Salt Marsh Lamb Shagorana

At home on a Sunday afternoon wondering what to cook for supper when some good friends of ours asked if we were busy and if not would we like to join them for a curry in the Sheesh Mahal (a restaurant I have never been to) with an aperitif beforehand in our local Wetherspoons in Llanelli.

My husband and I both jumped at the chance and within twenty minutes we were in Wetherspoons with our friend GK41 and his wife.  Wetherspoons now have a number of different new gins and GK41 knew that I am a gin lover so he introduced us to the barman who took us through their different types.  I chose a Portobello Road with tonic and a slice of cucumber.  It was excellent and very refreshing !  My husband tried the Ruddles beer and found that to be very agreeable.

After about an hour we walked next door to the Sheesh Mahal, an Award Winning Authentic Indian Restaurant.  We were greeted by the owner and shown to our table.   The boys had water and the girls dry white wine.

Being vegetarian my husband and I were very interested to sample their lovely curry.  After looking at the menu the owner came over and asked if we were ready to order, GK introduced us to the owner and explained we were veggies and asked what he would recommend for us off the menu, and would he eat what he had recommended ?

I settled on the vegetable Paneer, mixed vegetables cooked with coconut, hot and sour sauce.  My husband had Chanda dal, chick peas and lentils cooked with onions tomato and garlic.  We shared various rices and Peshwari Naan.  GK had the Salt Marsh Lamb Shagorana and his wife the Hasina Chicken Cafreal.  We did not have to wait long and the smell was amazing and we all tucked straight in.  The curries were delicious, not too hot and spicy as some can be.  We both tasted each others and agreed they were excellent, not too overpowering so that you could still taste the vegetables.

GK41 was enthusing about the lamb and we were enjoying so much that we even tried some of the meat ! After not eating meat for five years we found this to be a very sweet and tasty curry.  What happens on a "gig" stays on the "gig" so don't tell anybody we ate meat !

The atmosphere for a Sunday evening was great with many tables filled.  All in all we had a lovely meal and would definitely eat there again.

AN UNEXPECTED CURRY written by our guest blogger SA