We are in full Diwali mode.
Had a big dinner with another family last night, and just our family dinner tonight for the actual holiday.
In two days (tomorrow is a day off because of the solar eclipse) we’ll have the last of the series, for new year and the 2nd day together (which is a brother-sister holiday, sort of the inverse of another one that occurs over summer).
Last night’s menu:
Samosas
Paneer tikka
Lamb chops
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Okra
Cauliflower and potatoes
Paneer tikka masala
Whole masoor dal
Lamb with beets
Fish tikka
Rice
Naan
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Rasmalai
Indian mithai (kaju and badam katli / cashew and almond fudge)
Pumpkin spice bundt cake (a strange annual tradition that came about with this family)
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Tonight’s menu:
Bhajiya (like tempura but with gram flour) - potato, onion, serrano chilli for a brave teenager
Puris
Rice (just for me)
Dry potato bhaji
Saucy potato bhaji
Chhole (chickpeas)
Shrikhand (sweet yogurt)
Rava sheera
Wheat sheera
Gulab jamun
We obviously couldn’t eat everything — people picked what they love most, the rest can be eaten another day.
We also ate all the bhajiyas before we sat down for dinner (because we fried those first, then the puris so they’d be hot for dinner, and ain’t nobody leaving hot bhajiyas to get cold, including the babysitter who hung out for a while after she was done to eat them with us…)
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