2007 Good Food Guide
Still one of the best vegetarian restaurants in London, this long-running family business continues to provide excellent Gujarati-style home cooking from one year to the next.
(Ask your waiter which dish below is available today)
| 34* | Kontola Curry |
£6.75 |
A crunchy mountain vegetable with an unexpected, creamy finish. Light and dark flavours combine beautifully in a garlic sauce. A favourite with connoisseurs. |
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| 35 | Mustard Leaf Curry |
£6.75 |
Warm, dark and green with a serious undertone that opens up into a gently intense finish |
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| 36* | Methiringan |
£5.75 |
Fennu and aubergine cooked together in a coriander and garlic sauce. Dark, delicious and a little mysterious with a distinctly long, savoury finish on the tongue. |
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| 37* | Chilli Banana |
£5.75 |
Stuffed banana with stuffed mild chillies cooked in a spicy tomato sauce. Another African-inspired Thanki family recipe |
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| 38 | Matoki |
£5.75 |
Green banana curry. An original recipe developed during the Thanki family’s years in Africa |
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| 39* | Kasodi |
£5.75 |
Kasodi is a Swahili word for corn. This Thanki family recipe prepares sweet corn in coconut milk with a ground peanut sauce |
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| 40 | Drumstick Curry |
£5.75 |
An unusual and popular Asian vegetable eaten much in the manner of artichoke leaves. Tasty and well worth the fiddle |
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| 41* | Karela Bharela |
£5.75 |
A stuffed, bitter vegetable and an all-time classic for those who prefer the savoury over the sweet |
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| 42* | Green Pepper Curry |
£5.75 |
The clean, green taste of capsicum with subtle hints of Africa in its sesame and peanut sauce |
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| 43* | Spring Onion Curry |
£5.75 |
Take away the bite but leave the tang. Spring onion cushioned
in a coriander, sev, tomato and Kastoori masala sauce. |
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| 44 | Green Leaf Curry |
£5.75 |
A beautiful blend of green leaf flavours. Coriander, fennu, spinach (and other seasonal leaf plants) in a yoghurt, onion and chilli sauce |
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| 45 | Thanki européenne |
£5.75 |
By popular demand, the family’s sensational Euroveg special. Leek, spring onion, aubergine, spinach, capsicums, rhubarb (!), star anis and much more. |
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*Suitable for Vegans