Gandhi Tandoori Restaurant in Portsmouth Menu

 Speciality Biryani Cuisine

• Ambur Lamb Biryani £9.95
  • This version of the biryani sees the meat being soaked in curd and flavoured with coriander and mint, and then added to the cooked seeraga samba rice, along with other spices. This is one dish that is often accompanied by a brinjal curry.
• Chettinad Chicken Biryani £9.95
  • Intensely spicy chettinad cuisine has been the reflection of the chettinad region of Tamil Nadu where the mercantile community of chettiars live. This fiery chettinad biryani is prepared with locally available ponni rice or with zeera samba rice. The fresh ground spices, coconut milk and country chicken impart a rustic yet robust flavour to this biryani.
• Bombay Biryani £9.95
  • It is composed of chicken, lamb and spiced potatoes, kewra water (screw pine) and dried plums and has a distinctive sweet, tangy and aromatic flavour.
• Tehari Biryani £8.95
  • Tehari biryanis is served with vegetables and poneer. Legend has it that this biryani was created for the vegetarian hindu book-keepers at the mughal court, and since the, it has become one of the popular dishes among vegetarians across the north Indian region and consists of potatoes, carrots, several veggies and an array of spices.
• Tandoori Chicken Tikka Biryani £9.95
  • Spring chicken marinated in tandoori sauce, barbecued over flaming charcoal, then mixed and fried with basmati rice.
• Thalassery King Prawn Biryani £13.95
  • Hailing from the Malabar region, the thalassery biryani makes use of an indigenous variety of rice - khyma or jeeraiasaoa - instead of the basmati rice that is used traditionally. They also use Malabar spices king prawns, fried onions, fennel seeds, sauteed cashews and spinach. The rice is cooked separately from the prawns and mixed together only at the time of serving.

 A La Carte Starters

• Chutney Tray & 4 Papadams £3.80
• Tandoori Murgh £3.95
  • Among most famous Indian foods, tandoori chicken is loved by people in the world over. Barbecued chicken cooked in a clay oven.
• Lamb Sula £4.95
  • Tenderised lamb marinated in yoghurt, brown onion paste, ginger.
• Chilli Paneer Salad £3.95
  • Indian cottage cheese in a spicy sesame salad.
• Punjabi Samosa £3.95
  • Veg or chicken. Stuffed triangular shaped pastry deep fried.
• Spicy Shish Kebabs £3.95
  • From the tandoori, minced lamb, mixed with herbs.
• Kebab Platter £4.95
  • An assortment of kebabs - chicken tikka, lamb tikka, sheek kebab and broccoli.
• Onion Bhajee £3.95
  • Spicy fried onion balls.
• King Prawn Butterfly £5.95
  • Large king prawn lightly spiced, deep fried in butter with bread crumbs.
• King Prawn Puri £5.95
  • Ginger, garlic cumin and blended spices. Served on hot fluffy wheat puri bread.

 Vegetable Dishes

• Sag Paneer (V) £3.95
  • Fresh spinach with Indian cottage cheese, flavoured with fenugreek leaves and coriander leaves.
• Bhagare Began (V) £3.95
  • Baby aubergine sautéed in mustard oil with spices. A delicacy from bihar state.
• Palak Nadir (V) £3.95
  • Spinach with chick peas cooked light spiced. From the kashmir valley.
• Bhinda Bhujia (V) £3.95
  • Okra tossed with onions, garlic, cumin, spices and coriander leaves, dry red chilies.
• Punjabi Chole (V) £3.95
  • Chick peas in spicy tangy sauce, garnished with kashmiri red chillies and coriander leaves. Popular dish from punjab state.
• Mushroom Muttar Masala £3.95
  • Button mushrooms and garden fresh green peas.
• Gobi Aloo Masala £3.95
  • Cauliflower and potatoes.
• Tarka Dhall (V) £3.95
• Bombay Potato (V) £3.95
  • Cubed potato cooked with onion and ground spice.
• Sag Aloo (V) £3.95
  • Spinach and potato cooked with onion and freshly ground spices.

 Indian Breads

• Nan (V) £1.95
  • Leaven bread cooked in charcoal oven.
• Chef’s Massala Naan (V) £2.95
  • Prepared with chefs spices and fresh garlic.
• Spicy Keema Nan £2.95
  • Stuffed with spicy minced lamb, light spices.
• Cheese and Coriander Nan (V) £2.95
  • Baked with grated cheddar and coriander.
• Garlic Nan (V) £2.95
  • Baked with freshly chopped garlic.
• Vegetable Stuffed Paratha (V) £2.95
  • Cooked with seasonal vegetables and potato.
• Cheese and Chilli Naan £2.95
  • Baked with grated cheddar of green chillies.
• Peshwari Nan (V) £2.95
  • Prepared with oriental nuts, sultanas and coconuts.
• Kulcha Nan (V) £2.95
  • Baked with freshly sliced onion, coriander and green chillie.

