The real fact is that one major expense for Indian wedding is Food. Many people cannot afford a lavish sit down dinner or a full buffet feast for their wedding. In most cases, the food and beverages are the largest expenses of a wedding or party. One of my friend spent around 75% of his budget for cuisines. He wanted to be more economical but he made little planning to reduce it. Just planning doesn’t help you. Try to put your planning into action for better results.

The most important factor is time of your reception or party. The time of your event plays an important role in the type of menu that you are planning. Your guests will expect different types and amounts of food depending on the time of the day of your affair.

If you’re getting married early morning with the reception shortly afterwards, you can save a lot of money and effort by serving traditional morning snacks such as pancakes, fresh fruits and pastries.

An evening reception gives you the most freedom in choosing what to serve – unfortunately, it also usually leaves a gaping hole in your budget since evening meals are usually more expensive that other meals.

One of the most popular wedding reception food ideas is to have the reception in the afternoon. This allows you to serve traditional, simple lunch dishes such as sandwiches and pasta. This is a low-cost approach, which is why it’s so popular among the more budget-conscientious couples.

Whatever be the time of your wedding reception do not forget to serve beverages and wedding cake if you are getting married. Even the simplest of foods can appear special when presented with flair.

Generally buffets are cheaper than sit-down meals because the caterer has to provide less wait staff. It’s always better to plan for a buffet than a meal served to the site. Nearly a huge amount of money can be saved by this.

Better choose your native cuisines because native cuisines are made from raw materials available in your home town, which will help in cutting cost on vegetables and other ingredients. And you can hire affordable caterers.

It is also necessary to concentrate on the selection of dishes. Adding stalls for chats, salads and affordable sweets may reduce the consumption of food and more over increases the varieties of food.

Instead of planning dinner for 200 people it is quite enough to plan for 180 people.

Whatever be your budget be sure to make special arrangements with your catering service provider to include a variety of choices to suit your guests’ dietary needs. Remember, your vegetarian guests will not appreciate meals that mostly consist of meat!

Plan to make everyone happy and appreciate your wedding feast but within your budget limit.

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