What goes well with chicken biryani?

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Deciding to have a date night with my Husband tomorrow. I've been working all week and he's been doing all the cooking so as I'm off tomorrow, I've decided I want to make a nice dinner for us.

I've decided on chicken biryani with raita as one dish but kind of stuck as to what I could make as an appetiser and maybe another main to go with it.

Any suggestions please?

I don't know how authentic it is but I like a lentil or chick pea curry with biryani.

My favourite Indian starter is something potato based, either spiced potato cakes with raita/chutney etc or potato fritters in a spiced batter.

Vegetable samosas?

What I generally do is make more of those things than needed and then eat it all over a couple of days as quite fiddly/time consuming so need a break from cooking afterwards.

Oh and I’d do a grilled fish for another main so tikka kebabs and maybe a naan bread

Onion bhaji
Chana Masala
Popadoms
Mango chutney (essential!)

I’d definitely do a dhal. Jamie Oliver does an amazing one in the oven - Baked Tarka Dhal with Cauliflower. It takes a while but isn’t at all difficult and tastes amazing. Leftovers keep really well.