Party Menu & Ideas

Create simple, but stylish, inexpensive party food at home!!

I frequently get calls from my friends with the same question "im planning for a party at home. What can i make without spending much time and money?". So i decided to add a page on my blog which can help my readers to plan according to their occasion. These party-perfect ideas are sure to leave a lasting impression on your guests.

If it is an anniversary / Valentine's day party, click here for details.

Below i am giving the sample of my favorite recipes for your special event. As it is not a daily dinner / Lunch, its very important to do the table setting and decide the menu. You can decorate your table with Fresh flowers / Fruits / Candles. Place the Napkins, plates, cutlery in their place. Keep separate glasses for water and drinks. You can create a 5 course or 7 course menu with minimum efforts if you plan ahead. 

Plan the Menu : 1. There should be one or two Starter / Appetizer to start the party which you can serve with drinks. One can be vegetarian and one non vegetarian starter / Appetizers. 2. Add a salad / Pickled Cucumbers / Pickled baby radishes / Sauteed vegetables / Roasted Potato wedges as a side dish along with  each of your starter. 3. Party drink is very important. You can buy store bought juices / Lemonade / Ginger lemonade / Smoothies / Cocktails / Mock-tails as party drink. 4. If it is a 4 -5 hour party you can add soup in the Menu. If it is a 2-3 hour party it is better not to do soup and fill our guests before starting the Entree 5. Entree / Main course is our star of the day. So plan ahead and decide it. If it is fried rice , you can chop all veggies and cook rice on previous day. If it is pizza party, you can make base on previous day and refrigerate it. 6. Dessert - My favorite part. If you are making a complex Entree, its better to make dessert on previous day. If it is a brownie  / Cupcake you can make and store it well in advance.

Kids Party Ideas - Alfredo Chicken Pasta with Broccoli, Margarita Pizza and Vanilla Cupcake

Option 1 : My Favorite
Serves 8

• Cream of Mushroom Soup or Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
• Murg Kaali Mirch Kabab or Fish Tikka with
• Israeli Salad
• Paneer Tikka or Banana Stem Cutlet / Vazhappindi Cutlet with
• Thai Cucumber Salad 
• Choco Banana Smoothie
• Mutton Biriyani or Fried Rice
• Chocolate Mouse or Brownie with Hershey's cocoa 

Option 2 :

• Onion and Baby Corn Soup
• Golden Prawn Sticks or Fish Balls with
• Persian Melon Salad
• Palak Kabab or Baby Corn 65 with
• Emerald Fruit Salad or stir fried tender Beans
• Strawberry Twist
• Chicken Biriyani or Fish Biriyani
• Coconut Ladoo or Butterscotch & Dryfruit Tart

Option 3 :

• Sweet Corn Soup
• Egg Croquettes or Chicken 65 with
• Hyacinth Beans and Potato Salad
• Dhoodi Mushroom Kabab or Vegetable Cutlet with
• Israeli Salad
• Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
• Egg Biriyani or Vegetable Hakka Noodles
• Falooda or Paneer Peda

Option 4 : Kids Birthday Party Menu

• Chicken 65 or Chicken Balls
• Paneer Tikka or Baby Corn 65
• Choco Banana Smoothie
• Chicken Golden delight Pizza or Chicken Burger
• Snow White Pudding with Kiwi Topping or Falooda

Option 5 : Chinese Party Menu

Chinese Party Menu : Fried rice, Peanut Pineapple noodles, Chilly chicken and Sesame Honey chilly potatoes

• Onion and Baby Corn Soup
• Crumb Fried Prawns or Pepper Mushroom Fry  or Sesame Honey Chilly potatoes
• Mushroom Fried Rice or Prawns Fried Rice or Hakka Noodles
• Gopi Manchurian or Chilly Mushroom or Chilly chicken

Option 6 : Simple Kerala Party Menu

7th wedding anniversary dinner : Chicken biriyani, Beef roast and semiya payasam

• Koonthal Varuthathu / Vazhappindi Cutlets
• Appam or Neer Dosa with Egg Curry / Nadan Chicken Curry / Mutton Roast/ Beef ularthiyathu
• Rice with Mutton Varattiyathu / Chicken Varattiyathu / Pepper chicken dry 
• Chicken Biriyani / Mutton Biriyani / Fish biriyani / Egg biriyani / Vegetable Biriyani
• Paal Payasam

North Indian Vegetarian Party Menu : Dhoodi Mushroom Kebab, Paneer butter masala and Homemade Naan

Option 7 : North indian Party Menu

• Dhoodi Mushroom Kabab with Pickled Onion 
• Murg Kaali Mirch kabab
• Kadai Chicken / Mutton Dry fry / Mughlai Chicken with Chappathis or
• Paneer Buutter Masala  / mushroom butter masala / chana masala With Naan
• Beetroot Ladoo