Indian Essence Menu and Prices

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Crisp pastry stuffed with potatoes and peas.

$7.00

Assorted vegetable fritters.

$10.00

Cubes of cottage cheese subtly spiced and grilled with onions and bell peppers.

$10.00

Cubes of cottage cheese batter-fried and tossed in chef's special chili-garlic sauce.

$10.00

Batter-fried florets of cauliflower tossed in a Manchurian sauce.

$7.00

Flour crisps served with garbanzo beans, diced potatoes, topped with yogurt and tamarind-mint chutney.

$7.00

Savory puffed rice and semolina canapes, vermicelli, diced potatoes and chopped onion mixed with tamarind-mint chutney.

$11.00

An assortment of appetizers samosa, vegetable pakoras and aloo tikki.

$20.00

A meat lover's delight. A mix assortment of marinated chicken, lamb and shrimp.

$10.00

Stir-fried chicken tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

$11.00

Pan-seared shrimp tossed in a spicy tangy sauce.

$10.00

Batter-fried seasoned tilapia fish.

$9.00

Romaine lettuce served with sliver of tandoori chicken.

$5.00

Fresh green tossed with cucumbers, carrots and onions served with house dressing.

$6.00

Hearty lentil and vegetable soup from South India.

$5.00

Saffron inspired tomato soup sprinkled with crusted pepper and Parmesan cheese.

$15.00

Tandoori chicken tikka cooked with mild spices in an onion tomato sauce.

$15.00

Pieces of tandoori chicken cooked in a creamy tomato sauce flavored with fenugreek.

$15.00

Chicken cooked in a mild almond and cashew sauce.

$15.00

Home-style chicken curry.

$15.00

A traditional Goan chicken and potato dish marinated in vinegar and cooked in a hot fiery sauce.

$15.00

Spicy chicken flavored with curry leaves and hot green chilies.

$15.00

Mixture of chicken cubes and spinach cooked in mild spices.

$15.00

Chicken stir-fried with onions and bell peppers in chef's special masala.

$15.00

Cubes of chicken cooked with coconut, mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chilies.

$17.00

A traditional Kashmiri dish of lamb cubes cooked with onions, tomatoes and Kashmiri spices.

$17.00

Mixture of lamb and spinach cooked in mild spices.

$17.00

Lamb cooked in a freshly ground black pepper sauce.

$17.00

A traditional Goan dish of lamb and potatoes marinated in vinegar and cooked in a hot fiery sauce.

$17.00

Boneless lamb cooked in a hot and spice sauce.

$17.00

Cubes of lamb cooked with tomato-coconut base sauce tampered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

$17.00

Cubes of lamb stir-fried with onions and bell peppers in chef's special masala sauce.

$16.00

Muglai delicacy of goat meat on the bone.

$13.00

Black lentils and kidney beans simmered to perfection with tomato and spices.

$13.00

Medley of lentils cooked and simmered in onion and tomato sauce tempered with cumin and garlic.

$13.00

A mixture of 5 lentils cooked with tomatoes and onions tempered with chilies, garlic and cumin.

$14.00

Cubes of cottage cheese with a sauce of cashews and cream with onion and tomato sauce.

$14.00

Cubes of cottage cheese stir-fried with onions and bell peppers in chef's special sauce.

$14.00

Cubes of cottage cheese cooked with green peas in an onion and tomato sauce.

$14.00

Cubes of cottage cheese in fenugreek flavored creamy tomato sauce.

$14.00

Cubes of cottage cheese in creamy spinach.

$15.00

Vegetable and cheese dumplings seasoned with herbs in a rich creamy sauce.

$15.00

An assortment of seasonal vegetables cooked in a mild cashew sauce.

$13.00

Vegetable fritters simmered in yogurt and thickened in chickpea flour.

$13.00

Spinach and baby corn cooked in an onion sauce.

$13.00

Fresh okra crisply fried and tossed with chef's special spices.

