Breakfast

 

As you all know, my youngest son Akash got engaged in February this year. His engagement ceremony was held here in Charleston and so we had been entertaining family and friends during that weekend. I just wanted to share some of the pictures of our family and friends and to extend our thanks to everyone who travelled from afar to bless our son and his fiancee.

The Jikoni as you can imagine,  was purely buzzing with excitement and the chatter of guests from various destinations.  I prepared dishes for the chai nashto on the day the bridal party arrived and then again during breakfast the next morning (the morning of the sagai itself) and finally on the Sunday after the sagai.  There was a lot of dhamal at home with people coming and going, and seeing as the sagai was in the evening Manu and I decided to keep everyone fed and watered until then.

The atmosphere in the Vithlani house was just incredible.  Manu’s cousin Pravinaben arrived with her family and brought with her some chevdo and farsi puri (snacks).  Pravinaben is incredibly helpful and thoughtful and a woman who makes superb food , not surprising as she has grown up in the Vithlani family where food bears tremendous importance.   On the day of the sagai we had bajra na dhebra for breakfast along with samosa and various snacks.  This was to keep everyone going until a late lunch and then dinner after the engagement.

Sunday breakfast was a bit more relaxed with khichi, Zanzibar mix,  jalebi, gathya and motichur. Some of our guests were returning home and we just wanted to have that chance to be together for a while.  It is really rather sad when our guests leave, we get so attached to them.

These breakfasts were also our way of introducing our daughter in law to the family.  It is sometimes daunting for a person to be introduced to all aunts, uncles, cousins and friends of her new family so an informal gathering we thought was a good way for her to meet everyone. We all had a super time with our guests having the chance to mingle with each other.

A big thanks to everyone that attended the engagement ceremony to bless the beautiful couple and a special thanks to the family, especially my brother Krishna for taking off all the pressures of organising the paraphernalia for the viddhi and to my nephews for all the organising and setting up at the banqueting venue and to Arpan and Neha for the desserts.(Tasty Image) Heart felt thanks to Nimesh & Alok  for looking after the shop.To Pratibha bhabhi & Rupa for all the help .To Mira & Palak for their awesome dance .Thank you to all my friends for landing me their time and support in organizing this event.Last but not the least many thanks to Rona

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