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Monsoon's Showkoth Choudhoury preparing to send his curry to the Congo. A British curry house has sent a special order of meals 4,000 miles away to the CONGO - for a handful of United Nations troops. See ROSS PARRY story RPYCURRY. Chefs were set the unusual challenge of making dishes to be flown by helicopter to the Democratic Republic of Congo to feed up to 70 soldiers stationed there. The Monsoon restaurant in South Shields, South Tyneside, was set the colossal task to drum up 10 mirch masalas, 10 achargola curries and five butternut squashtong curries for the journey. Restaurant owner Showkoth Choudhoury, 42, started the endeavour after receiving an email from businessman Mohammed Kabir asking if he could create the dishes. Mr Kabir - a multi-millionaire working on football projects in the Congo - had visited the restaurant last month and was so impressed that he set Showkoth the strange request.