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Light, green and gentle, the dal you eat on a Tuesday when a heavy curry feels like too much. A two-star Great Taste winner, and the judges put it plainly: “This was a delight.” Made in our kitchen at Silent Pool. Rice, a squeeze of lemon, and you are done.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42244923818122,"sku":"702a02f10122","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/palak-dal-6829767.png?v=1790188092"},{"product_id":"lehsuni-dal","title":"Lehsuni Dal","description":"Lehsuni means garlic, and this is the dal for people who cannot get enough of it. Yellow lentils cooked down with tomato and a generous amount of soft, sweet garlic, gentle on the chilli and easy to like. If you have only ever had dal in a restaurant, this is a good way to learn what it tastes like cooked at home. Made in our kitchen at Silent Pool. 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Always a chutney to dip, tamarind for choice, and they will not last long.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42244925227146,"sku":"9948cfe16f93","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/lamb-samosas-6-pieces-7301177.webp?v=1775630955"},{"product_id":"vegetable-samosa","title":"Vegetable Samosas - 6 Pieces","description":"Crisp pastry filled with spiced potato and peas, the vegetarian one that everybody quietly steals off the plate. If samosa is a new word to you, think of a savoury pastry parcel, made to be dipped. We roll ours by hand and freeze them raw, so they crisp up properly from frozen in the oven or air fryer rather than going soft. 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A soft pulao beside it, nothing loud.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42244937678986,"sku":"80b8672428d6","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/kaju-dhania-murgh-chicken-6108312.png?v=1790188092"},{"product_id":"kingfisher-watercress-dal","title":"Kingfisher Watercress Dal","description":"Kingfisher Farm is a few minutes from our kitchen, and their watercress goes into this dal the same week it is cut. Peppery green against four soft lentils, slow tomato and sweet garlic. It is as local as a curry gets in this country, and it tastes of both places at once. Rice or naan, and a good appetite.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42244937711754,"sku":"169a8dbea9b4","price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/kingfisher-watercress-dal-1298335.webp?v=1775630893"},{"product_id":"palak-paneer","title":"Palak Paneer","description":"Soft Indian cheese cooked slowly into fresh spinach until the two stop being separate things. Paneer is a mild, gently squeaky cheese that holds its shape, so even if you have never had it, it is an easy place to begin. Green, tender and quietly good for you, this is the dish that wins over people who are sure they do not go for vegetarian food. Made in our kitchen at Silent Pool. 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Nobody expects a chocolate samosa, and nobody stops at one.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245024972938,"sku":"8559","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/spiced-chocolate-samosas-7865564.jpg?v=1775630900"},{"product_id":"peas-patties","title":"Pea Patties","description":"Sweet peas and potato, baked golden in the oven or air fryer, with barely any heat at all. These are the ones the children eat without negotiating, and the ones you find yourself finishing off the tray while you clear up. Handmade in small batches in our kitchen at Silent Pool. Oven or air fryer from frozen keeps them crisp, and there should always be a chutney to dip. A gentle, friendly way in for cautious eaters of any age.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245036998794,"sku":"8959","price":10.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/pea-patties-4313687.jpg?v=1775630895"},{"product_id":"dal-makhani","title":"Dal Makhani (Black Lentils)","description":"The dal that takes the longest and asks the least of you. Black urad lentils go on overnight with ginger, tomato and kasuri methi, which is dried fenugreek, until they turn dark and fall apart on the spoon. It is deep and gently spiced rather than hot, the sort of thing you could eat with a spoon straight from the pot. Cooked in our kitchen at Silent Pool and frozen the same day. 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Food made from what was already in the kitchen, which is rather the point of a freezer.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245141692554,"sku":"12014","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/murgh-makhani-butter-chicken-8452276.png?v=1790188032"},{"product_id":"navratan-korma","title":"Navratan Korma (Nine Vegetable Curry)","description":"Navratan means nine jewels, and this korma was first built around the nine gems of the Mughal Emperor's court. Nine vegetables and whole cashew nuts in a mild, gently sweet coconut sauce, with no real chilli heat to it. If you are cooking for someone who says they cannot take spice, or for children, this is where to start. Spoon it over a soft pulao and it more or less serves itself.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245151981706,"sku":"12939","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/navratan-korma-nine-vegetable-curry-2684330.webp?v=1775631019"},{"product_id":"chutney-gift-bag","title":"Three Chutney and Spice Crackers Gift Set","description":"A trio of our award-winning chutneys with a bag of handmade spiced crackers, ready to become the best part of any cheeseboard. Spread a cracker, spoon on a chutney, and you have the easiest, smartest thing on the table. It is the present you give a good host, or the thing you bring to a supper so that everyone remembers you fondly afterwards. Small batches, real fruit, and handmade in our kitchen in the Surrey Hills.","brand":"Mandira's Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245175574666,"sku":"15048","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9307\/6362\/files\/three-chutney-and-spice-crackers-gift-set-1328612.jpg?v=1775631020"},{"product_id":"spinach-onion-pakoras","title":"Spinach and Onion Pakoras (Onion Bhajis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA proper bhaji, not the tight golf ball you get from a takeaway. Sliced onion and fresh spinach bound loosely with gram and wheat flour, so the edges go crisp and the middle stays soft. Perfect with a cup of chai, something cold to drink, and some good conversation. Gently spiced rather than hot, so add a spoon of our green chilli chutney if you like it fierce. 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