Get all ready to see a complete Mediterranean Dinner :-) This was for two of my dearest friends' birthday. Me and my roomies and the b'day boys' roomie got together to prepare this superb spread for them !
Fattoush Salad with roasted garlic and olive oil flavored couscous.Inspired from her salad
Garlic and Oregano flavored Pita Bread (store bought)
Whole Wheat Pita Bread (store bought)For the filling inside these wonderful pita bread we made,
Falafel !Inspired from here and here
We first tried to fry them but the balls started to disintegrate on touching the oil and so we made a batch as tikkis on the tava and the rest went into the oven
To add some flavor we made 3 wonderful dips:
To add some flavor we made 3 wonderful dips:
Baba GhanoujInspired from here
Tahini-Yoghurt dipInspired from here
This got a little bitter, I have no clue why, may be the lemon juice I used or some extra tahini.
A wonderful rice dish to follow the pita pockets,
MujaddarahInspired from here
Carrot Pickle to accompany the rice
Baklava, the perfect ending !
Inspired from here
A huge Thanks to Nupur and Bee & Jai for their wonderful posts on few of these dishes that inspired me to try it out.Inspired from here
Happy Birthday Guys :-)
And now this whole spread goes off to Meeta for her Monthly Mingle -Arabian nights :-)
20 thoughts:
Awesome spread Priya. This is a great submission for the Arabian Nights. I am also inspired to have some of this food after reading all your posts!
Nice to see you back!
wow, you outdid yourself! :)
I'd call it a feast more than a spread!!!!! That looks real awesome !!! :)
That is an amazing feast Priya...And This is my favourite spread too....kudos for all the effort and it is so much fun to have a whole wealth of resources amongst our blogger friends
-Sorry i clicked elsewhere and posted this, now posting in the right place
That's one colorful spread.
wow thats a wonderfull meditarean feast, i would love to have bite of those
Thats a good one. Looks wonderful. Wish I could grab it from the screen.
A wonderful feast indeed! About the tahini sauce, I do believe that some brands of tahini are more bitter than others. The one I had was amazingly non-bitter. I'm sorry your sauce got too bitter :(
About the falafel balls, if they disintegrate on touching the oil, you might want to add a few spoonfuls of plain flour to hold the mixture together better.
Enjoy the weekend!
what a wondeful spread. your friends are fortunate.
hi Priya, Nice recipe and lovely entry dear!! my wishes to ur friend too
Wowwwwww.. Looks absolutely mouthwatering... The Baklava especially... Yummmmmmmm... I wish I were at Lookout!
Hi priya,
Looks colourful..Great Entry!!!
loved the new look of your blog, priya.
Priya the new look of the site is great...i loved the tweety part..he is so cute..
Found your blog through Talimpu.com !!
amazing recipes , ended up reading almost every thing !!
YUMMY YUMMY !!
This is really a best salad for spring and upcomming summer.Lovely colors add up to the beauty of this salad.I just love the salads.hmm this is really a good one .The roasted garlic and the flavour of olive oil adds up to the flavour.hmm ...
welcome to my place Priya...I am a silent regular visitor to your wonderful blog:)..love your classic recipes:)
Hi Priya,Nice recipe.
What's up? No post in a long time. Assignments, final projects due???Exams???? crunch time?????
Well good luck and hope to see you soon:)
long time no see? blog break?
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