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08/06/2023

𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 👴🏽~ 3 x £50 vouchers to giveaway 🏆

📆 Here is your reminder that it is Father’s Day on the 18th June, and if you haven’t finalised plans this could be your sign ✍️ .

We headed down to Meera’s Xpress to sample more of the menu (outside of the Indo Chinese but obvs couldn’t skip the paneer!) My visit was with my Dad in mind - these are 100% his fav food items - the paan 🍃, these chilli 🌶️ crisps (fantastic), the chai ☕️ 🥛, the methi corn 🌽 and biryani 🍚? They are ticks on the top of his favourite food list and he enjoyed every single one 😀 - perfect for Father’s Day, right? 👏🏽

If you want to treat your pops/dad like figure or remember your pops 🙏🏽 then enter our competition below to win a £50 voucher with Meera’s - you will not be disappointed. We have 3 x £50 vouchers up for grabs 🏆.

𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑:

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𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐄 :

Veggie Biryani 🍚
Butter Paneer 🧀
Methi Corn 🌽
Special Dosa
Garlic Naan 🍞
Chilli Paneer 🧀
Paan 🍃
Chilli Crisps 🌶️ - LOVE
Dabeli
Chai, Mango Laasi & Jeera Coke 🥭

𝐓&𝐂’𝐬:

1. Voucher to be redeemed in June 2023
2. Applies on eat-in and takeaway at Kenton, Finchley and Northwood branches

03/05/2023

🔷 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 🔷

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘:
★ Location: Harrow, HA3
★ Food: 8/10
★ Service: 8/10
★ Ambience: 6/10
★ Favourite dish: Schezwan Dhokla 🧽
★ Cost: £££
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𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖:
Yup, we’re going 🔙….way back! It’s like I’ve pressed the rewind button ⏪ and gone back to the noughties 0️⃣0️⃣ when me and my family would visit Blue Ginger, Harrow. I just remember it being one of the first Indian 🇮🇳 restaurants of its kind that had a pub like feel which was open to woman and kids….now we’re spoilt for choice.
RANDOM❓: why’s there always fish tank 🐠 in these place? 😂

ANYWAY, we were invited down to experience Blue Ginger in this era 😆. I’ll be honest, I (Roopal) hadn’t been for years before this, but my parents would always host their little adult gatherings there 🐱 🎉. Not only have BG revamped the menu, but also the decor. You can tell each area of the restaurant has been done up, so you’ll get a different vibe wherever you sit🪑.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐄:
• Sev Papdi Chaat
• Methi Gota 👌🏽
• Garlic Chilli Mogo 😋
• Chinese Chilli Soya Strips 🌟🌱
• Chilli Garlic Paneer
• Crispy Corn-n-Spinach 👌🏽
• Honey Chilli Potatoes (not convinced)
• Schezwan Dhokla 🌟
• Chilli-garlic Naan

• Passion Island 🍹
• Mokito 🌿

𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀 𝐘𝐀𝐘 ✅: Honestly, I was put off BG when I last visited 12 or so years ago, but so much has changed❗️Maybe they have new chefs 👨🏽‍🍳 but I’m putting it back on the map 🗺️ as the starters were decent! Don’t hold me to the mains because I haven’t tried them recently but we’ll be back to review them soon! 📝

𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: I had a little nose👃🏽 around and saw they have 2 private rooms. One’s slightly bigger than the other if you want to host a small event. I clearly have wedding 👰🏽‍♀️ brain looking at spaces for pre-wedding events 🫣.
𝐎𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃: they have a vegan 🌱, onion 🧅 & garlic 🧄 and spice 🌶️ FREE menu!

26/03/2023

MAKAI METHI DHEBRA/VADA - 🟤🟤

Given I’m running on one less hour of sleep 😴, and just about to head out in the rain ☔️ I would love nothing more than to be sat on the sofa today with a plate of these with a mug of chai 😌.

It’s been a while since we’ve posted a recipe but I’m throwing it 🔙 to one of my favs I learnt from mum 👵🏽 during our first lockdown 🔒 together.