$13.00

Vegetable medley tossed in an onion-tomato chili sauce.

$13.00

Roasted eggplant puree, seasoned with onions and tomatoes.

$13.00

Cauliflower florets and diced potatoes tossed in onion and tomato sauce.

$13.00

Cubes of potato gently fried with whole cumin seeds and chopped onion.

$13.00

Boiled eggs cooked in mildly spiced onion gravy with onions and tomatoes.

$16.00

Seasonal fish cooked with grated coconut in a spicy sauce.

$16.00

Boneless fish cooked in home style tomato onion base curry.

$16.00

Pieces of mahi-mahi or catfish fillet first grilled and then finished in chefs special sauce.

$17.00

Shrimp cooked in a medley of exotic Indian herbs and spices.

$17.00

Shrimp sauteed with bell peppers, onion, tomato, ginger green chilies and cilantro.

$17.00

Goan style shrimp curry, cooked with potatoes, ginger, tomatoes and dry red chilies.

$14.00

Garden fresh broccoli, capsicum, onions, cauliflower, tomatoes and potatoes marinated in mixed spices and roasted.

$16.00

Chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and grilled.

$15.00

Grilled breast of chicken marinated in mild spices and cream cheese.

$15.00

Boneless chicken cubes marinated in yogurt and spices grilled.

$15.00

Boneless chicken marinated in mint paste with exotic Indian masala spices, yogurt and roasted.

$16.00

Ground lamb seasoned with fresh herbs and spices and grilled on skewers.

$17.00

Boneless cubes of tender lamb marinated with yogurt, garlic, ginger, skewered and roasted.

$20.00

Shrimp rubbed with chef's special spices and grilled.

$17.00

Fresh salmon marinated in sour cream, spices and garlic and grilled.

$7.00

Steamed, rice and lentil flour cakes. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$7.00

Spiced lentil and rice donuts. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$8.00

Thin rice and lentil crepes. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$9.00

Butter spread all over rice crepe. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$10.00

Very crisp and very thin dosa roasted with ghee rice crepe. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$10.00

Thin rice crepe filled with finely chopped onions. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$11.00

Pan cakes made with rice flour with mix vegetable. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$11.00

Thin rice crepe with a coating of special Mysore sauce. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$11.00

Pan cakes made with rice flour with onions and green chilies. Served with chutney and sambhar.

$3.00

Whole wheat unleavened bread.

$3.00

Leavened flour bread.

$3.50

Leavened flour bread topped with garlic.

$3.50

Leavened flour bread stuffed with onion.

$3.50

Leavened flour bread stuffed with potato.

$3.50

Leavened flour bread stuffed with mint.

$10.00

A basket of breads with naan, garlic naan, onion kulcha and tandoori roti.

$5.00

Stuffed with pistachio, almonds and cashews.

$4.00

Whole wheat bread in 3 layers.

$6.00

Bread stuffed with mildly spiced ground lamb.

$5.00

Leavened flour bread stuffed with grated cottage cheese.

$3.50

Bread stuffed with fine chopped jalapeno.

$4.00

Deep-fried leavened flour bread.

$4.00

Deep-fried whole wheat bread.

$4.00

Steamed long grain basmati rice.

$5.00

Aromatic long-grain basmati rice with green peas.

$7.00

Long-grain basmati rice with assorted dry fruits and nuts.

$5.00

Aromatic long grain basmati rice with cumin seeds.

$7.00

Basmati rice with fresh spinach and exotic Indian herbs.

$12.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$13.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$14.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$15.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$16.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$16.00

Long-grain basmati rice cooked with exotic herbs and spices and served with raita.

$5.00

Golden fried milk dumplings soaked in rose saffron syrup served warm.

$6.00

Sweetened cottage cheese patties in saffron flavored reduced milk.

$5.00

Cardamom-flavored rice pudding.

$6.00

Traditional Indian ice-cream with mango or pistachio.

$5.00

Caramelized grated carrots with raisins, cashews and pistachios.