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Potato and cauliflower, dry cooked with turmeric
13 dishes
Onion, potato and spinach in a chickpea batter, served with mint chutney
Roasted lentil wafers
Crisp pastry folded around spiced potato and peas, fried to order
Roasted lentil wafers
Whole chickpeas in a tangy tomato masala
Okra pan-fried so it stays crisp, not soft
Whole wheat, thinner and drier than naan
Puffed and fried, best with chana
Coriander, mint and green chilli
Sweet and sour, good with samosa
House pickle, sharp and salty
Cucumber, tomato, onion, lemon
Steamed, nothing added
12 dishes
Griddled potato cakes with tamarind and yoghurt
Ask whether it is made with ghee, cream or yoghurt.
White lentils tempered with cumin and dried chilli
Ask whether it is tempered with ghee or with oil.
Split chickpeas cooked soft, a longtime regulars' order
Ask whether it is made with ghee (with oil for base tadka, finished with ghee).
Slow cooked mustard greens and spinach with garlic
Ask whether it is made with cream, paneer or ghee (many kitchens can leave them out).
Aubergine roasted over flame, then mashed with onion
Ask whether it has cream or yogurt in it.
Whatever is best at the market that week
Ask whether it has cream or yogurt in it.
Whole chickpeas in a tangy tomato masala
Ask whether it is made with ghee, cream or yoghurt.
Okra pan-fried so it stays crisp, not soft
Ask whether it is made with ghee, cream or yoghurt.
Seasonal vegetables layered the same way
Ask whether it is cooked with ghee or butter.
The same treatment, meat-free
Ask whether the rice is cooked in chicken broth.
Basmati with toasted cumin
Ask whether the rice is cooked in stock or finished with butter.
Stuffed with spiced potato, served with yoghurt
Ask: Is the paratha made with ghee or oil?
For anyone who wants more to mop up
Ask: Is the gravy made with meat stock or dairy?
49 dishes
Hand-minced beef with onion, coriander and green chilli
Quarter chicken in yoghurt, ginger and red chilli, charred at the edges
Boneless cubes off the skewer, smoky rather than heavily spiced
Cream, cheese and white pepper marinade — the mild one of the set
Hand-minced beef with onion, coriander and green chilli
Cubed beef, slow marinated in papaya and garam masala
Chops trimmed and finished over the coals with a squeeze of lemon
Whole-fillet white fish, the dish regulars send new visitors after
Bone-in, marinated 24 hours
Chicken tikka, boti, seekh kabab and lamb chop on one tray
Fresh cheese in the house tomato masala
Bone-in chicken, tomato, green chilli and coriander
The same base, doubled ginger, cut sharper
Bone-in goat simmered until it gives way
Shoulder cut, cooked down slowly with black pepper
Quick-cooked in the same masala so the shrimp stay firm
Overnight-cooked shank stew, thick and peppery
Onion and tomato base, cooked the way it is at home
Tandoori chicken folded into a cream and tomato gravy
Mild, buttery and the safest choice for children
Bone-in, on the bone for the flavour
Slow cooked shoulder in a dark onion masala
Overnight-cooked shank stew, thick and peppery
Wheat, barley, lentils and shredded meat, cooked for hours
Spiced meatballs in a light tomato gravy
Lamb braised with spinach and garlic
Yellow lentils finished with fried garlic and ghee
The same greens with cubes of fresh cheese
Peas and cheese in a light tomato gravy
Rice pudding cooked down with cardamom
Warm milk dumplings in rose syrup
Soft cheese discs in sweetened saffron milk
Dense frozen milk with pistachio
Warm milk dumplings in rose syrup
Soft cheese discs in sweetened saffron milk
Layered with fried onion, saffron and whole spice
Bone-in goat cooked into the rice, not spooned on top
Shoulder pieces, cardamom and mint
Wok-fried with cumin and spring onion
Minced chicken, onion and green chilli in a thin flaky shell
Boneless thigh in a peppery gram-flour batter
Firm white fish in ajwain batter with lemon on the side
Brewed entirely in milk, thick and strong
The base for everything else on this list
Chopped garlic pressed in before baking — the one people ask about
Nigella seed scattered across the top
Enriched dough, sesame, slightly sweet
Stuffed with minced beef and green chilli
Yoghurt with cucumber and roasted cumin
1 dish
Plain drip coffee
6 dishes
Yoghurt and mango pulp, blended thick
Yoghurt, sugar, a little rose water
The savoury version, with roasted cumin
Milk based, no yoghurt
Black tea boiled with milk, cardamom and clove
Pink, salted, finished with crushed pistachio
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