Best Menu for Valima:

Elite Cateres have come up with the ideal valima menu for a typical wedding with Hyderabadi Valima Dishes. Read on to learn more:

Hyderabadi weddings are never boring, with lavish spread of food one gets the best dining experience. The world knows, Hyderabadis are famous for their love of food, but when it comes to hosting a reception, the pressure comes to the hosts on deciding the best Valima Dinner Menu so that the guests remember the wedding for years to come.

Team of Elite Caterers after discussions with their top chefs have jotted down the best menu which you can include for the Valima Dinner.

Though, alterations / customization are always welcome, this Hyderabadi wedding food menu shared here at bottom of this page is the most preferred by families in their Shadi or Valima reception.

Read on to know more:

Ideal Valima Dinner Menu

WELCOME DRINKS

Fruit Punch
Pineapple Punch

APPETIZERS

Murfh Sunehri Kabab
Gosht Barrah Kabab
Ajwaini Mahi (Fish)

SALADS

Corn Salad
Garden Fresh Salad
Russian / Mexican Salad

SHAHI SHORBA

Marag
or
Malayi Paya

ROTIYOUN KI BAHAR

Rumaali Roti
Ajwaini Naan / Butter Naan

BASMATI KHAZANA

Zafrani Gosht Biryani
Elite’s Special Suffyani Biryani
(Baigan-mirchi Ka salan & Dahi k Chutni)

SHAHI HANDIS

Bhuna Gosht
Chicken Schezwan
Murgh Achari or Dum Murgh

SIZZLERS

Chicken Sizzler

MEETHA

Baadam Ki Firni
Cut Fruit
Sunrise or Apricot Pudding

Live Station Catering:

KABABS

Pathar Ka Gosht
Aatishe Machi
Angari Murgh

STREET FOOD

Chaat Counter
Dosa

MASHRUBAAT

Mocktail or Fruit Station
Assorted Teas

FUN FOOD

Sugar Candy Or Pop Corn
Fire Paan

ICE CREAM

Turkish Ice Cream
and / or
Stone Ice Cream

If you like to have this Menu at you Valima Dinner, contact Elite Caterers at “WhatsApp or Call”

Welcome Drinks

Welcome your guests with a choice of mocktails and win their Hearts.

After welcome perfumes, serving your guests with welcome drinks with some of the luscious juices is a great idea. Serving these flavorful drinks in style will not put a hole in your pocket, Elite Caterers have the following options for you to choose from to get your celebration off on the right foot.

Fruit Punch: made with fresh fruits and your choice of ice-cream, this is a refreshing chiller which can be enjoyed anytime. It is one of the popular welcome drinks mostly served @ Wedding receptions.

Pineapple punch: this refreshing pineapple punch has been a hit in most of the valima ceremonies we catered to. Adding orange to it makes it even more delicious with sweet and citrusy taste which you can serve at your function.

Mix fruit: a combination of various flavorful fruits juice, this juice has long been a favorite drink. Serving this in your function will brighten up your event.

Make Welcome Drinks a must have in your wedding food menu esp. during winters.

Appetizers

These pre-meal bites are must-have items in a wedding reception, especially when the wedding is at night and you are hosting a dinner reception, these appetizers marks a perfect beginning of the feast.

Elite Caterers offering of top appetizers is sure to impress one and all at your Valima Dinner. We’ve got plenty of delicious Appetizer options to choose.

From plain Veg chat-pat for veg lovers to Murgh Sunehri kebab in poultry or Gosht Barrah kebabs in meat to Ajwaini fish from the sea-food, we bet these appetizers will be crowd pleasing.

Alternatively you can consider having fresh fruits appetizers to traditionally heavy appetizers.

Also having the appetizers as a live counter will delight your guests’ palate.

So, adding 2 to 3 appetizers to your Wedding Food Menu will be a great idea.

Royal Spread of Salads

Salads are considered as a window to a whole wedding reception meal, serving salads in a seated style or having separate salad bar coupled with Appetizer bar is a great option, the delicious spread of Salads & Appetizers will leave your guests wondering what’s coming up next in the main course.

Corn Salad: not just beautifully colorful but corn salad is a healthy accompaniment to the main course. This has been quite a hit among our Hyderabadi Clients at weddings.

Garden Fresh Green Salad: a mix of onions, lemons, cucumber, radish, and beetroot makes it a healthy option which you shouldn’t miss serving at your valima dinner.

Mexican Salad and Russian salad are a great addition to your dinner menu. With their rich combination of flavors, these salads will magically make your guests fall in love with the veggies.

So these are some of our recommendations you can add to your Valima dinner party.

Shahi Shorba/stews:

What can be better other than hot soups in Wedding menu in the chilling winter nights?. There is nothing warmer than a bowl of soup which your guests would love to return to again and again.

