I have three vegetarian friends over for dinner...is this an adequate menu

[La Lioness Priyanka]

( i havent started cooking and wont till around 6, so i am not sure what else to include)

Cauliflower fritters as an appetizer

Rice Pulao

Daal (lentils)

Potato Curry

Paneer w. Spinach

and a Tomato/onion/cucumber Salad

[rug]

1. Looks great to me.

I used to love chicken tikka masala, especially the sauce. Do you know how to make the sauce or what you can order in the restaurant that is meatless but uses the sauce?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. some restaurants will do a paneer masala. i can come up with a recipe for you

which will be similar

[rug]

9. Thanks, I'll look for that on the menu.

And I'd love the recipe.

[graywarrior]

2. Stewed pears with ginger sauce would be nice for dessert

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. lisa doesnt like pear

[MrCoffee]

3. You know how to put on a spread

Now I'm all hungry and whatnot.

[jobycom]

4. Sounds wonderful to me.

You've got everything covered. The biggest flaw non-vegetarians usually make is creating a meal of all side dishes, or assuming vegetarians only eat vegetables or starches, but you've got the veggies, the starch, the protein, and enough flavor and variety to make me salivate at the moment... sorry, almost lunch time, my mind wandered.

Now you have to worry about beverage and dessert. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. wine for beverages. might skip dessert. but may do fruit and whipped cream

[datasuspect]

6. some ganja and guiness?

oh, you said vegetarians, not rastafarians.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. lol

[Nicole Lambeth]

7. that sounds delicious!

Try something mango (maybe mango ice cream? you can google recipes) for dessert, to go with your Indian menu. I assume you're posting your menu because you're fishing for more guests, right? ;-)

[HopeHoops]

10. WOW - That sounds great!

Do you have room at the table for another place setting?

The only other thing I would suggest is a flatbread like pita (cut like a pie) since you have dahl, curry, and paneer and all of those lend themselves to scooping. If you have an Indian food store around, pappadom would be even better.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. i am making a rice pulao though...which is why i am not making bread

[HopeHoops]

15. It was just a suggestion.

I try to limit starch intake so flatbread is a good alternative.

That still sounds like a FABULOUS offering!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. ahh. i like flatbread too. i just dont have time. i would like to make a quick dessert

[HopeHoops]

18. I'm partial to fresh apricots sliced into plain yogurt with cinnamon and nutmeg.

It sounds weird, but garnishing it with chopped fresh parsley ads a curious zing to it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. i dont think it sounds weird. it sounds like a fruit raita. which is what i might end up making!

thanks for the inspiration

[HopeHoops]

22. Yes, that's it. I forgot the name.

My wife and I have been vegetarians since '89 (and all three of my daughters are as well). My kids all love red lentil dahl, but that's probably because we made almost all of their baby food and that was a common feature. We would cook it and freeze it in ice cube trays and then put it in zip lock bags in the freezer so we could pull out a cube and microwave it. For some reason, the red lentil type was always a favorite (and still is), but now they like it with heavy garam masala spicing.

Dang, I may have to make that tonight. I've got the lentils.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. since we have been increasing our vegetarian dinners, we have been eating a lot of indian food

i could not be vegetarian in any other cuisine.

[flvegan]

13. What time should I be there?

:P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. its not vegan though. some of it is, so you are most welcome

[demmiblue]

20. Yum... any chance you would post some recipes?

Not now, of course, but when you have time? Perhaps in the veggie forum.

Demmikid is just recently liking the Indian flavors.

Happy dinner... it sounds wonderful!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. which one?

[XemaSab]

23. That sounds really good

Like, REALLY good. :9

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. glad you approve. its so much easier to do a vegetarian indian dinner

for me, than a vegetarian american dinner

[applegrove]

26. Sounds absolutely delish. And that is a ton off food.