Dinner at our place

Saturday we had a few of Raghu's colleagues for dinner. We have been wanting to have them over for quite some time now. A total Indian fare. All of them love Indian food. And do occasionally cook Indian khana.
There is a India grocery store here in Stillwater run by a Malayalee..who else!!! He has some really authentic South Indian stuff. Frozen puttu and kadala, aviyal, pal appams, varieties of parathas and much much more.
We do most of our shopping there. No need to drive to Oklahoma City any more. We bought some Indian snacks and naan for the dinner.
The guests started to arrive at about 6 pm. We also had some beer and wine to go with food. Yes.. we had non alcoholic drinks- orange and apple juice.
We started with Dhokla and coconut chutney. We also had store bought khakras. Jeera flavour. Really yum!!!
The main course : Mango rice(by popular demand) with raita made of cucumber and dill.Peas Pulao, dal tadka, brinjal curry, chole with naan. Fresh salad. Food got demolished. Hardly any left overs. I am pleased with myself.Yeah I know I am bragging:) I don't miss an opportunity do I!!!
For dessert we had rasmalai(made with ricotta cheese and milk) and fruit salad with ice cream.
All in all a great evening. We got to bed by 11 pm. Tired but great evening!!!
Sunday we drove to Oklahoma City. Spent a few hours shopping at Super Target. And then headed to the OSU campus in Oklahoma City. Raghu had a workshop to attend. I took a book along to read and spent time in the campus. Had a good picnic. The weather was prefect. Drove back to Stillwater just in time to make it for dinner at Ashwini's place. Grilled corn and assortment of veggies with chips and salsa.
Dinner was a typical South Indian fare. Subbu made this fabulous Jackfruit hulli. Man.. touched the spot for the pregnant lady. He refuses to share his secret recipe. Had a great evening!!!
The week has been busy with meeting friends and enjoying good food. Love it.