London’s First Kashmiri Restaurant Is Coming To Putney
Husband & wife team to open specialist eatery at the end of the month
Native Kashmiri husband and wife duo, Chef Rohit Razdan and Shweta Razdan are to open‘Kashmir – A Culinary Paradise’in Putney . The brand has traced its route via Singapore to bring the recipes of the Kashmir Valley and New Delhi to London.
Their first UK outlet will start serving on 18-20 Lacy Road, SW15 1NL end of May 2016. The new Putney restaurant will have 55 covers and will also offer a takeaway service.
The brand started as a catering service, then nurtured into a midmarket restaurant in New Delhi where the duo first setup shop in 1999. The restaurant then moved to Singapore in 2007 and won over locals, tourists and celebrities alike, with names such as Jools Holland and Nikki Snelson as returning customers.
Rohit and Shweta will directly manage the food and service to provide a Kashmiri dining experience. Chef Rohit has more than 25 years of expertise and will supervise the selection of all ingredients. He says all food is prepared fresh to every order without the use of food colouring and artificial flavour enhancers.
The menu has a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian gourmet dishes, spicy and mild dishes. The Kashmiri dishes can be found on the menu highlighted with the restaurant’s logo, a Chinar tree leaf; these dishes goes easy on dairy ingredients, sans onions and garlic. The Signature dish of the restaurant is Kabargah, ribs of lamb boiled in milk along with an assortment of fine Kashmiri spices and deep-fried in ghee (clarified butter).
As Chef Razdan puts it:
“We are here to make our customers come back for more, so we ensure a courteous service to win their hearts along with their palates. Our prices are quite moderate and portions are filling. Both the locals and the tourists will be charmed by the truly authentic spread of Kashmiri cuisine that is hard to find. We are keen to make every dining experience of our patrons a truly luscious moment. We are sure to shine bright in the Galaxy of Indian Restaurants in London”.