Ujjayini’s Home Kitchen

22/06/2026

Ujjayini’s Home Kitchen will not be available for takeaway this week due to personal commitments. Will be back next week with new dishes on the menu.

Pics of Chana Pulau, Mutton Kofta & Poha from week’s menu.

17/06/2026

Ujjayini’s Home Kitchen believes in good food cooked in simple ways, traditional ways. Delicious food doesn’t necessarily have to be complicated if one understands the ingredients & treats them accordingly.

Last week’s Saturday Menu featured one such simple dish - Tandoori Chicken. Chicken marinated in few basic spices, yogurt & mustard oil and then baked in the oven (traditionally cooked in a cylindrical clay oven called Tandoor). Simple ingredients but the end result is a complex & smoky flavour . It’s a popular dish found all over India - from roadside Dhabas (food stops along the highway) to posh restaurants.

I am careful with my choice of ingredients when I plan a menu or dish. Hence I haven’t used any food colouring for my Tandoori Chicken to give it the customary bright red hue. The colour is natural due to the use of Deghi & Kashmiri Mirch 🌶️ - both types of chillies known more for flavour & colour than heat.

Keep a lookout for when I include Tandoori Chicken again in my weekly takeaway menu. And make sure to place your order on time to sample Indian food made to order using fresh ingredients & homemade spices.

15/06/2026

It’s the season of FIFA ⚽️ World Cup, so celebrating Bengali Cuisine this week made perfect sense as
people from Bengal are passionate about their FOOD & FOOTBALL. Most conversations or ‘addas’ are centred around one or both. And these ‘adda’ sessions accompanied by delicious snacks & cha (tea) have solved many a world problem! Though Bengalis are generally known for being quiet & contemplative, when it comes to football they can be as enthusiastic & obsessed as any other fan around the world!

Bengali cuisine is designed around freshwater fish cooked every way, light vegetable curries with delicate flavours, daals incorporating seasonal vegetables & desserts which are milk based & absolutely divine. It beautifully balances sweet, sour, salty and spicy in the same meal. And meals are structured in courses, starting with vegetables then daal and finishing with meat or fish. Chutneys made from seasonal fruits act as a palate cleanser before the final dessert course. It is humble, honest food made with confidence & love meant to satisfy the soul as well the belly.

My menu this week features everyday popular dishes that most Bengalis swear by! They are modest & simple but rich in flavour & complexity.

Order by Thursday midday for your chance to sample home cooked Bengali food from Ujjayini’s Home Kitchen.

Please contact if you prefer Vegetarian substitution for meat dishes.

Free Home Delivery 🚚 within Carlisle.

Discounts on repeat orders. Available for a limited time!

08/06/2026

This week’s menu at celebrates popular dishes from different parts of India.

As I cook on demand, every dish is made from scratch using fresh ingredients & carefully blended spices.
And though Indian dishes are usually associated with being hot & spicy, my focus is always on the balance of flavour, rather than heat. I try to let the star of the dish shine rather than overpower them with spices. So, all the dishes on the menu have bold flavours but very gentle heat.

Please order by Thursday to have a delicious meal delivered to your doorstep for the weekend.

06/06/2026

Thank you Clair Gautereau for your glowing feedback on your Friday Night Takeaway from ’s Home Kitchen. It’s the best kind of satisfaction when your customers love your product and take time to spread the good word to others.
Thank you once again 🙏🏼

05/06/2026

Thank you for your Friday orders ❤️

Summery Salad; delicate, aromatic Rezala & Biriyani from Bengal & a light dessert of Carrot Halwa.

A complete & balanced meal for 2 for a lazy Friday evening.

01/06/2026

It’s the best kind of endorsement, appreciation & encouragement for a Home Cook when a fellow foodie & caterer gives such a wonderful feedback. Thank you Katha's Indian Eats and Treats for stopping on your way back from travels to pick up your order. I cannot thank you enough for all the help & suggestions you have provided to help my little business take off.

Food lovers in Preston are lucky to have a caterer of your calibre who is so invested in food & does an incredible job keeping her customers happy & educated about Indian Cuisine.

My friend and a fellow foodie, Ujjayini recently started her catering venture, Ujjayini’s Home Kitchen.

She is based out of Carlisle and currently offers home cooked meals every week (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Different set of dishes each day. And a new menu every week.

On our way back from Northumberland, we stopped at theirs to pick up our dinner. I couldn’t wait to get home to dig in. The aroma just opening the bag made my mouth water.

Everything was delicious and tasted homely and fresh. I even got her to share her dal recipe with me, I was so taken by it!

She has just posted the menu for this week. If you or your family/friends are based in Carlisle, please give this new home cook on the block a try. ❤️

01/06/2026

30/05/2026

Saturday offerings from -
Dum Aloo - the way my mother makes it - with fennel seeds & asafoetida
Saag Chicken - simple ingredients elevated by a special spice mix that was first dry roasted & then ground in a mortar and pestle