Pop-up restaurant - 2 course

Pop-up restaurant – 2 course

One night only. A celebration Diwali 2-course dinner of hand-prepared traditional North Indian dishes! Diwali is celebration of the Indian New Year.

Friday 10th November 2023, 6pm for 6.30pm

Venue: Pure Punjabi, 14 Farm Street, Tintinhull, BA22 8PZ

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Vegetarian ticket available

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Pure Punjabi pop up restaurant and Cookery School, Somerset

About Diwali…

Diwali celebrates the Hindu New Year and is the largest and most famous holiday celebrated in India. The word ‘Diwali’ means ‘row of lights’.
It is known as the ‘festival of lights’ because the light of the candles banish evil and welcome wealth and prosperity, and this is why light is so important in celebrating Diwali.

Why do Sikhs celebrate Diwali?

Sikhs celebrate Diwali because the 6th guru, Guru Hargobind and 52 princes with him were released from prison on the same day. He had 52 tassels on his cloak and so the 52 princes held on to those tassels as he walked free from prison. This was celebrated by lighting the Golden temple, which is still done to this day.

Why do Jains celebrate Diwali?

Jains celebrate Diwali because it is when they attainted their last tirthankar Lord Mahariva. A tirthankar is a leader of the Jain religion.

The Story of Diwali…

Diwali celebrates the safe return of Lord Rama after 14 years in exile. He was able to return home once he defeated the evil Ravana. Upon his return, the town was dressed in flowers and candles to welcome him home after so many years.

How do Hindus celebrate Diwali?

•Families clean their houses to welcome the Goddess Lakshmi
•Candles are lit to light up the street
•There are fire work displays in town centres to create more light
•Indian sweets are prepared and eaten to bring happiness to this special occasion
•The majority of people don’t eat meat or drink alcohol during this religious celebration
Colour plays an important role in every celebration in India, as colour reflects joy. Colourful patterns called Rangoli are made to decorate the ground using all different types of materials:

•Flowers
•Rice flour (often in different colours)
•Different coloured stones and pebbles
•Sand
Rangoli patterns are always colourful because the word ‘rang’ in ‘rangoli’ means colour
Here are some examples of rangoli patterns…Sikhs and Jains also celebrate Diwali

Key Details

Date: Friday 10th November
Arrival Time: 6pm for 6.30pm
Location: Pure Punjabi, 14 Farm Street, Tintinhull, South Somerset, BA22 8PZ
Parking: Ample on-site private car park
Special dietary requirements: should you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know in the ‘notes’ section when you purchase your tickets

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Come and join us to celebrate Diwali

…which marks the ‘New Year’ in Indian culture. A vibrant festival, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. Food is an essential part of celebrating Diwali, so come and join us at our HQ (and family home) for a delicious hand-prepared North Indian meal.

Before we eat, we will all light a candle together, to celebrate Diwali…

About Safia

Raised in the Punjabi family, and taught to cook from the age of 7, Safia prepares and cooks all of the Punjabi food for our pop-ups, weddings and events.

The spices we use in all of our food, are prepared by her from scratch, including our own brand of Pure Punjabi Garam Masala, which we use to produce all of our meal kits as well as in our own family cooking. This was taught to Surinder over many years by her mother, and in turn taught to Safia.

Pure Punjabi Safia and Surinder European Roadshow culinary experience

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Karen Taylor October 2018

We are having such fun cooking from The Spice Pack Collection and all the dishes have come out brilliantly. The smell is divine and Rob, who is very fussy, is particularly impressed. All our visitors are wowed when they smell the box – we’ve been too possessive to share any with others, as yet!

As a natural therapist I particularly appreciate the healthy aspect of each dish, none of which compromise on taste. Good ingredients freshly cooked makes a big difference.

We’re going on holiday with three other couples in a couple of weeks and going to take the pack with us to cook some dishes together.

Maria M / BBQ Meal Kit Box customer

“We had a BBQ for family and friends few weeks ago and we made the Lamb Kebabs & Coconut & Sesame Chutney and Crushed Tikka New Potatoes & Mango Chicken… We received such rave reviews!! All so easy to make with the spices and sauces all provided for us…food was all delicious!”

Chris & Debs - dinner kit with cook-along customer

“That was so fun…

Thank you for the zoom meet up. That was so fun. We will definitely be up for another. Please send another suitable invite and kit. We are predominately veggies so used the butternut squash version. If this continue the local takeaway will suffer for sure. Again thanks”.

Carol R. dinner kit with cook-along customer

“What a wonderful cookalong…

…The Mango Chicken was delicious and my naan bread actually looked amazing – like the real thing. I feel so successful. Thank you. Looking forward to our next cookalong”.

Pam Brown – dinner kit with cook-along customer

“Thank you so much both…

– the class was amazing and we both really enjoyed the food. It makes so much difference knowing exactly how to do things and that we can make such tasty food which is gluten free. Jeera rice has always been my favourite but many restaurants don’t have it on the menu”.

Sylvia M – dinner kit with cook-along customer

“Thank you so much...
... for a great hour of cooking on Saturday evening. I enjoyed it very much as I have never done anything like it before. The Punjabi chicken was delicious and we had enough to freeze for another time”.

Sue W – dinner kit with cook-along customer

“Well that was amazing…
... the best curry I've ever had and Jxx said it was like being in India ( as he’s spent so much time there with work ) loved the class and so did Exxx looking forward to coming to your workshops…
…and will order some more kits from your website”

Roy P…dinner kit with cook-along customer

“Many thanks…
...for the cook–along workshop yesterday. It was very enjoyable and the meal tasted lovely. As someone who is not a confident cook it was ideal to follow your teaching. I have recommended this to a friend of mine who is very interested in joining the next cook–along. I will definitely be doing it again”.

Ellie Pipe

I highly recommend this lovely family run local company…

... We’ve enjoyed 2 of their meal kits now along with an online cook along to show us what to do. Thank you.

Diane McGillivray

I love them all and would highly recommend…

...If I had to choose one it would be the Mango chicken.

Pop-up restaurant – 2 course

One night only. A celebration Diwali 2-course dinner of hand-prepared traditional North Indian dishes! Diwali is celebration of the Indian New Year.

Friday 10th November 2023, 6pm for 6.30pm

Venue: Pure Punjabi, 14 Farm Street, Tintinhull, BA22 8PZ