Not every gathering is a wedding. A birthday at home, a kitty party, a retirement lunch, a bhandara at the temple or a small office function each need a smaller and simpler menu, and a clear path from the first idea to the order: pick the dishes, work out the quantity, ask for the cost, then book the date.
The guides here follow that path for events below wedding scale, and give the menu ideas that families in Panchkula, Chandigarh and Mohali ask for. For the cooking and ordering side, see small party catering, event catering and langar and bhandara catering.
Where a guide uses figures from outside sources, it names them. Quantities are planning guides, and the kitchen adjusts them for your menu and your guests. If you already know the date and the number of guests, the form below sends both to Baljeet on WhatsApp.
Bhandara menu ideas: vegetarian dishes for a Navratri or temple bhandara
A good vegetarian bhandara serves one sabzi or dal, one starch and one sweet, usually made without onion and garlic. The classic is puri, aloo sabzi and sooji halwa, with 3 other sets in the table below. Keep it to 3 to 4 items so a long line moves fast, and ask the temple committee about onion and garlic first.
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Birthday party menu ideas for an Indian vegetarian home party of 25 to 50
A vegetarian birthday menu for 50 guests needs one welcome drink, two starters, three mains with rice and roti, and one sweet besides the cake. Dal makhani for 50 is about 6 kg cooked. Plan your dinner with small party catering for 20, 30 or 50 guests.
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Kitty party menu ideas: Indian vegetarian snacks that stay hot and easy
A kitty party menu is two hot snacks, one chaat, one sweet and chai or a cold drink, served between 4 and 6 pm. Plan 200–300 starter pieces per 100 guests, so 2 to 3 each. Order the snacks for your group through small party catering.
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Retirement party menu ideas: a menu for the family, office and old friends
A retirement party menu is one welcome drink, two starters, three mains with rice and roti and one sweet, with the dishes the retiree grew up eating. For a lunch for 100 guests, the kitchen planning figure is 10 kg dal and 20 kg sabzi. See event catering.
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Langar and bhandara catering in Chandigarh and Panchkula
Langar and bhandara catering means dal, sabzi, rice, roti or puri and kheer or halwa cooked in bulk for a path at home, a gurdwara hall or a community event. The menu is vegetarian. Send the place, the date and roughly how many people to expect, and Baljeet plans the quantities from the table below.
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Tell Baljeet the occasion, the date and the number of guests. WhatsApp opens with your message written out.
Tell us your guest count and your budget. Baljeet replies with a menu that fits it and lists what the quote includes: food, staff, crockery, travel and GST.