Deepavali 2023: The most delectable menus in Singapore to spice up your festivities

From October 30 to November 12, Tiffin Room chef de cuisine Kuldeep Negi will be taking you on a culinary tour across India’s diverse regions. Here, you’ll find Kolkatan street food like the ghugni chaat, a type of chickpea curry, as well as the malai tikka pulao, a classic north Indian dish of boneless chicken legs with saffron, mint and coriander, cooked to perfection in a tandoori. Don’t miss out on Negi’s signature marinated lamb chops with sesame seed and curry leaf chutney, but if you’re vegetarian, opt for the vegetarian Diwali menu for plates that are just as flavourful.

Expect an explosion of flavours from Firangi Superstar, which is offering exclusive Deepavali menus from November 7 to 12. Titled “A Night in the Lights Vol. 2”, both à la carte and set menus will be available for you to savour as you revel in a night of live drum music and modern Indian dishes. The dish titled Envious of These Majestic Pearls, for example, features kingfish tartare in a green chilli vinaigrette and topped with caviar, or the Surf, Saunf and Turf, which sees roasted Australian rock lobster with fennel masala and lemon sothi (coconut milk curry). If you are vegetarian, fret not; most of the dishes in the set menu or à la carte menu come with a vegetarian alternative. Take, for instance, the restaurant’s take on a “laal maas”, a meat curry with pickled shallot and parsnip; here, choose between white Pyrenees lamb or grilled maitake mushroom. 

Sansara may be a new addition to the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel’s roster of restaurants, but it is gearing up for Deepavali with delectable festive set menus from October 17 to November 30. In the non-vegetarian menu, you can find highlights like the malai jheenga, a prawn curry thickened with coconut yogurt and spiced with turmeric, or the gosht gilafi kebab of minced lamb, onion, tomato, and green capsicum. In the vegetarian menu, dig into the baingan bharta, a kind of eggplant dip, with a choice of naan, roti or laccha paratha. Finish the meal with an indulgent imarti, a deep-fried sweet made with urad dal flour, Bengal cream, and sugar.

Sansara
Address: 392 Havelock Road, S(169663), +65 6233 1338

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Weeklong Deepavali celebrations await you at Shahi Maharani, which has not one, not two, but three promotions for the week of Deepavali. The first is the weekday lunch buffet from November 6 to 10, where you’ll find an expanded range of Indian delights such as harra bharra kabab (vegetable patties) and prawn chilli masala. The weekend lunch buffet from November 11 to 13 is also set to be a feast, with a range of off-menu kebabs like kakori kebabs made with chicken mince and tender galouti kebabs made with lamb cutlet. Finally, make November 12 shine with Shahi Maharani’s Diwali day dinner, including iconic curries, sides, and desserts. 

It’s not your everyday high tea at Tandoor, which is offering an exclusive Deepavali high tea from November 1 to 30. Classic Indian street foods like pani puri and papdi chaat masala delight on the tiered trays here, as well as favourites like butter chicken with naan and Punjabi samosas. Round it off with sweet treats like a baked saffron yogurt pudding, rose and cardamom panna cotta, and vanilla macarons. 

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