The Surrey Hills · Quintessentially Indian
Proper Indian food, from our kitchen to your home
Artisan food, handmade in small batches from family recipes and fresh produce. No preservatives, nothing ultra-processed. Ever. Delivered UK-wide, ready when you are. Dinner on the table in 4 minutes.
★ 4.6 · 625+ reviews11 Great Taste AwardsFree UK delivery over £75
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Freezer to Table
0 Preservatives
Ever
AWARDED AND FEATURED IN
The freezer shop
What's in the freezer
Every dish is handmade in small batches from our family recipes, using fresh produce and spices we blend ourselves. Nothing mass-produced, no preservatives. Cooked properly, delivered to your door, and on the table in 4 minutes.
Curated Bundles
One box feeds the whole table
Complete meals, put together the way Mandira serves them at her own table. A main, the right sides, the naan, the pudding, matched so the flavours work together and nobody has to think about it.
One box, dinner done.
Takeaway Biriyani Feast for 4 with Handmade Samosas
Biriyani for 4 with 6 handmade samosas. Freshly...
£40.00
Date Night for Two
A perfect feast of Paneer, Pulao, Choice of Mai...
£50.00
Picky Bits - Delicious Treats for £60
Sharing platter with savoury snacks & chutney.
£60.00
Family Feast for Four
A perfect feast including your choice of mains,...
£70.00
Six Friends for Dinner
A delightful spread curated to impress and sati...
£90.00
Why Mandira's
Food from a real kitchen you can actually visit
Artisan Indian food, made the way it would be made for family: whole spices roasted and ground in our kitchen, small batches, fresh seasonal produce, then blast-frozen at its very best the same day, so it tastes exactly as it should when it reaches your table.
Our rule is simple: if your grandmother wouldn't recognise an ingredient, neither will we. We don't use it.
Mandira's Kitchen
The real thing
The usual
Supermarket & takeaway
Family recipes
Recipes written to a price point
Cooked every week in our kitchen
Cooked who-knows-when, who-knows-where
Handmade in small batches
Made by the thousand
Fresh produce, nothing you can't pronounce
Check the label
Nothing ultra-processed, ever
Emulsifiers, stabilisers and "flavourings"
Blast-frozen the same day
Months on a shelf
A kitchen you can visit
An address on the back of the box
On the table in 4 minutes
A 40-minute wait, or a trolley dash
Our kitchen
Cooked the way it's always been done
Every day here starts the way it does in Mandira's own home: whole spices roasted and ground before anything else. The recipes came with her, passed down through generations, from a tea estate in Assam through Calcutta and Delhi to a Surrey hillside.
Every dish is handmade in small batches and cooked properly, without preservatives, then frozen the same day to hold the flavour, and delivered to your door, ready to heat and serve.
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What's on at Mandira's
Evenings and classes in our kitchen beside Silent Pool, all bookable now.
Biriyani Magic Workshop (Free Biriyani Kit)
A 90-minute masterclass,because rice in curry is not biriyani,however hopeful.Free biriyani kit incl
£40.00 Book nowSpice Masterclass (Incl. Free Spice Kit)
Learn the spices properly and take home a beautifully packed spice set worth £30.
£40.00 Book nowBeer, Curry and Quiz Evening
Local beer, artisan curry and a quiz, every last Friday of the month.
£45.00 Book nowGood questions
Before your first order
How does delivery work?
Your meals arrive frozen in insulated boxes, delivered Tuesday to Friday to any UK address. Free delivery on orders over £75.
How long do meals keep?
Confirm current guidance, e.g. best within X months in the freezer; full dates on every pack.
How spicy is the food?
Every dish carries a spice guide, from delicately mild to properly warming. Most are family-friendly.
How do I heat them?
Straight from the freezer: on the table in 4 minutes. Instructions on every pack.
Mandira's Kitchen
When all you need is dinner, sorted
Handmade in the Surrey Hills, delivered to your home, ready in 4 minutes.
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