Christmas/Easter Party Menu
Lekha, one of my readers from Bahrain, mailed me sometime back with a suggestion….she wanted me to post a party menu. I liked the idea very much, but then I was not sure how to go about it. Different types of food are served at different parties right? As usual, my thought process was completely occupied with the party menu, but nothing worked out :(
Recently when I was thinking about the Xmas special post, Lekhas party menu said hi to me like a long lost friend :) Am glad that I met that friend at the right time ;) Thanks a ton dear Lekhas for that suggestion. I hope other readers will also find it useful.
Am presenting the Xmas menu to you, dear friends….just putting together some of the recipes that I’ve posted before. You can use it as a Xmas lunch or dinner menu.
Get set ready… 
The party starts rolling with Xmas cake & wine, followed by…
4 Course lunch/dinner menu for Xmas party
First Course:
Chicken/Fish snacks
Choice of chicken/fish appetizer:
Fish fry
Chinese chicken fry
Second Course:
Cutlet & salad, Appam/bread and curries.
Choice of cutlets:
Meat Cutlet
Fish Cutlet
Choice of Appam & side dishes:
Kallappam
Palappam
Nadan mutton curry
Chicken Mappas
Third Course:
Biriyani served with raitha, pickle & pappad.
Choice of biriyani:
Mutton biriyani
Prawns biriyani
Fish biriyani
Kindly note that you can prepare chicken biriyani using the same recipe & method of mutton biriyani.
Fourth Course:
Puddings
Choice of puddings:
Moose pudding with stewed pineapple & praline
Caramel custard
French chocolate pecan torte
Check out the new additions to the Christmas Party Menu below:
Hope you find this menu useful.
Wish you all a Merry Xmas. May this Xmas bring you & your loved ones happiness, peace & joy!! May god bless you!!
Happy holidays & Happy cooking :)
Luv
Maria
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Awesome roundup Maria..:)
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If you are serving up this menu i am flying over there to hve them.
All the dishes look so yumm.
Wish i get mutton here, that nadan curry looks so yumm
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Wow..thats a yummy course!! Reminds me of the family xmas celebs we had when we were all younger ..with every kind of non veg on table from karimeen, prawns to chicken, mutton, beef..and wht not!!!missing it all soo much ..And ur new site design looks quite classy..esp with that ethnic kind of background colour..and i love the metric converter on that home page!! the new arrangement seems to have a lot of food pics on home page n i love it more..and u got a sweet pic there of urself!! :)
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We just completed a site re-design and the comments were switched off. Pls let us know if you have any difficulty using the site.
I’d really appreciate it if you could also provide us with your feedback on the re-design.
Happy Christmas!
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I like ur pic the best:-)sundariyaayitundu:-)
Site design kollatto..looks classy!
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great work maria!!!!!though i visit ur site almost everyday and have tried many of ur dishes,this is the first time i am leaving a comment..my favorites are bread pudding,carrot cake,chicken mappas,unnakkai,biriyanis ,mushroom and peas masala etc etc…..keep it up!!!!!!!expecting to see more !!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Maria.
ADIPOLI ..Menu kandittu evide irkikkan patunnilla…
X-MAS adichu polikkoo ttoo..Wish u and ur family Merry X-mas and wonderful NEW YEAR..
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hi Maria,
MERRY X’MAS TO YOU AND YOURS…..
here in Dubai, it hardly seems to be festive season!
awesome menu idea…
enjoy
sam
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Varsha – thanks a lot :)
Happy Cook – thank you and welcome home anytime :)
Ammu – I too miss the celebs back home and all the fun we had :( anyways thanks a lot for your sweet words.
Godzown (Emy) – thanks a lot dear :)
Merrit – very happy to see your comment and excited to know that you have tried many dishes. Please do try other recipes and also post comments :) woud love to hear your feedback.
Veena dear – thanks a lot, avide erikkanda engottu vannolu, nammal neighbors alle :) wish you too a wonderful new year!!
Sam – thank you :) I think the festive mood in dubai will be much better than Bahrain. As long as you are happy & excited, its always a festive season :)
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Hi Maria,
Hey as the party starts off with the X mas cake and wine you should post some recipe for the same.Do you have any good recipe for X mas Cake (Fruit one) with fondant icing.
Regards,
Nimmu
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Maria
Reply: on November 4th, 2009 at 5:23 pmHi Nimmu
I will try to post the recipe for cake & wine, but not very sure about it. I always plan to post it, but didnt happen so far :(. Hopefully, this time I will be able to do that.
Let me see whether I have any good fruit cake recipes with fondant icing.
Cheers
maria
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hai, happy easter. ur pictures are really yummy. i am a working housewife in dubai. from 7am to 8pm. goes for traffic & office. too short time i get for the kitchen. that too very tired. naturally with a mind that hates the ancestors & all who discovered cooking. & wastes my precious short time that i get for spending with my kid & hubby. so i heartfully express my ‘kushumbu’ to u all. ie, who cooks so deliciously. i wonder hw u all enjoy cooking. my cooking is never so yummy & looks delicious. how ur dishes comes so … when seeing itself mouth is watering. hmmmmm vere paniyonnum illa alle. manushyane depressed aakkan. (my kushumbu). its (cooking) a ‘mala marikkunna pany’ for me . any ways (tips) for making cooking enjoyable & looks yummy like urs.
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Hi Maria,
This menu luks really yum nd definitely wud b a hit with any party….Beautiful pics..really mouthwaterin….gud photography skills undallo…..i tried some of these recipes and they came out really well….Keep up the gud work..
Cheers,
Kavita
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Maria
Reply: on July 21st, 2010 at 6:35 amHi Kavita,
Thank you so much for the lovely comment :). Happy to know that you tried recipes from here & liked it too.
Cheers
Maria
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