Indian Essence

Crisp pastry stuffed with potatoes and peas.

Assorted vegetable fritters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pan-seared shrimp tossed in a spicy tangy sauce.

Batter-fried seasoned tilapia fish.

Romaine lettuce served with sliver of tandoori chicken.

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

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

Hearty lentil and vegetable soup from south India.

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

Chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and grilled.

Boneless chicken cubes marinated in yogurt and spices and grilled.

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

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

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

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

Shrimp rubbed with chef's special spices and grilled.

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

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

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

Chicken cooked in a mild almond and cashew sauce.

Home-style chicken curry.

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

Spicy chicken flavored with curry leaves and hot green chilies.

Mixture of chicken cubes and spinach cooked in mild spices.

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

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

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

Mixture of lamb and spinach cooked in mild spices.

Lamb cooked in a freshly ground black pepper sauce.

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

Boneless lamb cooked in a hot and spicy sauce.

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

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

Muglai delicacy of goat meat on the bone.

Goat cubes stir-fried with onions and bell pepper in a chef's special sauce.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cubes of cottage cheese in fenugreek flavored creamy tomato sauce.

Cubes of cottage cheese in creamy spinach.

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

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

Vegetable fritters simmered in yogurt and thickened in chickpea flour.

Spinach and baby corn cooked in an onion sauce.

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

Vegetable medley tossed in an onion-tomato chili sauce.

Roasted eggplant puree, seasoned with onions and tomatoes.

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

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

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

Seasonal fish cooked with grated coconut in a spicy sauce.

Boneless fish cooked in home style tomato onion base curry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pancakes made with rice flour with mixed vegetables. Served with chutney and sambhar.

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

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

Whole wheat unleavened bread.

Leavened flour bread.

Leavened flour bread topped with garlic.

Leavened flour bread stuffed with onion.

Leavened flour bread stuffed with potato.

Leavened flour bread stuffed with mint.

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

Stuffed with pistachio, almonds and cashews.

Whole wheat bread in 3 layers.

Bread stuffed with mildly spiced ground lamb.

Leavened flour bread stuffed with grated cottage cheese.

Bread stuffed with fine chopped jalapeno.

Deep-fried leavened flour bread.

Deep-fried whole wheat bread.

Steamed long grain basmati rice.

Aromatic long-grain basmati rice with green peas.

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

Aromatic long grain basmati rice with cumin seeds.

Basmati rice with fresh spinach and exotic Indian herbs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweetened cottage cheese patties in saffron flavored reduced milk.

Cardamom-flavored rice pudding.

Traditional Indian ice cream with mango or pistachio.

Caramelized grated carrots with raisins, cashews and pistachios.