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South Indian Wedding Catering that keeps the aunties happy

South Indian Banquets & Banana Leaf Sadya

The ultimate feast for a sit-down celebration. Our bottomless-style banquet is served in traditional clay or brass pots and features a rich variety of dishes, from home style curries, daals, thorans, and pachadis with tangy pickles, crunchy pappadams and sweet payasam. 

Keeping it really traditional – we’ll serve on fresh banana leaf and make sure the curries are topped up (for no-one shall go hungry when Babajis is cooking!)

 

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South Indian Wedding Catering that keeps the aunties happy

South Indian Banquets & Banana Leaf Sadya

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"The most authentic South Indian food we've had in Victoria. Staff were lovely, the whole experience was happy & bright"

- Footscray Food Blogger

Packages

(PRICES EX. GST)

Prices subject to change.

Village Banquet | $35 P.P.

Your choice of 4 vegetarian curries with rice, pappadam, pickle & raita
(Add additional vegetarian curries $5 p.p. | paneer $6 p.p.)

Kerala Feast | $50P.P.

Your choice of 3 vegetarian curries, 2 meat curries (beef or chicken) with rice, pappadam, pickle & raita
(Lamb / goat / fish dishes + $2 p.p.)
(Add additional curries – Vegetarian $5 p.p. | Chicken / Beef $7 p.p. Lamb | Goat / Fish - $8 p.p.)

Malabari Banquet | $65 P.P.

Your choice of 3 canape starters from our street food canape menu, followed by a Kerala Feast (see above)
(Add additional curries as above)

Kerala Sadya on Fresh Banana Leaf | Starting from $50 P.P

Served traditionally just as it would be in Kerala. 12 items found on a traditional Kerala Sadya with matta rice, on fresh banana leaf. 

Vegetarian  - sample of dishes

V= vegan, GF = gluten free

Malabar potato & pea

Creamy potato & pea curry with coconut, tomato, red onion, curry leaves & mustard seeds  ( V | GF)

Channa masala

Chickpea daal, with tomato, red onion, ginger, garlic,  coriander & cumin.  ( V | GF)

Perippu DAAL

Creamy green lentil daal with  coconut & cashews  ( V | GF)

Sambar DAAL

Toor dahl with mixed Kerala vegetables including carrot, eggplant, wintermelon & snake beans  ( V | GF)

Avial

Mixed Kerala fresh vegetables including taro, plantain, wintermelon, drumsticks, snake gourd, carrots, potato & beans with garlic, cumin, curry leaves & coconut  ( V | GF)

ERESHERY

Creamy pumpkin, cow beans, shallots, garlic in a roasted coconut sauce. (V | GF)

PALAK PANEER

Indian cottage cheese with spinach, tomato, onion & cream (GF)

PANEER BUTTER MASALA

Indian cottage cheese with tomato, onion, garlic, ginger, cashews & cream. (GF)

SIDES 

Kootu. Vexhukka. Thoran. Pulisherry. Mori. Inji curry. Rasam.

 

 

Meat  - sample of dishes

Chicken Chettinad

South Indian chicken curry cooked with coconut, onion, garlic, ginger,  curry leaves, mustard seeds & black pepper. (GF)

Chicken Malabari

Chicken thighs (on the bone) with roasted coconut and a spicy tomato, turmeric, ginger, garlic masala. (GF)

Butter chicken

Mild chicken curry with tomato, cashew nut & cream. (GF)

KERALA Beef

Slow cooked with onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, cardamom, star anise, cloves & fennel. (GF)

Goat thattakuda

Tender goat on the bone, cooked slowly in a spicy ginger, garlic masala. (GF)

South Indian lamb

Tender leg of lamb with a creamy cashew, ginger, garlic gravy. (GF)

Village style tamarind fish

Fresh pomfret with tamarind, tomato, red onion, ginger & garlic masala. (Fish contains bones). (GF)

Desserts

Small batch traditional Indian kulfi

Choose from pistachio & cardamom, mango, raspberry & rose, crème caramel or strawberry pimms | $10 p.p.

payasam

Kerala style rice pudding with vermicelli noodles, cashews, cardamim and raisins. | $9 p.p

GULAB JAMEN WITH ICECREAM

Cardamom infused Indian doughnuts with vanilla bean ice cream | $14 p.p

Drinks

Fresh drinking coconuts

Freshly opened | $9 p.p.

Lassi

Mango |  Cardamom | Yarra Valley strawberry | Salt | $5 p.p. (vegan +$2)

Nimbu pani

Home-made lemonade, freshly squeezed limes, mint, spices & sugar | $5 p.p.

Indian soft drinks

Thums up |  Miranda | Limca | $4

Juices / soft drinks available

Sides

Parotha

Layered flaky Kerala style bread | + $5 each

Idli

Steamed rice cakes | + $3.5 each

Vada

Savoury lentil doughnuts | +$3.5 each

Rasam

Spicy tomato, onion, mustard seeds, chilli, tamarind & turmeric broth | + $4 p.p.

Chammanthi (Coconut chutney)

Tamarind, ginger, red chilli & coconut chutney | + $2 p.p.

Onion bhajis

served with mint raita | + $3 each

Paan rolls

South Indian spring rolls. Choose from vegetarian, beef & potato or chicken & mushroom | $5 each

Samosa

Vegetarian samosa served with home-made date & tamarind chutney | $5 each

Banana leaf plates | $3 p.p.

Salads

Kerala Kachumber

Crunchy fresh cucumber, tomato, carrot, red onion & coriander with cumin, mint & lemon. (v, gf)

South Indian coconut slaw

Crunchy, tangy slaw with carrot, red cabbage, red onion, fresh coconut, yoghurt, lime & crunchy noodles (gf)

Watermelon, cucumber & strawberry

With scattered pistachios, mint & chilli (v, gf)

South Indian cous cous (Upma)

With green beans, carrot, pineapple, cashews, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli & lime (v, gf)

Indian spinach salad with lentils & cauliflower

With lentils, roast cauliflower, radish, shallots, tamarind, ginger & pistachios. (v, gf)

Salads | $5 per serve
Minimum - 25 serves

 

 

 

 

 

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Why Couples Choose Us?

  • We make it personal – We love meeting you, knowing your story and weaving this into our catering.  Every couple and every wedding is unique to us.
  • We personally ‘live’ two cultures – Uniting cultures is the backbone of Babajis. If it wasn’t for Billy & Max challenging the norm – there would be no Babajis.  Making this work, is what we do.
  • Authentic Kerala cuisine – We are unapologetically traditionalists when it comes to cooking our curries. We only use fresh (never frozen) ingredients, every vegetable is hand cut - just as we would in the village in Kerala. You will taste the difference!
  • Friendly service – Whether you visit our restaurants or have us cater for you – you’ll feel the warmth of our team. 
  • Aesthetically beautiful – Fresh flowers on the table, table cloths, rustic pots, fresh banana leaf plates. We’ll make sure we’re on point matching your aesthetic for your day.
  • Flexibility – We are creative and always happy to work with your ideas – however crazy they might seem to you. 
  • Dietaries? Sorted! –  Vegan, vegetarian, chilli levels, gluten-free and allergy-friendly options available. We’re here to make everyone happy.

We go the distance – Serving weddings across Melbourne, the Yarra Valley, Dandenong Ranges and beyond.

Let’s Create Your Perfect Day

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