Showing posts with label Indian thanksgiving recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian thanksgiving recipes. Show all posts

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Thanksgiving recipes

I am sure American Thanksgiving would be a  new festival for some Indians. But still I am seeing all of us , immigrants enjoying that day in our own way.  The Indians who are great party lovers find this day very interesting. 
American Thanksgiving focuses on family get-together. So it starts a week before with grocery shopping for the family's big feast. Then the thanksgiving mass in Church, baked turkey, the carving of turkey, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cranberry sauce, playing together, shopping and lots and lots of fun with family and friends comes along. Thanksgiving fun starts even a month before, with those stores announcing discount sales. People buy gifts for friends and family during this sales time.
When we were new here, I was observing all these festivities around me and really really wanted to make it our family tradition too in the coming years.  But I could see many Indians are not much of meat fans  .......(not me...'When in Rome, do as Romans do' is my policy :)...), so I have to mix Indian recipes with American tradition for our parties :).  This is the story behind my own Thanksgiving menu.
So if you have similar situations like me, you will  find the below list of recipes useful.
Happy Thanksgiving !

Thanks be to God, Happy Thanksgiving,
Visit my facebook page (Viki's Kitchen) too, to see my Thanksgiving menu album.
It is a colorful treat and I am sure you are all going to love that album.

Appetizer:
Paani poori
Chicken 65 
Anchovy fry
Fish cutlet
Milagai (capsicum) bajji
Thayir vadai 
Main course meal:
Kushka
Turkey curry (vaan kozhi kulambu)
Turkey biriyani(vaan koli biriyani)
Tamilnadu Muslim style chicken biriyani 
Easy Chicken biriyani in cooker 
Hyderabadi vegetable biriyani 
vegetable biriyani in cooker
Most popular (sides and main):
Whole baked chicken (oven roasted) 
Whole fried chicken
Egg curry
Full fish fry
Dessert:
Peach cobbler
Pistachio Kulfi icecream
Carrot cake
Gulab jamun 
Drink:
Lime juice

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Thanksgiving treats !

Thanksgiving is an 'all American' festival, just like Diwali or Pongal of India. Thanksgiving day is a day of abundance and conveying thanks to God, family and friends. Here we symbolize the day with whole baked turkey, pumpkins, cranberry, pomegranate, sweet potato, breads, abundant fruits, pies, cakes , pretty tables, family gatherings, hosting dinners etc. I fuse Indian and American views to celebrate thanksgiving every year. Instead of the enormous turkey (more than enough for us) I make a turkey briyani or whole roasted chicken. Also some desserts based on carrot, pumpkins will be in my menu. I strongly encourage anyone from any country to celebrate this beautiful festival with the best dishes from their country. True thanksgiving day lies on the way we thank God and everything else is a gift from God!
If you are looking for some interesting recipes to celebrate Thanksgiving with an Indian touch, here are some ideas to try.
Happy Thanksgiving !
Pumpkin pancake
Thanksgiving breakfast...pumpkin pumpkin everywhere !


Whole chicken fry
Fried chicken a best alternative for baked turkey.
 Baked chicken


Whole fried fish


Garlic bread


Sweet potato fries


Turkey biriyani
 
Turkey curry

Pomegranate pilaf

 

Carrot halwa


Carrot cake


Cranberry pickle




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