Indian street food - 23rd June 2012 - SOLD OUT

If Indian street food tantalizes your taste buds, come and try home made street food. Flavours of India, in a selection of veggie and locally sourced meat dishes

Date : 23rd June 2012
Time : 19:45
Edinburgh location

To secure a ticket book online here.

Indian Vegetarian Banquet - 26th May 2012

This time I have a friend helping me prepare a few dishes. I met Bindiya(@bindi00) at Out of the Blue drill hall when she volunteered to cook with us at the World Kitchen in Leith Bindiya is interested in starting a vegetarian supperclub and has been teaching cookery classes for some time. I'm glad to have Bindiya cooking with me. 

This is the menu for the Vegetarian banquet evening at chai lounge. Dishes may vary depending on availability of ingredients. Please email me if you have any dietary requirements at info@chai-lounge.co.uk Our meals are served family style so you'll get to taste as little or as much of every dish. Don't forget to bring along your favourite drink and bring plenty since I don't have a license. Nikki from Convivium wines have some great spice friendly wines on her WineTubeMap which you might want to try.

pear and cardamom infused prosecco

starters

mattar vada 
bhel puri

mains

channa chole

sweet and sour aloo shaak

stir fried mogo, capsicum & onion
cabbage & carrot sambhar
lentil khichdi

radish & carrot raitu flavored with cumin

mango pickle tempered with methi masala

rotli

dessert

gulkand & pistachio kulfi

masala tea or masala coffee

Indian vegetarian banquet 26 May 2012 - SOLD OUT

To secure your place at our table book here £10 secures you a place, it is suggested that an additional donation of £15(cash) per person is paid on the night, tips most welcome.

Want to book?

1. You can book online. Email info@chai-lounge.co.uk if you want to be added to the reserve list. 

2. I cannot serve alcohol so please bring your own, and bring plenty of it. Water will be served throughout the evening. If things get a bit too much I may ask for some help in bringing out the dishes to the lounge.

3. If you wish to cancel please let me know 48hrs in advance. There could be someone on the waiting list which can fill the space.

Flavors of Gujarat take 2

Last weekend we hosted our second Flavors of Gujarat evening. On Friday I decided to give the dessert a twist and renamed it Leith mess which consisted of strawberries, crushed cardamon & pistachio meringues mixed in with srikhand.

Alison has a lovely write up on her blog which can be found here http://willtravelforcake.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/chai-lounge-supper-club/

stuffed okra

stuffed capsicum

more capsicum

sev puri

sev puri & pathudi

Leith mess

Flavors of Gujarat menu - 31 March 2012

Gujarati's make the best vegetarian food so expect a few classics on the night. I'll be serving butter chicken to go with the veggie dishes.

This is the menu for the flavors of Gujarat evening at chai lounge. Dishes may vary depending on availability of ingredients. Please email me if you have any dietary requirements at info at chai-lounge dot co dot uk. Our meals are served family style so you'll get to taste as little or as much of every dish. Don't forget to bring along your favourite drink and bring plenty since I don't have a license. Nikki from Convivium wines have some great spice friendly wines on her WineTubeMap which you might want to try.

pear and cardamom infused prosecco

starters

pathudi tempered with mustard seeds  
peas & coconut kachori
sev puri

mains

butter chicken

stuffed baby aubergine and potato in a peanut masala

sweet spicy moong dal
stuffed okra and capsicum

chaas flavored with cumin

carrot & green bean pickle tempered with mustard seeds

yellow cumin rice

mithi(sweet) roti

dessert

shrikand with crushed cardamom & pistachio meringues

sweet masala chai with thin halwa

Supper clubbing the Gujarati way

  I never got round to posting our Flavors of Kerala event, to be honest I was deflated after the event and had to rethink whether I would do another supper club. But having read the review by Rachel on her blog and receiving a hand written card by Fiona, my spirits were uplifted and started looking forward to the next event.

Lovely words on a card, thanks Fiona

These are just a few pics of the food, as you all know getting pictures on the night always prove difficult.

stuffed mussels getting steamed

marinated fish & stuffed mussels

Malabar fish biryani

Saffaron & caramon gin

carrot and pistachio kheer

I'll definitely be having another Keralan themed night in the future. Last weekend we had our Flavors of Gujarat cuisine. Having grown up with Gujarati food, I found my comfort zone and enjoyed cooking every dish. To start the night we served pear and cardamon infused prosecco. A drink that was enjoyed by all. Followed by an array of Gujarati dishes. 

another recipe book purchased for inspiration

Trio of starters - lamb samoosa, pea kachori and dhokla

Vangar ravaya(small aubergines) & potatoes

Laapsi with fennel, raisins & cashews 

puri's being fried

Guests enjoyed the food and was happy to try something different. Many of the them are not registered on twitter or social media websites but did send an email the following morning. This is what they had to say:

'Thank you so much to both you and Parvez for hosting such a fun and enjoyable evening last night. The dinner was absolutely wonderful and has totally opened my eyes to how Indian cooking "should" taste! It was fresh, plentiful and delicious'  - a happy guest

'Hi Meena – I have been raving about the food all morning – I had such a lovely evening with good company and great chat and really enjoyed the dinner – thank you and congratulations on doing it all so well and so calmly!! Hope you are having a very quiet and peaceful day today!  I’d love to know how to make the green coconut chutney you served with the starter – I could have eaten a bowl of it – if you can pass on the recipe I’d love it!' - Sarah Young

'Thank you so much for the wonderful feast on Saturday night.  You truly are a fantastic cook, and what with a beautiful setting, I had a great time.  Thank you for being such a competent hostess.
A thoroughly enjoyable time had by all' - Fiona

Flavors of Gujarat menu 25th February 2012

Gujarati's make the best vegetarian food so expect a few classics on the night. The carnivores don’t need to worry, there will be meat samoosas and chicken curry to go with the veggie dishes.

This is the menu for the flavors of Gujarat evening at chai lounge. Dishes may vary depending on availability of ingredients. Please email me if you have any dietary requirements at chailounge77@gmail.com. Our meals are served family style so you'll get to taste as little or as much of every dish. Don't forget to bring along your favourite drink and bring plenty since I don't have a license. Nikki from Convivium wines have some great spice friendly wines on her WineTubeMap which you might want to try.

welcome drink

dhokla with green coconut chutney

starters

lamb samoosa and kachori

mains

chicken curry

stuffed baby aubergine and potato in a peanut gravy

sweet spicy & sour khari with okra

boondi raita flavored with cumin

carrot & green bean pickle tempered with mustard seeds

flavored gujarati rice

puri and mithi(sweet) roti

dessert

laapsi with cashews

sweet ginger & cardamom chai