Pls suggest a few simple eats for a tea-party?!
Pls suggest a few simple eats for a tea-party?
Answers:
Tea party shld have;
Biscuits/Crackers
Various types of nuts
mixed Cakes/pies (pieces)
Light sandwiches
finger sandwiches and petit fours.
kurkure,
burger,sandwich.etc,
volovans, u can get these at the supermarket.
prawns and a sea food sauce (tomato sauce and mayo), pickled onions, gherkins, **** tails sticks with things like cheese and pineapple, sausages, Different cheeses and ham on one plate with crackers and rolls, a salad, pork pies, cooked chicken wings, breadsticks, crisps with dips and different drinks e.g. fizzy pops, juices, some alcohol
depends on the size of the gathering
A proper tea, American via Britain should have a balance of sweet and non-sweet. Cucumber slices on thin white bread, no crust, though some like their cucumber on a light rye. Scone's which one can add butter or jam. Tuna-salad and a ham-spread on thin white bread and also on rye and wheat bread, again no crusts. A plate of 'biscuits' which Americans would call Cookies, any Pepperidge farm type such as Geneva or Brussels or Milans (Yum). - - - Simple elegance is the goal. Peace.
tuna salad finger sandwiches
Ritz crackers with creamcheese/onion dip
plenty of pitted black olives/stuffed pimento green olives
chicken salad finger sandwiches
celery stalks with peanutbutter &/or creamcheese
peanuts
almonds
walnuts
sugar cookies
oatmeal cookies
gelatin molds
fig bars
punch
6 kegs of beer ;-)
finger sandwich's tuna,egg,cucumber finger Short bread cookies
u can prepere paneer tikki (dry with schezwan sauce)
n refer to tarla dalal's khana khazana search at any site from google
mmmmhhhhhhhhh.......... its yums
wat i like to see at a tea party are finger foods eg nachos with cheese, guacamoe and chillis, and cheese sticks and celery and carrot sticks...
you can also provide food according to your theme if you have, eg small pratas (indian theme) and dim sum (chinese theme)...
Easy traditional tea sandwhiches include
Cucumber sandwhich: white bread no crust with a thin layer of cream cheese and thinly sliced cucumber.
Egg sandwhich: light rye bread cut in circles (use a round cookie cuter mold) dill herbed cream cheese. Thin slice of boild egg on top with a dot of sour cream and a tiny sliver of chive.
Salmon sandwhich: dark rye bread no crust. Paprika herbed cream cheese, Piece of smoke salmon(rolled nicely to fit) a few capers to garnish
Basic scones with devonshire cream (comes in a jar at whole foods) and marmalade.
Slices strawberries tossed in a little grand marnier with a side of whip cream.
Chocolate truffles (I would just purchase these)
If you really want to be fancy get some cavier, creme fraiche (you can buy this at wholefoods) and make some buckwheat bilinis. There is a very easy recipe in the New Joy of cooking cook book. Of course you will need to start with some champagne with these.
patties samosa cheese pakoras pastries
Sandwiches are easy to make & there are so many options. Samosas, kachoris,bhajjias,jalebis are good but very time consuming to prepare. Biscuits, cookies ,pastries fresh from the bakery are good & can be eaten w/out making a mess.Hot-dogs, rolls/frankies,burghers are other optins.Have both like something salty & something sweet, so the guests can take their pick or even both.
cheese toast, french fries, cocktail samosa -- u r being cheap and not spending at all ...have a dinner party !!
poha, chips, sandwiches, biscuits, daalmonth will be fine if you want your tea party to be simple and easy
cucumber bite size sandwiches w/ no crusts and pecan sandies cookies... mmmm
Paneer pakoda would taste excellent.