RASACatering

Vegetarian menus, from South Indian classics to fusion

A RASA menu is built for one event. There’s no printed package to choose from, because the right menu for a muhurtham breakfast is nothing like the right menu for a reception where people stand and talk for three hours.

What stays the same is the shape. A welcome drink and something to eat with it. Starters, some of them made at a live station. The main courses, the breads and the rice. Then dessert, usually with a counter of its own.

A South Indian breakfast on steel trays: a crisp folded dosa, a podi-topped idli with chutneys, and a filter coffee. Illustrative photograph.

Five collections, to show the range

Tiffin, rebuilt

The South Indian breakfast tray, taken apart and served as small plates.

  • Podi-buttered mini idli skewers
  • Set dosa folded around a spiced filling
  • Rasam served hot in a glass
  • Bisi bele arancini
  • Filter-coffee cream under a crisp shell

Dish types, to show the range. Your final menu is written for your event.

Street plate

Chaat, made to be eaten standing up with one hand.

  • Papdi crisps with set yoghurt and chutney
  • A flight of flavoured waters with puris
  • Masala-corn cups
  • Tikki sliders in soft buns
  • Chaat in tart shells

Dish types, to show the range. Your final menu is written for your event.

East by south

Indian fillings inside the cooking of East and Southeast Asia.

  • Dim sum with palak-paneer or corn
  • Bao with a spiced vegetable filling
  • A Thai-style curry built on a South Indian coconut base
  • Wok-tossed noodles with a tempering of mustard and curry leaf
  • Steamed greens with sesame and chilli

Dish types, to show the range. Your final menu is written for your event.

Olive and masala

The Mediterranean table, cooked with an Indian spice box.

  • Beetroot or edamame hummus with masala pita
  • Falafel with coriander-mint chutney
  • Harissa-achari grilled vegetables
  • Paneer wraps, shawarma-style
  • Charred aubergine with tahini and curry leaf

Dish types, to show the range. Your final menu is written for your event.

Mithai, reset

Indian sweets, rebuilt as a dessert counter.

  • Halwa in a pastry shell
  • Rasmalai-soaked sponge in a glass
  • Rabri set in a small pot with crisp shards
  • Kulfi on a stick, dressed to order
  • Jaggery-and-nut brittle over ice cream

Dish types, to show the range. Your final menu is written for your event.

The dishes people came for

Fusion is not the whole menu, and it shouldn’t be. Most events still want the dishes the family expects, cooked properly: the rice, the dal, the vegetable that the aunt in the second row will judge you on. Tell us what those are for your family, and they go on the menu first.

Telling us what your guests need

RASA serves vegetarian food only. No meat is served at any RASA event.

Beyond that, tell us at the enquiry stage what your guests need, whether that’s for a family tradition, an allergy or a preference. We’ll tell you plainly what we can do for your event and write it into your proposal. We’d rather say no to one dish than get it wrong on the day.

Plan your catering See the live stations

Jalebis piled in a brass bowl, with more sweets in a second bowl behind. Illustrative photograph.

Tell us about your event

Your name and WhatsApp number are enough to start. Everything else helps us shape the stations and the menu.

Or fill in the longer form, with stations, dates and guest numbers

We’ll reply here. Add the country code if you’re outside India.

Photography credits

Every photograph on this page is a licensed image by another photographer. None of them shows a RASA event, dish or team.