 Traditional Curry Dishes

• Tikka Massala £7.95
  • Britain’s favourite curry, masala sauce enriched with ground almond and fresh cream.
• Curry £6.95
  • Medium, cooked in a traditional curry sauce.
• Madras £6.95
  • Cooked with fairly hot spices.
• Vindaloo £6.95
  • Very hot spicy curry with potato.
• Patia £6.95
  • Moist medium spicy curry with cherry tomatoes.
• Razala (N) £6.95
  • Your preferred choice cooked in a rich sauce of coconut cream, butter, garlic and aromatic sauces.
• Kashmiri £6.95
  • Medium with fruits - lychee, pineapple.
• Dhansak £6.95
  • Fairly hot, sweet and sour with red lentils.
• Malai Sagwala £6.95
  • A popular dish with spinach and fresh cream.
• Bhuna £6.95
  • Cooked in spicy curry sauce and cream - mild flavour.

 Sundries

• Saffron Rice (Pilao) (V) £2.95
  • Flavoured basmati rice sprinkled with saffron.
• House Special Rice £2.95
  • Chefs special spices and spinach cooked punjab style.
• Mushroom Fried Rice (V) £2.95
  • Basmati fried rice with mushrooms.
• Special Fried Rice £2.95
  • Basmati fried rice with mixed vegetables and egg.
• Nawabi Rice (Hot) £2.95
  • Spiced rice cooked with flaked dry chillies .
• Rice Piaza £2.95
  • Lightly spiced onion fried rice.
• Lemon and Chilli Rice £2.95
  • Cooked with strong spice Bengal style .
• Tisrya Rice (Hot) £2.95
  • A traditional goan dish cooked with onions, tomato, green and kashmiri red chillies.
• Steamed Rice £1.95

 Tandoori Cuisine

• Adraki Lamb Chop Sizzler £9.95
  • Barbecued lamb chops cooked with feresh ginger, tamarind, green chilli and spring onions.
• Tandoori Sea Bass £14.95
  • Sea bass fillets marinated with light aromatic tandoori spices. Served with salad.
• Tandoori King Prawn Sizzler £13.95
  • King prawns marinated with a touch of herbs and spices cooked on skewers over charcoal. Served with salad.
• Tandoori Mixed Grill £12.95
  • Tandoori chicken, sheekh kebab, king prawn, tandoori lamb. Served with salad.
• Tandoori Hariyyali Paneer Ratan £9.95
  • Chunks of Indian curd cheese, mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes, and onions on a skewer, cooked in the tandoor.
• Tandoori Chicken £9.95
  • Half a spring chicken marinated in tandoori sauce with delicate herbs and spices, barbecued over flaming charcoal on skewers, served with salad.
• Tikka Sizzler £9.95
  • Chicken or lamb.
• Shashlic Kebab £10.95
  • Marinated chicken or lamb on skewers with spicy green peppers, tomatoes and onions served sizzling hot.

 Gandhi Specialities and Chef’s Recommendations

• Chef’s Special Curry £7.95
  • An exceptional chicken or lamb curry unique to Gandhi restaurant. Our chef’s special sauce is hot, seet, sour and spicy. Spicy curry cooked in delicate hiralian spices absolutely beautiful curry. A firm favourite with many regular customers.
• Dhaaba £7.95
  • Roadside famous dish with travelling drivers. A very spicy, but not hot lamb curry with thick sauce, absolutely beautiful.
• Royal Jairpuri Beef £7.95
  • Hampshire beef blended with garlic cloves, kashmiri red chillies and garnished with coriander leaves. A royal delicacy. Fairly hot.
• Chettinad £7.95
  • Classic recipe from tamilnade in south India. Cooked with grated coconut, garlic, red pepper and kashmiri red chillies and mango.
• Badami Malai £7.95
  • This Gandhi special cuisine is an imposing majestic mix of almonds and peanuts, the creaminess of the malai fresh cream adds to the unique taste to the palate.
• Paneer Butter Massalla £7.95
  • Paneer massalla is an Indian dish of marinated indican cottage cheese, served in spicy gravy. It is the most popular Indian cuisine worldwide and a superb vegetarian authentic north Indian main course.
• Himlayan Lemon & Honey Ginger £7.95
  • Premium chicken or lamb in a blissful flavoursome curry sauce. This blissful zingy curry is especially flavoursome. Supremely fresh cuisine. Sticky and yet the tangy hlemon and ginger all compliment each other perfectly. Mind blowing.
• Peshawari £7.95
  • A goan speciality marinated in mango pulp and cooked in white creamy onion and cashew nut sauce.
• Kaju Korma £7.95
  • Tender lamb or chicken delicately cooked with ground almond, raisins, cashew nuts and saffron. Very mild, especially for you if you do not like spices.
• Makhonwala (Butter) £7.95
  • Premium chicken or lamb cooked in a creamy cashewnut and almond sauce, flavoured with chef’s special spices, finished with organic honey.
• King Prawn X’cutti £12.95
  • An exceptional king prawns curry, unique to Gandhi. Our chef’s special sauce is hot, sweet, sour and spicy. A firm favourite with many regular customers..
• Goan King Prawn £12.95
  • Speciality king prawn curry cooked with chefs secret spices, freshly chopped garlic, hot chillies, an absolute delight, must have.
• Goan Sea Bass Curry £13.95
  • Sea bass fillets cooked in medium sauce, garlic, green chillies, turmeric and lime leaves, garnished with coriande.
• Zalfrizi £7.95
  • Premium chicken or lamb cooked with onion and green peppers using chat masala, black pepper, pomegranate seeds, cumin, mint, ginger and asafoetida.

139-141 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO27EB ,

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