Cafe Spice Namaste in Aldgate Menu

 Bites

• Papad (V) £1.00
• Masala Papad (V) £2.00
  • Topped with onion salad & sprinkled with our masala mix.
• Mr Todiwala's Chutney & Pickles (V) £1.00
• Mr Todiwala's Goan Spiced Nuts (VE) (Medium) £3.00
  • Spiced peanuts with a goan zing.

 Small Plates

• Dahi Sev Chana Poori (V) £6.00
  • Crisp puffed poories filled with crushed potato and chickpeas, topped with spice yoghurt, fresh green chutney, tamarind & date sauce and sprinkled with chickpea vermicelli.
• Beetroot & Coconut Samosa (V) £6.00
  • A South Indian style filling of diced beetroot blended with dice potato, tossed with freshly grated coconut and sizzled with mustard seeds, curry leaves, cumin and chilli.
• Badal Jaam (V) £7.00
  • Sliced grilled aubergine lightly spiced, topped with a tomato sauce, drizzled with spiced yoghurt and dusted with ground cinnamon.
• Paneer Tikka (V) £8.00
  • Cubes of Indian whey cheese marinated in tandoori masala and chargrilled.
• Goosnargh Duck Sausage £9.00
  • Prepared using our special spice blend, chargrilled and served on a bed of keralan potato mash.
• Salmon Cafreal (Medium) £11.00
  • Organic wester ross salmon marinated in green masala and chargrilled.
• Butter Chicken £12.00
  • Chargrilled chicken tikka simmered in a rich tomato & cashew nut sauce.
• Chicken Kolhapuri (Fiery Hot) £12.00
  • Fiery hot chicken in a sauce made with shallots, tomato & pureed white poppy seeds, coconut & sesame seeds.
• Chicken Tikka £9.00
  • Cubes of chicken marinated in traditional tandoori masala and chargrilled.
• Chicken Peri-Peri (Fiery Hot) £9.00
  • Rolled boned chicken thigh marinated in hot goan piri-piri masala and chargrilled.
• Venison Tikka £12.00
  • Sliced haunch of venison flavoured with star anise, fennel & aniseed, skewered and chargrilled.
• Bucculeuch Beef Tikka (Fiery Hot) £12.00
  • Fillet of aged Scotch beef tikka marinated in a crushed red chilli and black pepper, chargrilled to medium rare.
• Duck Tikka Malabar £11.00
  • Barbary duck, marinated in tandoori masala and chargrilled, served on a bed of malabari style coconut curry.
• King Scallop Patia (Medium) £12.00
  • Isle of mull hand dived king scallop tossed with parsee style patia masala. Patia is a traditional preparation with onions, tomatoes, spices, malted cane vinegar, tamarind and raw cane sugar. Reasonably hot sweet and sour.
• Prawn Peri-Peri (Fiery Hot) £10.00
  • Pickled prawns in traditional hot goan style piri-piri masala pureed in palm vinegar. Served with chapatti this is a hot pickled prawn preparation.

 Goan Style Pork Vindalho (Hot) >> Belly and shoulder of organic British lop cooked in that most popular of terms in the Uk, vindaloo. Vindalho or ‘VINYUSH De

• Alyoosh’, would be its traditional Portuguese / goan name and it would always be classically cooked with pork only. A goan vindalho is not the mind blowing hot gravy as it has sadly been branded in the UK, but a rich hot maybe slightly sweet and sour gravy, which is an ideal companion of pork, served with a steamed rice. £12.00
• Beef Xacutti (Hot) £12.00
  • Pronounced "tsakutti" or "shakutti" if you wish to. This is one of the greatest curries of the world and definitely the most exotic and aromatic. Hailing from Goa it takes twenty-one ingredients and three stages of cooking to fulfill its demands on the skill of the chef.

 Starter Sharing Plates

• The Mixed Platter for One £12.00
  • For the individual who wishes to try a small range of starters insted of settling for one. (6pcs)
• The Tandoori Tikka Platter £20.00
  • A piece of chicken, bucculeuch beef, venison, salmon cafreal, duck & goosnargh duck sausage.
• The Vegetarian Sampler (V) (2 Persons) £18.00
  • A sharing platter comprising of 6 different vegetarian items. (12pcs)
• The Cafe Spice Namaste Platter (2 Persons) £23.00
  • Aselection of our personal favourites comprising of 9 different items. (18pcs)
• Lamb Dhaansaak £21.00
  • The efforts that go into making a traditional parsee sunday roast, or “dhaansaak” are enough to deter many chefs! We are delighted therefore to offer you this all time classic lamb dish, prepared in an authentic parsee style. Dhaansaak is composed of two words “dhaan” meaning rice and “saak” meaning the puréed vegetable and lentil combination with lamb. Served with a spiced meat ball, onion salad & caramalised onion rice as it shoud be.

 Goan Prawn Curry & Organic Red Rice (Hot) >> If there is one combination of food in Goa that is eaten daily come hell or high-water, it is the classic Goan coconut curry

• Sauce. Cooked here with sustainable sourced red sea king prawns – a crumbled dried shrimp and onion salad, which must be sprinkled over the curry and rice for an even more sumptuous meal. £21.00
• Tandoori Paneer Pineapple & Mushroom Shaslik £20.00
  • A combination of the above, chargrilled and served with steamed rice & curry sauce.
• Grilled Halibut on Red Chilli & Garlic Risotto (Medium) £21.00
  • Sustainably & organically farmed halibut lightly spiced and chargrilled. Served with our red chilli & garlic risotto with a side of spicy goan coconut curry.
• Lamb Shank Bhuna (Medium) £22.00
  • Slow cooked braised shank of lamb in a typical North Indian sauce with roasted spices, caramelised onions and tomato.
• The Vegetarian Thali (V) £24.00
  • A vegetarian meal in itself, this is a platter comprised of three vegetable preparations, plus lentils, rice, roti, raita, a street food snack & papad.
• The Non-Vegetarian Thali £27.00
  • A complete main course. This platter consists of one meat, one chicken, one prawn dish, one vegetable, plus lentils, steamed rice, naan, raita, a snack, onion salad and papad.

 Vegetarian & Vegan

• Tadka Daal (VE) £7.00
  • Yellow, pink lentils & split moong cooked and sizzled with chopped garlic & cumin.
• Okra with Tomato, Pepper & Onion (VE) £8.00
  • Diced okra tossed with chopped tomato, pepper & onion.
• Smoked Aubergine Bharta (VE) (Medium) £8.00
  • Pulped smoked aubergine cooked with shallots & tomato.
• Khozambu (Hot) £8.00
  • Split pea and spinach fritter on goan coconut curry.
• English Heritage Potato Bhajee (VE) £7.00
  • A seasonal change of heritage potato varitites simply cooked.
• Spinach with Paneer & Mushroom £8.00
  • Partly pureed & partly chopped spinach cooked with diced mushrooms, green peas and whey cheese.
• Vegetable Kofta Makhani £8.00
  • Vegetable croquette filled with whey cheese, simmered in tomato & cashew nut sauce.

 Rice & Breads

• Organic Red Rice £5.00
• Cucumber Raita £4.00
• Roti (VE) £4.00
• Steamed Rice (VE) £4.00
• Saffron Rice (VE) £5.00
• Mushroom Rice £5.00
• Caramelised Onion Rice £5.00
• Chapati (VE) (2 Per Portion) £4.00
• Plain Naan £4.00
• Coconut, Almond & Raisin Naan £5.00
• Garlic Naan £5.00
• Cheese Naan £5.00
• Cheese, Chilli & Garlic Naan (Hot) £5.00

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