The culture
of working couples are growing in India but the love we Indian’s have for food
is still same. My husband, who is a foodie, always complains that I do not make
his favourite dishes often and eating out is something he is not very fond of. Being
working women leaves me with no time and energy to cook lavish food on weekdays,
so on weekends I try to make dishes which he likes eating. However often such
dishes are bit time consuming and eats most of my weekend time. I like hanging
out with friends and I love being good host for them. Somehow whenever I am expecting
to have guest at home the first thing I start planning of is food. I start
planning for dishes in advance and cooking them take so much time of mine, that
mostly I am in the kitchen and get to spend very less time with my guests. This
is something I really want to change without compromising on tasty dishes for
my guests.
So when I
came to know about Kitchens of India’s ready to dine and masala mixes I got
really excite. I went through their product catalogue and found many mouth-watering
dishes there. And then the idea came to me of hosting a weekend gaming party.
Actually we wanted to host one Video gaming weekend party from quite some time
but I was avoiding it because of the cooking involved, I did not wanted to be
in kitchen all the time when all our friends are having fun with the kinect. I
felt like Kitchens of India came at the right time to rescue me.
I decided to
make the menu for the gaming party delicious and less time consuming on cooking
part. So here is my menu, for starters I will make some bread rolls using tangy
Mango garlic chutney as the filling for it. And for not so spicy food lover guests
I will also make some bread rolls with Pineapple & Green pepper conserve
filling. I will serve these with some
fresh salad. And my guests can eat this rolls while playing on kinect, no need
of plats and spoons J
For main
course I will pick up Dal Bukhara(ready to dine) and serve that with jeera
rice. And With Roti I will serve Mirch ka salan and Paneer malai curry. Chutneys
are something which can add more taste on the plate and can bind all different
dishes together very well. So I will also serve some tart
and tangy Tamarind and Date chutney along. Yes only vegetarian dishes will be served in my party because
the host is vegetarian too J
For us Indians
no party is over without desserts, I will have Jodhpuri moong daal halwa for my
guests to satisfy their sweet carving. Because verity is the key for any party
to be successful, so I will add one more desserts in my menu. This will be an
apple pie with a twist. I will use the Apple Cinnamon conserve in place of raw
apples and will bake some thin crust apple pie.
With this
menu my cooking time reduces to half and I will be able to have more fun time with
my guests. After all parties are not just for good food it is for spending some
good time too.
So we all
will have lots of gaming fun and mouth watering food in my weekend gaming
party. I will spend more time with my friends and will still get compliments
for serving delicious food J what more a host can ask for.
So this is
how my weekend party is going to be, good food and good time with people we
love. Thanks to kitchens of India for making life easier for working ladies
like me, for whom time is the costliest thing.
