WATCH: New Indian takeaway will deliver '˜authentic street food' via rickshaw

Paanchi - an Indian Street Kitchen has opened in Fratton Road Portsmouth

(left to right) Abdul Ahad, Amir Begh, Shahriar Uddin, Anhar Uddin, and Mahtab Uddin

Picture by: Malcolm Wells (170628-1628) — Paanchi - an Indian Street Kitchen has opened in Fratton Road Portsmouth (left to right) Abdul Ahad, Amir Begh, Shahriar Uddin, Anhar Uddin, and Mahtab Uddin Picture by: Malcolm Wells (170628-1628)

Curry-lovers are set for '˜something entirely different' from a new Indian takeaway offering traditional street food delivered by rickshaw.

Newly-opened Paanchi says it is looking to bring back an ‘authentic’ Indian style to Portsmouth by providing offerings inspired by the dishes served from the rickshaws of Bangladesh.

Its owner Shahriar Uddin, 25, says that the British understanding of Indian food has been ‘commercialised’ by well-known dishes of tikka masala and bhuna.

He said: ‘There is nothing like Paanchi across Portsmouth and south Hampshire. What we are offering is real, authentic Indian food.

‘Our menu is full of street food that is sold and eaten all over India. We provide dishes that most people in England simply would not have heard of and therefore Paanchi remains extremely unique.’

In addition to the authentic food on offer, Shahriar has also imported a traditional rickshaw from India to be used for deliveries and to raise awareness of the new takeaway across the city.

He said: ‘Rickshaws are a very common way of people getting about in India and during a trip to Bangladesh we thought that it would be a great idea to bring one over to be used for deliveries.