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Granddaughter’s First Birthday!
February 7th, 2010 filed under News and UpdatesThis past weekend was a busy one for me as it was my granddaughter’s FIRST birthday!! The party was very fun and every one had a great time. I planned the menu and prepared a variety of dishes for this special occasion. We also decided to cater some dishes.
The menu included the following dishes: mattra chaat served with toppings including tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, chopped ginger, and chutneys, mini peanut butter jelly and cream cheese cucumber sandwiches shaped like hearts and butterflies, warm gulab jamun, fresh fruit and cheese skewers decoratively placed in oranges for presentation, and a chocolate fountain, which were all prepared by us. We had pesto and tomato cream pastas and fresh vegetable and cheese panini sandwiches catered. My daughter in law’s co-worker prepared the fresh chocolate and pumpkin spice cupcakes with animal designs. We also got a two -tiered bundt cake catered. We truly had a wide variety of food and everyone ate to their heart’s content. We received a lot of compliments about the dishes prepared! The kids especially loved the desserts and had a ball dipping strawberries and marshmallows in the chocolate fountain.
I think the beauty in these dishes was in the presentation. I decided to serve the mattra chaat toppings on big collard green leaves and fruits on skewers looked really nice. You can see this in the pictures posted.
This was a very special event and I’m glad I had a big part in planning in!
Dear Manjula,
I came across your website, at You tube, where I was searching for a recipe for Papri, will try it tomorrow. You make Cooking seem so easy
By the way, really liked the presentation of food at your grand daughter’s birthday. Belated birthday wishes to her. I have twin daughters and they are going to turn 2, soon.
aunti….. u r great u know so many things to do…wow i wish i had a wonderful aunt like u…great job auntiji….
Aunty…everything looks wonderful..your granddaughter is very lucky to have a grandma like you!
Can you please tell me what Mattra Chaat is? I’ve never heard of it before.
Thank you.
Hello Majulaji,
I came across your website looking for Mushroom Matar recipe. The recipe on your website was very simple and amazing. I prepared it for lunch one day and my husband really liked it. I have been following your website very closely since then.
The dishes prepared for your grand daughter’s bday look and sound yummy…hope that you will be ableto post them sometime soon…
NAMASTE MANJULA JI,WHEN I GOT MY IPHONE I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE NOW I CAN SEE U ANYWHERE.U ARE GREAT .CAN U PLZ LET ME KNOW WHAT FRUITS TO USE AND WHICH CHEESE TO USE FOR THE FRUIT AND CHEESE SKEWERS.UR MENU FOR THE PARTY LOOKS VERY GOOD.I WOULD KEEP FEW RECEIPES FOR THE BABY SHOWER THAT I AM GIVING TO MY SISTER.GOOD BLESS YOU
Hello Pooja,
I used can pineappel, Red and green grapes, montery jack cheese and blueberry. may be you also can make chole chat. Good luck!
Hi Manjula,
I came across your website after watching a Youtube video on how to make roti!
I’m a Pacific Islander residing in Sydney, Australia. I don’t eat much Indian food but after watching your videos, i’m inspired to try out your recipes. They look so scrumptious and the blog about your grand-daughter’s birthday was wonderful. The food looked divine, especially the way it was presented. Very mouth watering. Keep up the good work, you seem like a great cook!
hello auntyji,
everything looks so yummy….will u be able to post the video recipes for things u prepared for ur grand daughter’s b’day
thanx in advance
poonam