Indian Food

Choosing Indian food for your wedding is a good idea, as a wide variety of tasty dishes are available: You can serve seafood, lamb and chicken accompanied by rice, spinach, pineapple, potatoes or tomatoes in some delicious creamy sauces made with coconut milk, curry, lentil, herbs and more. You even have plenty of vegetarian options, which will allow you to make all your guests happy. The only thing you really have to worry about is how spicy it will be and we are of course recommending going for mild to avoid any issue – trust me, you don’t want to go spicy hot and have everybody in pain.

SERVICE

Of course, you could have waiters coming to the tables but the good thing about this kind of food is that it can be served buffet-style, which will save you quite a few bucks.

MENU IDEAS

You can offer appetizers, entrees and desserts plus provides a special menu for vegetarians.

To get started, you can serve fritters made with fish, shrimp, spinach, eggplant, cauliflower or onion, spicy potatoes or even spicy melon.

For the main course, you can go with classics such as chicken tikka masala (chicken cooked with spices), chicken korma (chicken cooked in coconut milk), lamb korma (lamb cooked in coconut milk with spices), prawn masala (cooked in sauce), prawn tandoori (grilled with spices) or fish tikka (grilled tandoor-style).

All of these entrees can be accompanied by rice – mostly variations of basmati rice with saffron – and breads – flat, balloon, tandoori, fried. Vegetable and fruit salads can be added as well. As for vegetarians, they can enjoy dishes made with paneer (fresh cheese simmered in sauce or croquettes), spinach, seasoned potatoes, veggie curry, bell peppers, cauliflower and eggplant

As for desserts, if you want something typical rather than or in addition to your classic wedding cake, you can serve milk dumpling, rice pudding, carrot pudding or pistachio ice cream.

When it comes to drinks, several non-alcoholic beverages are available including the popular Masala Chai (mil tea with spices) and Lassi (a drink made with yogurt).

PRICES

The prices for an Indian wedding menu are average: for the food and non-alcoholic drinks, expect prices to start around $50 per person (not including wedding cake and alcohol), which is pretty affordable.