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Chennai Express

(716) 768-4426
  • 452 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202
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  • Indian
  • $$$$$
(716) 768-4426
  • Menu
  • Appetizers
    • Iddly $2.95

      Steamed rice & lentil flour cakes

    • Podi Idly $3.45

      Idly & spicy podi mix

    • Idly In Sambar or Rasam $3.45

      Idly soaked in sambar or rasam

    • Vada $2.95

      Fried lentil doughnuts

    • Vada In Sambar or Rasam $3.45

      Vada soaked in sambar or rasam

    • Aloo Bonda $3.45

      Lentil dumpling with onion & potato

    • Spring Roll $3.45

      Mix veg stuffed rolls

    • Meat Spring Roll $3.95

      Mutton, beef

    • Pakora $3.45

      Onion, spinach & chickpeas flour fritters.

    • Chilli Pakora $3.45

      Hot green chilies dipped in chick peas flour fritters

    • Panner Pakora $4.45

      Home made cheese dipped in chick peas marinated indian herbs.

    • Chicken Pakora $4.95

      Fried fritters made with chicken & spices

    • Fish Pakora $4.95

      Fried fritters made with fish and spices

    • Bhel Puri $3.95

      Puffed rice with onion, tomato,chilli & spices

    • Samosa $2.95

      Fried pastry stuffed with potato & peas

    • Meat Samosa $3.45

      Beef motton

    • Samosa Chaat $5.95

      Samosa, chick peas and yogurt with tangy spicy sauce

    • Pappri Chaat $5.95

      Boiled chick peas, potatoes and biscuits served with tamarind chutney and yogurt

    • Chilli Panner Dry $4.45

      Cheese sautéed with fresh chilies & onions

    • Chennai Sampler $6.95

      Special assortment of delicious appetizers

  • Soup & Salads
    • Rasam $2.95

      A traditional indian spiced lentil soup

    • Mulligatawny Soup $3.45

      Mildly spiced beans and lentils soup

    • Tomato Soup $2.95

      Garden-fresh tomatoes warm soup with spices and herbs

    • Garden Salad $3.45

      Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrots with house dressing

  • Dosas
    Thin rice and lentil crepe served with sambar & coconut chutney
    • Sada Dosa $4.95

      A crispy crepe made with rice and lentil flour. Spice free

    • Masala Dosa $5.5

      Crepe with onion & potato

    • Butter Sada Dosa $5.95

      Crepe cooked with butter

    • Butter Masala Dosa $6.5

      Crepe cooked with butter with potato masala

    • Paper Masala Dosa $6.95

      A large crepe, extra thin and crispy with mashed potato.

    • Mysore Sada Dosai $5.95

      A sada dosa with special spices

    • Mysore Masala Dosai $6.5

      A masala dosa with special spices

    • Onion & Chili Masala Dosa $6.95

      Crepe with onion & chili with potato

    • Onion Rava Soda Dosa $7.5

      Semolina & lentil crepe

    • Onion Rava Masala Dosa $7.95

      Semolina & lentil crepe with mashed potato filling

    • Onion Rava Mysore Masala Dosai $8.5

      Rava dosa with special spices

    • Panner Rava Masala Dosa $9.5

      Rava dosa with panner and potato filling

    • Cheese Onion Rava Masala Dosa $9.5

      Cheese &rava with raw onion potato masala.

