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14/10/2026

Morning all
We're going middle eastern today! With a lovely light and fragrant Moroccan style chicken tagine. Lemon, saffron and cinnamon, jumbo chickpeas and fresh veggies, butter and toasted cumin :)
Lebanese style black eye beans, with subtle spice, lemon and extra virgin olive oil
And a gujurati style potato curry with tomato and coriander
All from 12 x

09/10/2026

Morning all! Looks like we're the only market stall here aren't from Enzo's deli
But don't worry we've made a lovely chettinad curry today, a south Indian style dish with coconut and tamarind, fresh lime juice, coriander and a lovely rich spice mix with cloves, cinnamon and black cardamom
Tarka Dahl which we haven't done for a while as it's been too warm! Nice hearty chana lentils with fried onions, fenugreek and tomato
And the ever popular methi aloo, Bombay potato with a slightly richer spice mix and lots of fresh methi leaves :)
All from 12 on Culver st x

07/10/2026

Morning all, sorry no curry stall today! Back Friday though x

02/10/2026

Morning all!
Still enjoying this nice Indian summer weather, so we are doing a south Indian chicken curry
Bit of a curry stall fav, lots of toasted mustard seeds and curry leaves, coconut and fresh vegetables, deeply caramelised onions and a squeeze of lemon :)
Bombay potato with toasted mustard seeds
And a three bean Dahl with rajma and alubia beans and black lentils :)

25/09/2026

Morning all!
Cams back today so we are doing his favourite chicken dansak
A lovely rich and complex curry with almost every slice in the masala, a thick sauce with chana Dahl and deeply caramelised onions, fresh peppers and methi
Butter bean jalfrezi back by popular request, toasted cumin and fresh peppers
And Bombay potato with toasted mustard seeds and caralised onions
All from 12 on Culver st x

23/09/2026

Morning Wednesday curry friends
Still lovely and warm so we are doing a nice light chicken jalfrezi today
Lots of fruity chilli with the seeds out to be kind
Fresh peppers, coriander and tomato, toasted cumin and a zing of lemon should go lovely with the weather :) also methi aloo potato and fenugreek curry
And a mixed Dahl with green and brown lentils and black eye beans, in a rich masala with fried onions and tomato :)
All from 12 on Culver st x

18/09/2026

Morning all
We're back on culver at today, a curry fav we haven't done for ages- south Indian style chicken curry
Lots of toasted mustard seeds and curry leaves to go with the coconut, lots of fresh ginger and garlic and caramelised onions and a nice light masala with green cardamoms and cloves
Bengali Dahl with toasted panch puran whole spices
And Bombay potato with toasted mustard seeds, cumin and coriander
All from 12 x

16/09/2026

Morning all! Finally some cooler fresher weather so we are doing some nice hearty curries
We have our chicken madras, tangy with tamarind and rich with coconut, lots of real cinnamon, cloves and black cardamoms, curry leaves and caramelised onions
Also rajma Dahl, red beans cooked to a velvety texture with a rich spice masala and caramelised onions
And our Bombay potato with toasted mustard seeds and curry leaves x

11/09/2026

Morning Friday curry friends :)
We're being adventurous today and trying out a new curry- a parsee style chicken curry, but a lighter and tangier version with curry leaves, toasted coconut and fresh peppers
Tarka Dahl with chana Dahl and toot Dahl to make a nice consistency, with toasted mustard seeds and fried onions
And gujurati style potato curry with fresh coriander and methi
All from 12 on Culver st x

09/09/2026

Morning all!
Fresh onion time is an exciting time of year for Cam and Mary, seeing as they have to chop 10kg of them each morning
So to celebrate we are doing a lovely chicken dopiaza which requires twice as many onions, caramelised to a deep brown colour, with a lovely rich and complex masala of black cardamom, mace and fenugreek
Also a black Dahl, black lentils and red beans cooked until the are silky soft with a rich masala of fried onions and warming spices
And methi aloo, Bombay potato with fresh fenugreek x

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