Love, P x

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃

130g cornmeal/maize flour
220g millet flour
160g wholewheat flour
400ml yoghurt (khatu dhai - see the picture)
Oil – for dough(5 tbsp) + for frying
* 1 tbsp jaggery
* 1 tsp carom seeds
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
* 2 tsp sesame seeds + more for top
* 2 tsp salt
* ½ tsp red chilli powder
* ½ tsp turmeric
* ½ tsp asafetida
* ½ tsp green chilli
* ½ tsp ginger
* 2 tbsp dried or fresh fenugreek leaves

𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃 👩🏽‍🍳

1. Place all flour in a bowl 🥣

2. Place yoghurt in pan, on a low heat 🔥. Add all items with a * next to them into this. Some recipes won’t do this – but it allows some of the spices to heat through with the yoghurt gives them a stronger flavour. This shouldn’t be on the heat longer than 5-7 mins and it should never bubble ⚠️.

3. Add 5 tablespoons of oil to the flour bowl and mix 🥄

4. Now add the yoghurt mix. Bind. Ensure everything is binded well. Don’t over work the dough - it shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes.

5. Like we all do, the dough needs to rest 🛌. Give it half an hour to recuperate.

6. Shape the debra in your hands 🙌🏽 – they’re about 5cm in radius and ¼ of a cm deep - place on plastic sheet, it’s easier to peel off. Top with sesame seeds and press them in. Some will come off when frying in the oil so add some more to compensate for that.

7. Heat oil in a pan used for frying in your house 🏡 – fill it up ¾ of the way, on a medium heat.

8. Whack in these bad boys, we fry around 7 at a time 👌🏽. They take around 5 mins, be sure to turn them over half way. Try with one first to make sure the temperature 🤒 is ok and you will be able to get a feel for how long this will take.

9. Place on a tissue once they are done so some of the oil can be absorbed.

10. Eat! 😋

14/03/2023

🌻 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣 🌸

𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗟 🇮🇳 ☕️

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𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘:
★ Location: Rickmansworth, WD3
★ Food: 8/10
★ Service: 9/10
★ Ambience: 9/10
★ Favourite dish: Aachari paneer 🧀
★ Cost: £££
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𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖:

If I had £1 for every time a DM came in asking for an Indian afternoon tea 🇮🇳 recommendation 🤑. Here you go VHS family, the High Chai for you to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend (if you haven’t forgotten)! 📅

We visited Masala Bowl to try their afternoon tea ☕️ and then some❗️
AND it definitely didn’t disappoint, especially the paneer tikka wrap!! 🌯 I don’t know how they make their Aachari Paneer but it is 🔥.

The chutneys went a long way especially when it came down to the Bombay Sandwich 🥪. BUT I have to say, everything was well presented and all of the items felt homely. The veggie 🌱 high chai is slightly more expensive than others in the area at £27.95pp but don’t worry, we were stuffed by the end of it 🤰🏽. BUT you may want to ask for a chai refill because it was 💯.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐄

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶:
• Paneer tikka 🌟
• Bombay sandwich 🥪
• Bhajia 😋
• Chaat 🌿
• Samosa 🔺
• Dessert selection
• CHAI ☕️ 💯

𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱!
• Pani puri 👌🏽
• Dahi puri - so good!! 🌟
• Aachari paneer tikka - star of the show! 🌟 🌟
• Pathra chaat - wasn’t convinced as it was missing the chaat crunch 😬

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🏆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄:
Afternoon tea for 4️⃣ people at Masala Bowl, Rickmansworth to celebrate or remember Mother’s Day with your mum or mum like figure in your life! 👩🏽👵🏽

📲 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑:
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3. Tag your mum, bro, sis, cousin etc you’d share this meal with to celebrate Mother’s Day and get them to follow steps 1️⃣ & 2️⃣

🚫 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗦 : 11:59pm on Friday 17th March 2023

⚠️ 𝗧&𝗖𝘀:
Dining in at MB Rickmansworth branch only (excludes takeaway).
📝 High Chai only available Wed-Sat, 12pm - 4:30pm
☕️ Winner must claim by 30th April 2023.

🎁 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦: Get 10% off your bill!
Just quote “𝙑𝙃𝙎” from 19/03/2023 to 31/03/2023. Only available for eat in at MB Rickmansworth branch.
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21/12/2022

𝕄𝕌𝕊ℍℝ𝕆𝕆𝕄 𝕎𝔼𝕃𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔾𝕋𝕆ℕ 🍄

📢 Do you remember my Mushroom Wellington from 2️⃣ years ago? Well it’s time to bring this beauty back to life 🙌🏽. Thanks .dodhia for reminding me of my own work 😂.

I’m off to the Cotswolds on Friday for a few days to spend Christmas🎄with the family so you’ll be seeing lots of Xmas goodies😋…any maybe even this.

