A trio accused of being Britain’s first all-female terrorist hit squad plotted to knife strangers near the Houses of Parliament in an attack codenamed ‘English tea party’, a court heard.

It was claimed that two of the women – a mother and daughter – had coded chats about ‘cakes’ and ‘recipes’ in reference to the alleged plans.

Yesterday Rizlaine Boular, 21, and her 43-year-old mother Mina Dich were ordered to lift their Islamic veils as they appeared in court for the first time, along with a third alleged conspirator, 20-year-old Khawla Barghouthi.

Accused: Boular, top, was shot by police, and Dich with children whose faces have been obscured to protect their identities

'Cakes': Mina Dich in Islamic dress. Boular and Dich were ordered to lift their veils as they appeared in court

Mina Dich, 43, Rizlaine Boular, 21, and Khawla Barghouli, 20, as they appeared in court

When Boular was arrested police shot her four times, and two of the bullets are still lodged in her body, sources revealed yesterday after the court hearing. She was thought to have been unarmed when officers smashed into Barghouthi’s home in Willesden Green, north-west London, on April 27.

In a video of the dramatic raid taken by a passer-by, five shots could be heard from the property.

Last night sources said four of them hit Boular, who was seriously injured and spent three days in hospital before being charged.

Two of the bullets remain lodged in her abdomen and could not be removed, but doctors deemed her fit for release into police custody, it was claimed.

Armed officers, pictured, shot Boular during the raid in Willesden last month. She and her mother Mina Dich have appeared in court today over terror charges

The trio were charged with terror offences yesterday after the raid on the house last month

Boular was lucky to survive after being shot in both the abdomen and arm, the sources said.

Yesterday she appeared at her mother’s side before Westminster magistrates. District Judge Emma Arbuthnot had to ask both women – who appeared in burkas which covered their entire bodies and faces – to lift their veils, as their eyes were hidden by dark mesh screens. She said: ‘Miss Boular and Miss Dich, would you mind removing at least part of your veils so I can see part of your eyes?’

Boular responded by lifting her veil for a few seconds, while her mother sat motionless and refused to expose her face throughout the preliminary hearing.

The mother and daughter (centre and left) were asked to lift their veils for the magistrate

Barghouthi, a nursery volunteer befriended by Boular over messaging service WhatsApp, wore a hijab which covered her hair and neck but left her face visible.

The women are accused of plotting an atrocity in Westminster between April 11 and April 28, just days after the bloody rampage by British-born terrorist Khalid Masood. The 52-year-old stabbed a police officer to death after mowing down tourists on Westminster Bridge on March 22. The attack killed five in total – leaving many more injured – and Masood was shot dead by police.

Describing the women’s alleged coded conversations yesterday, prosecutor Lindsay Weinstein said: ‘There were discussions about having an English tea party and a theme.’

Police guard the scene after the raid in the residential street in north London last month

She added: ‘There was a description of cake and a tea party.

‘They said that at that point the recipe was not ready.’

Some knives were then alleged to have been bought from Argos, Miss Weinstein said.

The judge told the court: ‘The defendants are all charged with conspiracy to murder.’

The prosecution claimed ‘there was a plan to attack one or more members of the public in the Westminster area’ and that weapons had been purchased. The defendants spoke only to confirm their names, ages and addresses during the brief hearing.

No pleas were entered to the charges of engaging in the preparation of a terrorist act and conspiracy to murder.

Boular, of Clerkenwell, north London, Dich, of Vauxhall, south London, and Barghouthi were all remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on May 19.