam, papad, roti and a paneer gravy. 

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