    • Chennai Express Dosa $9.95

      Semolina crepe with spice , chutney ,ghee ,onion , chili & cheese

  • Chennai Express Exclusive Dosas
    • Cheese Sada Dosa $6.95

      Crepe with cheese

    • Cheese Masala Dosa $7.5

      Cheese crepe with potato masala

    • Cheese Onion Chili Masala Dosa $7.95

      Cheese crepe with raw onion & chili with potato masala

    • Cheese Mysore Masala Dosa $7.95

      Spice cheese crepe with potato masala

    • Spinach Masala Dosa $6.95

      Crepe topped with spinach paste

    • Spring Masala Dosa $7.5

      Spice crepe with onion, tomato, chilly & potato

    • Panner Dosa $7.5

      Home made cheese with potato filling

    • Mushroom Masala Dosa $7.5

      Dosa with mushroom and potato filling

    • Gunpowder Masala Dosa $6.95

      Dosa with special blend of red chili powder

    • Set Dosa $5.95

      Two soft pancake with spices

    • Pondichery Dosa $7.5

      Spicy crepe rolled with potato filling

    • Panner Pondicer Dosa $8.5

      Spicy crepe rolled with potato filling and panner

    • Cheese Pondicery Dosa $8.5

      Spicy crepe rolled with potato filling & cheese

    • Egg Dosa $7.5

      Egg sauteed with indian spices

    • Chicken Dosa $8.5

      Grilled chicken with indian spice and potato masala

    • Fish Dosa $8.5

      Grilled fish with indian spices and pototomasala

  • Uthappam
    Pan cake made out of rice & lentil flour served w/sambar & chutney
    • Plain Uthappam $5.5

    • Onion Uthappam $5.95

    • Onion Tomato Chilli Uthappam $7.5

    • Onion Garlic Chilli Uthappam $7.5

    • Mix Veg Uthappam $7.95

      Onion, tomato, chilly, coriander & peas

    • Gunpowder Uthappam $7.95

      Pan cake w/onion, chilly & milakai podi topping

    • Jalepeno Tomato Gunpowder Uthappam $8.5

    • Onion Chilly Mushroom Garlic Uthappam $8.5

    • Onion Chilly Panneer Garlic Uthappam $8.5

    • Cheese Uthappam $8.5

      Mix. veg uthappam topping w/cheese

  • Biryani
    • Vegetable Biryani $8.95

      Aromatic rice prepared with garden fresh vegetable, peas, cashews and raisins

    • Chicken Biryani $11.95

      A saffron flavored rice dish prepared with tender pieces of chicken, green peas, cashews and raisins

    • Beef Biryani $11.95

      Aromatic rice flavored with cubes of lean beef, broccoli and saffron, garnished with cashews and raisins.

    • Lamb Biryani $13.95

      Aromatic rice flavored with cubes of tender lamb and broccoli, fragrant with saffron and garnished with cashews and raisins

    • Shrimp Biryani $13.95

      Aromatic rice prepared with fresh shrimp and peas and garnished with cashews and raisins.

  • Special Indian Bread
    • Roti Or Chappati $1.45

      Fat-free whole wheat breads

    • Poori $1.95

      1 deep-fried unleavened puffy breads

    • Paratha $2.45

      1-flaky griddle bread

    • Aloo Paratha $2.95

      1-flaky griddle bread stuffed with seasoned mashed potato

    • Gobi Paratha $2.95

      1-flaky griddle bread stuffed with cauli flower

  • House Special
    • Mini Tiffin $9.95

      Idly, vada, masala dosa or uthappam, tea or coffee

    • Poori & Potato Masala $4.5

      A whole wheat bread served w/potato masala & pickle

    • Thali $9.95

      Dal, 2 vegetable curries, sambar, rasam, pickle, raitha, desert, rice,papadam

  • Vegetable Specialties
    Served with basmati rice, choose your own level of spices; mild, medium, hot or x-hot
    • Aloo Gobi $8.95

      Potatos & cauliflower cooked with spices

    • Aloo Palak $8.95

      Potatos &spinach cooked with spices

    • Mattar Panner $9.95

      Peas cooked with cottage cheese & spices

    • Palak Panner $9.95

      Spinach cooked with cottage cheese & spices

    • Channa Masala $8.95

      Chick peas cooked with spices

    • Channa Saag $8.95

      Chick peas & spinch cooked with spices

    • Baingan Bhartha $8.95

      Roasted eggplant cooked with onion garlic & spices

    • Vegetable Vindaloo $8.95

      Assorted vegetable cooked with tomoto based sauce flavored with tomoto based sauce flavored with vinegar

    • Bhindi Masala $8.95

      Okra cooked in tomoto and onion sauce & spices

    • Dal Makhani $7.95

      Mixed lentils cooked on low frame and spices flavored with heavy cream.