Shahi nihari, malai Paya or Marag are equally good to be served with a variety of naan. However, the most preferred as a typical Hyderabadi Valima dishes is Marag, this best goes with Naan or Rumaali Roti.

Rotiyoun Ki Bahar (Indian Breads)

When it comes to breads, Indians leaves the world behind. From simple roti (phulka) to Rumali Roti, Plain naan to Butter naan, single layered paratha to multilayered kulcha, one can have whole lot of options in the breads. Most preferred types of bread in hyderabadi marriage functions are Rumali Roti, Dil naan, Plain & butter Naan, black seeds naan and kulcha.

Gravies

Add these to your Valima Dinner menu and set the mood of your party right!

Gravies in Hyderabadi Valima Dinner menu are simply inevitable. Served with choice of Indian bread, these traditional gravies from Mughlai Cuisine with a subtle taste and Soul warming aroma of fresh spices makes these gravies an absolute must-have item without which the dinner table seems incomplete.

The gravies making to list of Hyderabadi Valima Dishes are Murgh Achari, Dum Ka chicken (Dum Murgh), Bhuna Gosht.

You can also switch over to Rogan Gosh Chops and Schezwan Chicken or Harimirch chicken. By the way Rogan Gosh Chops from Elite Caterers is a soul-filling dish which certainly needs to be at the dinner table.

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Hyderabadi Biryani:

Biryani is undoubtedly the star at any Hyderabadi wedding. Craze of biryani is such that even in overseas it is a must-have item in any desi-wedding. In fact, when the talks of Hyderabadi Valima dishes comes up, Biryani, Haleem and Dum ka Chicken are the 3 most items that tops the charts.

A delight for the soul of a food lover, hyderabadi biryani has been the winner of hearts for ages. Elite caterers proudly boast that their biryanis are the signature dish.

Rich in flavors Zaffrani Gosht or Murgh Biryani or Sufiyani Biryani have such an enticing taste that your guests will crave for more/can’t have enough.

At Elite caterers the lip smacking Biryanis are served with rich Dahi ki chutney and Baghare baigan & Mirchi ka Saalan popularly knows as 3 in 1 (Mirchi, baigan & tamate) curry that will take the taste to another level.

If you want your guests to fall in love with you, you ought to include Zaffrani biryani from Elite caterers in Valima dinner menu.

Sizzlers:

Sizzlers are a definite crowd-pleaser. Universally loved catering staple, Sizzlers makes a great addition to any Hyderabadi Wedding Food Menu.

Here are some of our suggestions you must consider to include in your wedding food menu.

Paneer Tikka sizzler for your vegetarian guests, Barrah Chops in meat section, or chicken Tikka kabab from poultry.

Elite Caterers’ offering of irresistible sizzlers are something that no one can refuse to have, in fact your guests – young, adult alike will crave for more.

Desserts:

No wedding is complete without desserts. People of all age groups love to indulge in this sinful experience. Be it Apple Rabdi, Cream Fruit, Badam ki Firni or Apricot Pudding – these are some of the greatest hits and proudly forms a part of Hyderabadi valima dishes.

Serving any of these desserts will definitely give a pleasurable taste to one and all.

Your guests are sure to leave the dining hall highly satiated.

Live Food Stations

Adding live counters will give a beautiful twist to your Valima Reception.

Live food stations have become quite popular in marriages these days. A definite crowd pleaser – having live food and drinks stall at weddings will bring cheer to the wedding itself.

Consider serving appetizers in the live counter in your dinner menu. Barbecued Fish to chicken charcoal – everything being cooked in front of eyes with smoky atmosphere will be a great hit in your wedding.

While the kebabs are on the charcoal, your guests can turn around to Indian street food stall for tantalizing chaats. Panipuri to cocktail kachori, Mini samosas to bhelpuri are the favorites of people of all ages. If your guests are fan of the south Indian food, you must have to have a dedicated stall for Dosas & Vadas.

Cut Fruit stall and Mocktail counter during summers is a great fit in your wedding reception. While a dedicated stall for assorted teas for tea lovers esp. during rainy season and chilling nights will be soul warming.

And in fun station for kids and adults you can consider having stalls for Popcorn, Sugar candy, Twist Potato, chocolate fountain, Fire Paan and the list goes on.

Live Ice Cream Counter: have been famous lately at Hyderabadi weddings, there is a great demand for Turkish Ice cream and stone ice creams, why not have it served as Live Counters in your wedding, this will definitely add value to your wedding as part of the feast.

Main Table:

When you are serving a lavish dinner to your guests why not go a step further and treat the Dulha and Duhan with a royal treat.

Murg Musallam, Tangdi Kebab, Dum Ki raan or whole Lamb Roast and mutton mandi are very much “in” today, you ought to include any of these special items on the main table at Bride and Groom Side.

Make your wedding truly memorable for you as well as for your family with these heart-warming and soul filling special delicacies.