Have a look at our menu, if it is something you like the sound off then please do book a space. All of the donations will be going to Cancer Research, who have kindly provided donation boxes for us to use on the night. It is something close to our hearts and this seems a perfect way of raising money for a very worthy cause! (You don’t have to wear pink but the more the merrier!)

Saira x

The eyes are my Bejee (grandmother) which has created our website header. Her portrait hangs, pride of place in the dining room. My uncle (Ma Rani’s older brother)commissioned the pencil portrait many years ago in Nairobi, East Africa. I got quite sentimental about her today, she taught me my first words in Punjabi and the strongest memory I have of her is cooking daal and rice for me when I was three and helping me to finish the snow white jigsaw she had bought as a present. My mum was just starting out as a teacher when I was born and because of the long hours, didn’t want to leave me with a child minder. So I would go to my grandparents four days a week. I don’t speak Punjabi very well now but I do understand it. So by writing this I have just realised where my love for ‘the best dish in the world ever’ comes from.  Daal and rice the way I like  it was made Bejee style and thank goodness mum makes it just as good!

Saira x

It had to happen at some point this month. Manchester City are playing Portsmouth as we speak. Settling down to watch the game with Pa G and what did we smell…a plate full of Pakoras made by Ma Rani along with some brown sauce and steaming hot cups of tea. Now all I need to do is turn the fire on. Perfect Sunday afternoon…ahhhhh.

Sx

We are so pleased that you enjoyed our food and we thank you for your helpful comments. From now on chicken will ALWAYS be on the bone and I am so pleased you were here for the experimental ‘off the bone’ version.

If any of you would like to read the review please follow the link below:

http://bellaphon.blogspot.com/

Ma Rani making the Paneer.

The table is set, now we just need the guests!

So this was to be our third supperclub and probably the most liveliest! We had a real mix of people around the table. We were delighted to welcome Ms Marmitelover for the evening and we had some guests returning for the second time and some for the first. It’s great when guests who are returning feel completely comfortable wandering into the kitchen towards the garden to have a ciggie and in passing say “Everything alright Saira. Do you need a hand taking anything to the table”. That made me laugh and I love how relaxed our guests felt!  Unfortunately two young writers who had booked for the evening were then unable to make it so the evening turned into conversations about film, theatre, travel and I think politics crept in somewhere. (Try and watch District 9. I agreed with Bellaphon it is much better than Avatar.) Sorry, back to the food. We were cooking for both vegetarians and meat eaters so we decided to serve Paneer Keema and Fish Bhuna as alternatives to the Chicken, Lamb and Mutton. The fish found its way around the table with everyone helping themselves to a spoonful! There is always a danger when one is serving up lots of hearty dishes at the same time that it turns into some sort of Tudor style banquet, but as with trial and error we decided to use smaller dishes so the food was at both ends of the table. Firstly the food stayed warm for longer and people didn’t have to reach past each other to serve from the big dishes that we had used for the previous evenings. This has seemed to work and as Ma Rani has said for our charity night on the 27th of February, we are going to try a different way of serving up our food.

Unknown to me, earlier on in the day, Ma Rani, silently, but creatively had made an additional dessert. However this was for people to try and then give their honest opinion about the texture, flavour and presentation.  She had made a Punjabi style Blancmange called Phrini.  Everyone did enjoy it, giving suggestions as to what would make it better for them. For instance two guests loved the flavour but didn’t like the texture. It was agreed that this was a nice little add-on to the evening (nice one Ma). Once Masala Chai had been served, mum and I were then able to sit and chat to our guests before the last trains beckoned. It was a really nice evening and once again thank you to our guests.

I was a bit pants and I didn’t take any photos of the evening in full swing, but please do check out our review from the lovely Bellaphon who took  some great pictures. Our aim, as always at Joginder’s Supperclub is to make people feel welcome (after all it is our home you are stepping into!) and to give a great evening of home cooked food, good conversation and you may even make new friends!

See you at the next one!

Saira x

(click on the link to Fat Les to read the review)

Homemade Carrot & Onion Relish and Apple Chutney

Once again we had a great supperclub with a lively and interesting mix of guests. The table was full, the wine was flowing and the food kept on coming! I didn’t get a chance to take any photos which is rubbish but I am going to do a write up anyway. Our next supperclub will be next month so watch this space….

Saira

It’s hard work, all this chopping and marinading but lots of fun with a few glasses of bubbly to accompany it! Looking forward to tomorrow night and serving our guests fantastic Punjabi food.

Joginder’s Supperclub will be lending a culinary hand to Moel Faban’s Secret Supperclub in North Wales on Saturday 20th February. My cousin Denise is creating an Indian Banquet for the evening, so we will be serving up some of our dishes as well. Please click on the link to view her website!

Saira

We are cooking a buffet for friends and family today. Whilst this is not in theory a supperclub I’m going to do a write up anyway as we are trying out some new dishes. We hope everyone is having a jolly christmas and eating far too much!

Saira x

All I can say is that we had an amazing ‘small’ selection of guests. I understand the frustration of other fellow supperclubbers when people cancel with only hours before the dinner. Thankfully we have many friends and family who came and joined us on the sunday and we had an impromptu sunday lunch! We are looking forward to our first supper club in 2010 on Jan.16th but in the meantime are having a break for Christmas. So we thank all our guests this year for supporting us and we look forward to welcoming many more of you  in 2010. We wish you all a Very Merry Xmas and a Happy New 2010 .