Merry Christmas!
❤️, Roops & Priya🤶🏽
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𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫 :
• Red onion - 1 large🧅
• Olive oil - 1 tbsp🫒
• Salt - to taste🧂
• Pepper - to taste
• Balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp
• Butter - 1.5 tbsp🧈
• Chestnut mushrooms - 600g🍄
• Garlic - 5 cloves🧄
• Fresh tarragon - 1tbsp
• Spinach - 260g🍃
• Roasted chestnuts - 75g (approx 8)🌰
• Walnuts - 25g
• Fine breadcrumbs - 3 tbsp🍞
• Nutmeg - 1/2 tsp
• Puff pastry
• Milk🥛

𝑴𝑬𝑻𝑯𝑶𝑫 :
1️⃣. Slice your red onion🧅 and cook in olive🫒 oil with a pinch of salt on a medium heat until soft. Add in balsamic vinegar and wait for the liquid to evaporate - then transfer to a large bowl🥣 to cool.
2️⃣. Finely chop in cubes your mushrooms🍄. It looks and sounds like a lot but just go with it! 👉🏽 In a pan, melt butter🧈 and sauté the mushrooms until the juices release. Add both your chopped garlic 🧄 and tarragon.
3️⃣. Once all the liquid has evaporated, add chopped spinach 🍃 in the pan. Wait for it to wilt and all the water to dry out (if you haven’t guessed, there should be no liquid 💦 so be patient ✋🏽). Now add in your chopped walnuts and chestnuts 🌰.
4️⃣. Transfer the mix to the onion bowl. Add breadcrumbs, salt 🧂, pepper and nutmeg. Let the mixture cool down. Preheat the oven to 190°C
5️⃣. Roll out your pastry (I bought the pre rolled one). Tightly pack your mixture in the middle like a sausage. Fold one side of the pastry over the mixture, brush milk🥛 to seal and then fold the other side of the pastry over - again brush milk. Use a fork 🍴 to press down the pastry so it is seal tightly. Now fold over the two longer ends and do the same thing again 🔄.
6️⃣. Turn your pastry over and with a knife 🔪 score a design. Brush milk 🥛 on top.
7️⃣. Put it in the oven 🔥 for around 30 minutes until golden ✨ and cooked on 190°C.

01/12/2022

L'oro di Napoli

★ Location: Ealing & Hanwell
★ Cuisine: Italian
★ Food: 8.5/10
★ Service: 7/10 - can be slow because of takeaways
★ Ambience: 6/10
★ Cost: ££

Am I late to this party? 🎉 I’ve told a few people about this place and their response has been - “yeah where have you been boo?” 👀.

On the day the Queen 👸 died, I said to my mum let’s go and celebrate life 👀. To be honest while she accompanied me for this reason, I really just wanted to try this pizza 🍕 place out and this was a great excuse 👏🏽. Not sure if that’s papa or not?? 🙊 The Google reviews are generally so high so I had to see what the fuss was about 🍕. I’ll apologise now for the picture quality - I wanted to enjoy my pizza!

I love ❤️ it, but for many different reasons. Great pizza, vegan cheese 🧀 offering to for those who need it, and an option of adding garlic 🧄 to my pizza? Yes pls 👋🏽. Please zoom in just to see how much garlic 👀. Chilli 🌶️ oil could hit a bit more but there’s always the option to add chillies to your pizza. But in all honesty I doubt you’ll be disappointed if you go but a word of warning ⚠️ - I’ve literally only tried the pizza 🍕 and nothing else! There were a lot of fried pizzas being ordered but that’s not for me 👎 but it seems to be popular 👀

It’s basic inside but has a homely feel, but quite honestly I just want my pizza 🍕 and I’m happy to leave so I don’t need anything that feels fancy.

Let me know if you try or even if I’m embarrassingly late to this place?

Love, Priya x

21/11/2022

🥟 𝗗𝗢𝗝𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 🥢

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So there’s a new restaurant in town and I bet you’ve been wondering why we haven’t reviewed it yet 🤔. WE HAVE but with a bonus…a giveaway 🎉! But first, let’s get into our summary.

★ Location: Hatch End, HA5
★ Cuisine: Pan Asian
★ Food: 8.5/10
★ Service: 9/10
★ Ambience: 9/10

There’s so many dishes on the menu, it’s perfect for us veggie 🌱so we had to narrow down our options. We decided for this visit we’d try the Chinese 🇨🇳 and Japanese 🇯🇵 dishes. The starters were fantastic 🌟 although we tried a couple of main but to be honest, the starters did it for us. I would go back just for them!

