Curry Hut

*NOTE* The curry hut on Osborne street has now closed.  I will however keep this post available to help with possible vegan options at other curry houses, although remember to always check suitability at time of ordering.

Starters:

Aloo  chat (fried poatoes with spices and chutney)

Aloo chop (crispy potato balls)

Vegetable Samosas 

Garlic Mushrooms

Tandoori Dishes-None Suitable

Mild Creamy Dishes: None suitable

Hot Dishes

Vegetable Jalfrezi

Vegetable Shakuti

Korma Dishes: None suitable

Medium Curry Dishes:

Vegetable curry (Lightly spiced dish)

Ceylon/Madras Dishes:

Vegetable Ceylon (Fairly hot dish, cooked with coconut in thick sauce)

Vegetable Madras (A fairly hot saucy dish)

Vindaloo Dishes:

Vegetable Vindaloo (A very hot dish cooked with potatoes)

Bhuna/Korai/Rogan/ Dopiaza/Archar/Saag Dishes

Vegetable Bhuna (Well spiced, cooked on a low heat)

Vegetable Korai (Dry spiced, cooked with onions & tomatoes)

Vegetable Rogan (Medium spiced cooked with fresh tomatoes)

Vegetable Dopiaza (Medium spiced cooked with flavoured onions)

Vegetable Archar (Pickle dish slightly tangy flavour)

Vegetable Saag (Spinach)

Kasmir and Malaya Dishes: None suitable

Persian Dishes:

Vegetable Dansak (Sweet & sour, fairly hot cooked with lentils)

Vegetable Pathia (Sweet & sour dish medium dry)

Balti Dishes:

Vegetable Balti (Highly flavoured dish cooked with authentic spices, served with (non vegan) naan. Naan can be substituted with tandoori roti or puri bread on request).

Biryani Dishes:

Vegetable Biryani (Stir fried rice dish served with vegetable curry)

Vegetable Side Dishes:

Chana Masala  (chickpeas)

Mixed vegetables 

Brinjal Bhaji (Chargrilled aubergine (egg plant) combined with spices)

Muhroom Bhajee 

Aloo Gobi (potatoes and cauliflower)

Sag Aloo (spinach and potatoes)

Bombay Potatoes 

Tarka Daal 

Daal Samba 

Bhindi Bhajee (okra stir fried with onions, tomatoes)

Rice:

Pilau Rice

Boiled Rice

Mushroom Rice

Vegetable rice

Tomato Garlic Rice

Peshwari Rice(Coconuts & almond)

Poppadoms and Pickle:

Poppadoms, Plain or Spicy

Mango chutney

Mixed Pickle

Onion Salad

Green Salad

Kebab and Chips:

Chips

Breads:

Puri

Tandoori Roti

Paratha

Chapati

As ever, all information on this site is intended as a guide. Menus and ingredients may change, so always mention that you are vegan at time of ordering.

If you spot any out of date information/broken links on this site, please email me to let me know!

The Chickpea Curry Stall

Colchester Market, Culver street (near Debenhams) most Fridays and Saturdays.

http://www.thechickpea.co.uk/

info@thechickpea.co.uk

07813 923110

Please note that unfortunately we cannot verify the accuracy of any findings provided by the eateries surveyed.

The Chickepea is a curry stall on Colchester market that always offer a vegetarian option, which is usually suitable for vegans.  

-I have been told that the only time it may not be suitable is if the stock used contains lactose. (so it is worth asking just to be sure!)

Vegan options include chickpea dhal, bombay potatoes and rice.

A small take away tub is £3.50, and a large tub is £4.50.

The Chickpea is also available for parties and private catering services as well as an independent stall for festivals and public events. 

Playhouse (Pub)

4 Saint John's Street  Colchester, Essex CO2 7AA

01206 571 003

The Playhouse is operated by pub chain “Wetherspoon”.

Wetherspoon helpfully have a “plan your menu” section on their website, where you can choose to just view the vegan items. [take note other restaurants!!]

The items listed were:

Portion of chips

 Sides:

 Side salad without creamy dressing

Children's:

Happy Monkey strawberry & banana smoothie

Curry Club:

Sweet potato, chickpea & spinach curry with extra poppadums

An award-winning dish, in a coconut sauce, with yellow basmati rice, mango chutney and poppadums. This meal is suitable for vegans if ordered without Naan.

Large onion bhajis

Vegetable samosas

Extra poppadums & mango chutney

Bombay potatoes

Confusingly jacket potato and beans (without butter) doesn't show up on this list, but it does show up if you select "vegetarian"+ "egg free" + "dairy free"... as does"Organic Tomato and Basil Soup" and "Hummus and Roast Vegetable Flatbread".

Looking through their menu I noticed a lot of  vegetarian things that could easily be made vegan, if  Weatherspoon so chose-such as: Mexican bean burger, vegetable burger, vegetarian sausage with chips and beans, superfood salad/pasta, Vegetarian roast(Portobello Mushroom, Chickpea & Pumpkin Seed Roast served with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, vegetables and gravy), Five-bean chilli (uses Quorn mince), Vegetarian breakfast (Two fried eggs, three vegetarian sausages, baked beans and chips).

I think some polite email suggestions are in order!

Mirchi Rasoi-Indian Takeaway

Mirchi Rasoi

71 North Station Road

CO1 1RQ Colchester

Delivery times:

Monday- closed

Tuesday 18:30 - 23:00

Wednesday 18:30 - 23:00

Thursday 18:30 - 23:00

Friday 18:30 - 23:00

Saturday 18:30 - 23:00

Sunday-closed

Read reviews here

A friend recently informed me of this Indian takeaway restaurant, which marks which items are vegan on the menu (yay! If only every  one would!)

Listed below are the things I found..

“Vegetarian Dishes”

MUMBAY ALOO £ 2.90

Medium, Vegan

GOBHI BHAJI £ 2.90

Mild, Vegan

CHANNA MASALA £ 2.90

Medium, Vegan

PINDI CHOLE £ 2.90

Hot, Vegan

TARKA DAL £ 2.90

Mild, Vegan

SABZI BHAJI £ 2.90

Vegan

BHINDI BHAJI £ 2.90

Mild, Vegan

SAAG ALOO £ 2.90

Medium, Vegan

"Rice and bread"

MUSHROOM RICE £ 2.90

Vegan

CHAPATI £ 1.30

Vegan

TANDOORI ROTI £ 1.70

Vegan

PURI £1.30

Vegan

(Plain rice isn’t marked vegan, but I assume it would be?)

You can order online at Just.eat  http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-mirchi-rasoi/menu

Free delivery when spending £25 and over.

(although after reading the reviews it seems the delivery service is  bit hit and miss!)

Alishan Tandoori

Questionnaire results for

Alishan Tandoori, 19 Osborne Street, Colchester, CO2 7DP

http://www.alishantandoori.com/index.htm

Please note that unfortunately we cannot verify the accuracy of any findings provided by the eateries surveyed.

RESULTS: Provided 14/05/12

 

I gave one of my questionnaires to the staff at Alishan to fill in regarding vegan options.

The results were:

- Bombay potatoes
-garlic mushrooms
- tarka dall
-aloo Gobi