    • Dal Tadka $7.95

      Yellow dal cooked on low flame with onion, garlic& spices

    • Panner Makhani $9.95

      Cubes of cheese cooked with sauce and flavored with heavy creamy panner cooked with rich & creamy sauce

  • Meat Specialties
    Served with rice
    • Butter Chicken $9.95

      Boneless roasted chicken thigh meat specially cooked with butter, sweet tomato sauce and garnished with cashews and raisins. In butter sauce

    • Chicken Curry $9.95

      Boneless chicken, skinless chicken breast cooked in our flavorful curry sauce.

    • Chicken Vindaloo $9.95

      Boneless, skinless chicken breast sauteed in a tomato-based hot sauce

    • Chicken Tikka Saagwala $8.95

      Tender pieces of chicken cooked with fresh spinach and delicate blend of spices

    • Chicken Mushroom $9.95

      Boneless chicken prepared with garden fresh mushrooms in cream and tomato sauce

    • Lamb Or Goat Vindaloo $11.95

      Lamb, goat and potatoes sautéed with a spicy, tangy sauce.

    • Lamb, Goat Palak $11.95

      Lamb, goat and spinach prepared with light curried sauce.

    • Lamb Or Goat Curry $11.95

      Lamb goat cooked in a mild curry sauce

    • Beef Curry $9.95

      Lean beef cubes cooked in an aromatic curry sauce

    • Beef Vindaloo $10.95

      Beef and potatoes sautéed with a spicy, tangy sauce.

    • Beef Mushroom $10.95

      Lean beef prepared with garden-fresh mushroom in a creamy and tomato sauce

    • Shrimp Or Fish Makhani $13.95

      Fresh shrimp or fish cooked in fresh tomato sauce with light cream garnished with cashews and raisins.

    • Shrimp Or Fish Masala $13.95

      Jumbo shrimp or fish prepared with fresh tomatoes, ginger, onions and bell peppers with rich sauce

    • Shrimp Or Fish Vindaloo $13.95

      Shrimp or fish and potatoes sautéed with spicy, tangy sauce

    • Shrimp Saag $13.95

      Shrimp prepared with seasoned spinach

  • Rice Specialties
    • Tamarind Rice $6.95

      South indian rice cooked with tamarind & spices.

    • Lemon Rice $6.95

      Rice cooked with lemon juice & mild spices

    • Tomato Rice $6.95

      Special rice cooked with tomato & spices.

    • Coconut Rice $6.95

      Rice cooked with coconut & nuts

    • Vengi Bath $6.95

      Rice cooked with eggplant & spices

    • Bishibelabath $6.95

      Rice cooked with lentil, fresh vegetables & spices

    • Yogurt Rice $6.95

      Rice cooked with yogurt.

  • Accompaniments, Sides
    • Papadam $1.25

      Crispy lentil wafers

    • Basmati Rice $1.95

    • Mango Chutney $1.25

      Sweet-spicy mango relish

    • Pickle $1.25

    • Raitha $2.25

      Homemade yogurt with cucumbers and tomatoes

    • Dahi (Yogurt) $1.95

      Plain homemade yogurt

  • Dessert
    • Ice Cream $2.95

      Mango or vanilla

    • Kheer $2.95

      Rice Pudding

    • Gulab Jamun $3.5

      Milk balls deep fried with warm sugar syrup

    • Rasamalai $3.5

      Cottage cheese in rose flavored milk

    • Carrot Halwa $2.95

      Shredded carrot cooked in sugar & butter

    • Kulfi $2.95

      Indian ice cream made of sweet milk

  • Beverages
    • Soda $1.45

      Coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger, club soda. water bottle

    • Lassi $2.95

      Choice of sweet, mango or salty

    • Shake $3.95

      Mango shake, vanilla shake, lychee shake

    • Butter Milk $2.95

      Yogurt shake with salt & spices

    • Juice $2.95

      Choice of mango, cran berry, orange

    • Faluda $3.95

      Indian style ice cream with milk rose syrup, sev and basil seeds

    • Tea $1.45

      Choice of ginger, mint, green

    • Masala Chai $1.95

      Spiced Indian tea with milk

    • Chennai Coffee $1.95

      Indian coffee with milk

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