✅ 𝗧𝗥𝗬: Dynamic mushrooms 🍄 and Tiger tear uramaki 🍱

Thai 🇹🇭 food, we’re coming for you!

We will find a reason to celebrate anything. 😂 Did you know Friday is “𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆”, so it’s rude not to have something for our VHS family! 👭🏽👫🏽👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻

🏆 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗡:
£80 to spend on food and drinks at Dojo to celebrate “Eat with a Friend Day” with your pal!

📲 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥:
1. Follow Dojo Hatchend 🧡
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3. Tag your bestie you’d share this meal with. Each comment counts as an additional entry.

🚫 Competition closes 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵, so get your entries in now! Of course the winner will be announced on “Eat with a Friend Day”.

⚠️ 𝗧&𝗖𝘀:
Dining in only (excludes takeaway).
The winner can claim Sun - Thurs only.

02/11/2022

𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 🍞 🧄 - my true love ❤️ - reposting this as so many of you have been asking where to find our recipes so a gentle reminder that you can find most of them in our Instagram guides!

Anyway, remember when TikTok was obsessed with garlic bread over lockdown? I vowed I would never buy a supermarket vertically sliced garlic bread baguette ever again, and I haven’t 👏🏽. That dead end slice of the baguette 🥖? Wishing there was more of that magical garlic butter 🧈? It’s a thing of the past for me.

You will ❤️ it, I promise!!! Love, P xoxo

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃

White bloomer 🍞 (mine was 400g)
8 garlic cloves 🧄 - as it roasts it becomes sweet 🤤
30g flat leaf parsley 🍃 (1 bag)
1 tsp salt 🧂
100g butter 🧈(salt or unsalted)
30g of hard cheese 🧀
Olive oil (optional)

𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃

1. Preheat oven - 200 degrees Celsius fan
2. Take butter out of fridge to soften 🥄
3. Slide your bread 🍞 long ways
4. Blend parsley 🌿 inc stalks and cloves in a grinder, add a touch of olive oil as needed to help move it along
5. Add the garlic parsley mix to your butter 🧈 with the salt (adjust if you have salted butter) - taste!
6. Add the grated cheese 🧀 and mix in - this cheese in the pic is veggie from Sainsburys or you can use pre veggie grated pecorino from Tesco - you need a hard cheese similar to parmesan 🧀
7. Now cover the mix on your bread 🍞 end to end - it looks like a lot but it will get absorbed into the bread
8. Whack in the oven for 20 mins. It sounds long but the garlic roasts and goes sweet! 😋
9. Take out, slice 🔪, top with maybe some more cheese if you want 👀
10. Demolish and make sure you have some mints to hand cause your breath with be kickingggg 🦵🏼

19/10/2022

✨ 𝗗𝗜𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗜 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 ✨

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I told you there would be a Diwali 🎆 competition! You didn’t think we had forgotten did you? Who doesn’t love Indian street food with a twist? We loved Papa-dum because there were so many veggie 🌱 options on the menu that actually taste good! 😋
But first, let me give you a brief summary! 📰

𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗔-𝗗𝗨𝗠
★ Location: London, W1U
★ Cuisine: Indian street food 🇮🇳
★ Food: 8/10
★ Service: 7/10
★ Ambience: 7/10

💚 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗘:
* Masala papadum
* Chip n chaat 🍟 🌟
* Onion bhajia 🧅
* Pau bhaji 👌🏽🌟
* Dahi puri 🌟
* Masala Mac n cheese balls 🧀
* Corn ribs 🌽
* Masala chai ☕️ 🌟
* Cocktails 🍹

I’m so glad we tried this place. Papa-dum is in a perfect location for a day in the West End and you want comfort, fun food! 🛍️ 🎭 I’m going back in a few weeks just to try the Bombay sandwich 🥪 and vada pau!

🧡 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗡:
For 2️⃣ winners - £50 each 💷 off your meal at Papa-dum, St Christophers Place branch only.

💛 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥:
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3. Tag a friend, family member or whoever you want to spend your Diwali 🪔 meal with! Each comment is a new entry.

⚠️ Competition closes 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵, so get your entries in now!

📝 Note: have their Diwali menu available from 22nd to 26th October 2022! Check it out on their website 👀