The Low-Key ‘Id Menu
Someone was coming to help mom make “traditional” sweets (eg barfi, gulab jamoon, kurma, rasgullah, laddoo, halwah etc) this year. Initially our plan was one traditional, one fried thing, one other sweet and one savoury.
When a villager volunteered to come help, I enthusiastically said yes (because I know, as much as mom always says yes we’ll make rasgullah this year…it’ll never happen…it’s been delayed once again…) This meant mom wouldn’t feel obligated to make some of them and then she can make one fry thing and I can make one sweet thing.
But of course, things being as they are, mom was too tired for us to have them over.
But they made it at home anyway and brought it to us. Yay!
I am very grateful.
Granted, it’s not my mother’s recipe but who cares. We have Eid sweets!!!
They brought us kurma, gulab jamoon and coconut barfi.
Mom may or may not make accra on ‘Id day. I told her we’re bound to get at least one taste of something fried at the masjid so she doesn’t have to. She can make it the next day or during the week. Or I could try?
I’m going to make gougères (like 4 or 5 times the recipe and carry some to othe masjid).
I had dreams of making mamoul (date stuffed pastries) or a date cake or almond crescent biscuits and even a nice semi-frozen lime chiffon pie. I will make these things…just later…(like when we make rasgullah…you know).
For food, we’re making kibbe and chicken biryani and purple and white coleslaw.
I wonder if I should bother try to convince mom to just let me make lasagne instead of kibbe because you know who makes the kibbe and the biryani. At least I can make the lasagne ALL BY MYSELF!
What else would I like?
Accra.
And my sisters have many menus planned for different guests. One is stew chicken, fry rice, macaroni pie, potato salad…and for some reason I feel like drooling.
And who knows *when* ‘Id is. Sunday or Monday? Monday is the public holiday…if Sunday is ‘Id we will make accra on Monday. If Monday is ‘Id when will we make the chicken biryani? Saturday or Sunday? We like to make it the day before so we have something special to eat that last day. Maybe I can make the lasagne on Saturday?
*sigh*
Well, at least I have something to wear…I didn’t go crazy shopping during Hajj but I did get some stuff.
PS I have this dream of making blueberry pancakes on Eid morning before we go to the masjid. What time would I have to wake up for that???!!
Dreams, dreams.
Alhamdulillah allyuh have sweets. Kibbe can assemble in night time when you can try to help…even if it is only to food-process the bulgur…she might let you fry up the beef?
We going to try to make tonight the barfi and gulab jamoon. Need to have enough to take to office, but do we want to fry 3 batches?? And how much can one do with pregnant sister-the-elder? First Eid in Guyana we managed with her just as pregnant, but this time we have the 4 little feet and 4 busy little hands…
Comment by Chennette — Friday 18th, September 2009 @ 3:14 pm
let them help
their fake kitchen arrive yet?
or move house
or lock them to different floor
Comment by Lilandra — Friday 18th, September 2009 @ 3:15 pm
It doesn’t take long to make blueberry pancakes… especially if you mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients the night before. For 30 medium (7 cm?) pancakes, the wet ingredients are a cup and a half of buttermilk or milk, 3 eggs, a teaspoon of vanilla and three tablespoons of melted butter. For the dry you need a cup and a half flour, a quarter cup sugar, a teaspoon and a half of baking powder and a pinch of salt. If you are using buttermilk in your wet add half a teaspoon of bicarb. Whisk them all together, then in the morning pour the wet on the dry, mix 10 times (it will look not mixed enough and this is probably okay) and then cook on a lightly greased griddle or pan, non-stick if possible. If you add blueberries save 1/4 cup of the flour from the dry ingredients and toss the thawed berries with it, then mix into the bowl after you combine wet and dry. It should take you about 10 minutes of preparation the night before and 20 minutes in the morning including cooking time.
Comment by Das Ubergeek — Friday 18th, September 2009 @ 8:24 pm
Sounds lovely :) !
Comment by The Trinigourmet — Saturday 19th, September 2009 @ 1:03 am
Further update: My cousin (mom’s niece) invited us to come by her for Eid so we might just do that…so instead we might make the gougès and some baklava and carry…
I’ve never really gone anywhere for Eid (except neighbours and maybe brother’s in-laws).
Comment by Lilandra — Saturday 19th, September 2009 @ 3:47 am
@Das Ubergeek: My problem on the morning off is really two-fold…
Running around getting ready and getting all “pretty” (HAHAHA) and a certain person can be very restrictive of her kitchen in times of stress…
And…wondering if any of us will actually *sit* down to eat pancakes…I mean fritters and stuff can be eaten on the run…pancakes to some extent but still…eating them seems more time consuming.
Or maybe I can make it as a meal for when we come back from the masjid! Especially if we’re going visiting family!
30 pancakes? hahaha! For 3 of us?
I guess we can invite people back for pancakes :-)
Comment by Lilandra — Saturday 19th, September 2009 @ 4:04 am