Scotland’s leading curry restaurants have tied up a £1,500 gift with pink ribbon.

The Radhuni in Loanhead and Itihaas in Dalkeith, both in Midlothian, raised the funds by donating 50p for every customer who came in their doors during December.

The money has been presented to the Pink Ribbon Foundation, a grant making trust which funds projects and provides financial support to UK charities helping those suffering from breast cancer or work to advance early detention and treatment.

Habibur Khan, the sister restaurants’ Managing Partner, commented: “We’re delighted to have helped the Foundation and its supported charities in this latest example of our fundraising activities.

“During the month our staff proudly wore their pink ribbons, a universal symbol of the fight against breast cancer. As throughout the rest of the United Kingdom, we and many of our customers know friends and relatives who have been affected by it.”

The Foundation’s Chair of Trustees Jonathan Prince added: “We are most grateful for The Radhuni and Itihaas’ generosity which has increased awareness in and around Midlothian and Edinburgh for campaigns to tackle a disease which is diagnosed an average of 150 times a day in the UK.”

The restaurants are longstanding supporters of good causes- locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Matin Khan, Habibur’s father, is Executive Chef of both restaurants. Last year he was named Scotland’s top Chef in Awards organised by trade magazine Curry Life, and The Radhuni, one of only a handful of Indian-style restaurants awarded a coveted AA Rosette for Culinary Excellence, was voted Scotland’s Best Curry Restaurant.