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Answers: If you do then Eid Mubarak to you and all your family. If you don't then have a great day and I wish you all the best.

My question is I am having some friends coming around tomorrow to celebrate Eid, since I am not Muslim I have no idea what would be a nice meal for them. I will abide by the rules of Halal, and I understand the rituals of Eid but just stuck on what to cook for them.

Any ideas will be very much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

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Here are some tried and true favourites!
Dessert, than the savouries!
Eid Mubarak!

Seviyan

Ingredients:

50 grams of Vemicelli Noodles (Seviyan)
2 tbsp. of Raisins (Kishmish) (optional)
2 tbsp. of Nuts (Almonds & Pistachios) (optional)
2 Cardamoms (Ilaichi) (powdered)
1/2 tin of Condensed Milk
1/2 liter of Whole Milk
1 tbsp. of Pure Ghee or Butter

Method:

Heat pure ghee or butter in a pan, fry the Vermicelli until light brown. Bring milk to a boil. Add condensed milk, vermicelli and cardamom powder. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until soft and top with raisins and nuts.

Bengali Pulao

Ingredients

1. 500 gms Rice
2. 2 Bay Leaves
3. 30 gms. Raisins
4. 12-14 Cashewnuts
5. 6 Cloves
6. 6 Cardamoms
7. 1" piece Cinnamon
8. 1 Onion, sliced
9. 1 tsp. Ginger paste
10. 1/2 tsp. Sugar
11. Salt to taste
12. 4 cups Hot Water
13. Saffron soaked in a tbsp. of milk
14. 200 gms. Oil

Method
Clean, wash and drain rice.
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel. Add bay leaves and onion slices. Fry till golden brown. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, cashews and ginger paste. Fry till light brown. Add rice, salt and sugar. Stir fry for a few minutes.
Add raisins and saffron-milk mixture and mix.
Add 4 cups of hot water and continue to mix. Cover and cook till rice is done. Garnish with nuts and fried onions.

Chicken Korma
Ingredients
1.4kg/3lb whole chicken, cut into pieces
150g/5?oz ghee or clarified butter
2 large onions, peeled and sliced
1 tsp chilli powder
4 tsp onion powder
1 tsp coriander seeds
2 tbsp cinnamon powder
? tsp dried ground ginger
10 black peppercorns
5 cloves
6 cardamom pods, ground
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
1 tsp salt
300ml/10?fl oz natural yoghurt
3 bay leaves
300ml/10?fl oz chicken stock or water
1 lemon, juice only

Method
1. Melt the ghee or clarified butter in a large pan and fry the onions until golden brown.
2. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and put to one side.
3. Add all the spices and the garlic to the pan and fry until brown, then throw in the chicken and salt and cook until browned.
4. Add the yoghurt, bay leaves and stock or water and return the fried onions to the pan.
5. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for one and a half to two hours, until the chicken is tender.
6. Remove the pan from the heat, pour in the lemon juice and mix well.
7. Remove the bay leaves and serve with plain boiled rice.

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Yes I do celebrate Eid and Eid Mubarak to you too. Now as for the cooking and the food, this Eid is nicknamed the Sweet Eid so sweets should be the theme of the day. If they are coming by in the morning, most likely after the prayer, you definitely want some sweet baked goods such such as donuts, cake, pastries, and things of the kind. Some dates would be nice too. As for the rest of the day, if you are planning Lunch or Dinner for your friends, that could just be whatever it would be otherwise. Obviously everything throughout the day can't be full of sugar but don't forget to pay special attention to dessert.

If you are specifically looking for ideas on what to have as a main course, then depending on where your friends are form (their ethnic background), it would be nice to attempt some ethnic food. It will be a pleasant surprise for them to see some food from home.

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Eid Mubarak to you and all your family!
I would say a Chicken Biryani then loads of sweet desserts.
good luck and enjoy!

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Halal food, for example :
chicken
meat from cow, lamb, horse
turkey
crab
lobster
and all seafood

Haram is something that muslim mustn't do or eat:
wine
beer
brandy and other that contain alcohol
pork
dog
snake

I think its better seafood with juice

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Thank you dragon and may you have a great day too.

We make a special cookies called ma'moul filled with walnuts or pistachios or dates. It is laborious to make them but if there is a middle eastern store perhaps you can buy them from there.

As for a meal, I am sure they will be content with whatever you cook. Here, at dinner/lunch parties lasagna is usually made as it is considered something nice to make when you have guests.

We also make a salad called Fattouch.
Steak with mushrooms.
zuchinni with minced meat.

Banana pie.

If you are interested in any recipes, email me. I have to go no as it is almost time for the eid prayer.

Salam.

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hi there, there is a spacial dessert called SHEER KURMA which u can make, very ez method will be to go to any Pakistani/Indian grocery store and buy Shan Sher Kurma MIx.and the instruction is on the box. Also u can make chicken tikka, samosa, biryani. a really good website on how to cook Pakistani food is KHANA PAKANA.
GOOD LUCK

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Hey Mo! How are you doing? Why aren't I invited to this dinner thing? Lol.
Poppy xx

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