Wedding Menu Planning Guide: Pure Vegetarian Dishes That Work

A great wedding menu is balanced, not endless. Too many dishes slow down the buffet and waste food. Here is how we usually think about it.

Build it course by course

• Welcome drink and starters: two or three light options, one of them a crowd favourite like paneer tikka or hara bhara kabab.
• Soup or shorba in winter, cold drinks and mocktails in summer.
• Main course: two paneer dishes, one dal, two seasonal vegetables and one dry sabzi.
• Rice or pulao and a basket of breads such as tandoori roti, naan and puri.
• Sweets: one hot sweet like gulab jamun or halwa, and one cold sweet like rasmalai or ice cream.

Balance the colours and flavours

Avoid serving three gravies of the same colour. Mix rich dishes with light ones and keep at least one simple dish for elders and children.

How many dishes are enough?

For a typical dinner, 12 to 18 items across all courses feels generous without overwhelming the line. Add live counters instead of more gravies when you want the menu to feel bigger.

Our menu has more than 400 dishes, and you can pick your favourites and download a customized menu to send us.