


We did as much as possible the day before Eid. Starting with the desserts - these are Mini Orange Raspberry Trifles. I set orange jelly with fresh raspberries in these hard plastic mini shot glasses.
Once the jelly had set in the fridge, I squeezed in custard from a carton.
Once the custard had chilled for a bit, I piped over sweet whipped cream which I made my whisking together double cream, icing sugar and vanilla essence until stiff peaks formed.
To keep the raspberry theme going, I squeezed over raspberry syrup. Next time, I would put the sauce on just before serving.
Into the fridge to chill overnight.
Next, I set a batch of lemon possets with a shortbread biscuit base. The base is just crushed shortbread biscuits pressed into the bottom of the cups.
Finally, I made a no-bake version of my mini Nutella Oreo cheesecakes. I used the same recipe but left out the eggs and added extra cream to the cheesecake mixture.

Once the cheesecake had set, I spooned over Nutella glaze on top.

Once the cheesecake had set, I spooned over Nutella glaze on top.
When the glaze had set, I piped over whipped cream and sprinkled the cheesecakes with chocolate. Desserts done!
Eid morning is not Eid morning without the smell of onions browning for rice.
My Mum was cooking her version of Kabsa rice and this was the chicken before the rice went in. How good does it look?
Time for Eid lunch! We ate around 3pm.
My 2-year-old niece was first at the table and demanded the rest of us to stop taking pictures and serve her some food.
To start, tandoori chicken vegetable spring rolls and chicken seekh kebabs which were catered.
Here is the Chicken Kabsa garnished with fried cashews, raisins and fresh coriander. Everyone loved the rice particularly my niece.
These are Chikar Cholay - a chickpea and red lentil curry. I was a bit sceptical before I cooked the curry but it ended up being a roaring success. I used this recipe.
Gotta have some lamb! This is my Mum's Lamb Chop Potato Curry. A similar recipe is here.
Time to eat! Alhamdulillah, everything was delicious. I'm so glad we chose the menu that we did.
Unpictured was lamb keema in almon sauce, soft naan that we ended up making later in the day, saffron rasmalai using a box mix and Mum's creamy seviyan.
Unpictured was lamb keema in almon sauce, soft naan that we ended up making later in the day, saffron rasmalai using a box mix and Mum's creamy seviyan.
I'm also so glad that I made these mini versions of my favourite desserts. I find that everyone is usually so full after the main meal that they don't want a huge dessert to follow. These mini ones were perfect - sweet but not too much.




Welcome back sister!, have missed you loads to the point i was sad that you had stopped the account
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DeleteMashallah that looks amazing...can't wait for more recipes too!
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DeleteReally really missed you! I love your recipes so much and love reading your stories. Your Eid table looks so homely and welcoming. Your blog is a breath of fresh air and takes me back to my childhood. Shukran again. (I make a duah for you every time I make something nice of yours xxx)
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DeleteSalaam sister, i am a big fan of ur blog. It has been such a long time since we last heard from u. All ok on ur side?
ReplyDeleteAlhamdulillah, I am well. Looking to get back to regular blogging soon, insha allah.
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Been so long since you blogged, miss your posts :(
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Alhamdulillah, I am well. Looking to get back to regular blogging soon, insha allah. I am always active on Instagram so come follow me there in the meantime.
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