Plain pappadams served with homemade chutney tray.
Starters
Onion Bhajee (V)(G) £4.25
Bengal gram flour, onion, ginger, green chilli and curry leaf made into dough and then fried. Served with mint chutney.
Parippu Vada (V) £4.25
Crispy fried Bengal gram dumpling flavoured with ginger, shallots and garam masala. Served with homemade coconut chutney.
Mirchi Paneer (V) £5.75
Cottage cheese tossed with onion, tomato, green pepper and aromatic Indian spices.
Paneer Tikka (V) £6.25
Indian cottage cheese marinated in special tandoori masala and cooked in clay oven. Served with mint chutney.
Cauliflower Chilli Fry (V)(G) £4.75
Crispy fried cauliflowers tossed with green chili and curry leaves.
Aloo Bonda (V) £4.25
Mashed potato tempered with chopped onion, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and deep fried.
Panir Samosa (V)(G) £4.25
Pastry turnovers stuffed with seasoned ground cottage cheese.
Lamb Samosa (G) £4.25
Pastry turnovers stuffed with seasoned ground lamb.
Prawn Poori (G) £6.95
Prawns cooked with onion tomato masala and placed in deep fried, puffed wheat flour bread. Garnished with chopped onion and coriander leaves.
Chemmen Varuthathu (G) £7.25
Prawns marinated in a special Kerala Spices and deep fried.
Grilled Sea Scallop £7.75
Scallop grilled with onion, ginger, garlic and pepper.
Kanava Fry (G) £6.25
Squid rings marinated in black pepper, lime juice and batter fried.
Kallummakai Varattiyathu (G) £6.95
Half shell mussels sautéed with ginger-garlic and spices. A spicy dish and very common in Northern Kerala (Malabar). It can be served as an appetizer or a side dish with rice.
Chicken 65 (G) £5.95
Boneless pieces of chicken marinated in homemade masala and deep fried.
Chicken Tikka Trio £7.50
Combination of three tikkas made with chicken breast pieces double marinated in tandoori masala (yogurt and spices), malai (cream and cheese), and hariyali (mint and coriander).
Aattirachi Varattiyathu (G) £7.25
Deep fried boneless pieces of lamb sautéed with crushed ginger, garlic and shallots.
Lamb Chop Adhiraki £7.50
Lamb chops marinated in ginger, garlic, yogurt, chilly and cumin and cooked in tandoori. Served with green chutney.
Sheekh Kebab £8.00
Ground lamb along with ginger, garlic and spices shaped onto skewers and grilled.
Soups
Sea Food Soup £6.00
Be refreshed by the Arabian Sea combination of sea food specials.
Cheeraila Soup (V) £3.50
This soup is made of spinach, garlic, ginger, shallots, curry leaves and black Pepper.
Rasam (V) £3.50
Hot and sour soup with lentils and tomato.
Vegetarian Specials
Cheera Parippu Thalichathu £5.50
Lentils and spinach cooked with garlic and shallots. Tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Aloo Gobi £5.50
Potato and cauliflower cooked with onion and tomato sauce.
Avial £5.95
Mixed fresh vegetables cooked with garlic, green chilli, shallots and coconut. Tempered with fresh curry leaves.
Bhindi Masala £5.95
Okra cooked with onion and tomato masala.
Khumb Mutter Palak £5.95
Mushroom and green peas cooked with spinach, garlic and butter.
Paneer Butter Masala (N) £6.50
Indian cottage cheese cooked with rich tomato sauce and butter.
Chana Masala £5.25
Curried chickpeas with tomatoes, onions, spice mixed, fresh ginger & herbs.
Mango Pachadi £5.95
Ripe mangoes cooked with coconut and yogurt topped with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
Pacha Curry Korma (N) £5.25
Fresh vegetables cooked with cashew and coconut sauce.
Bombay Aloo £4.50
Baby potato tossed with onion tomato masala with cumin.
Tadka Wali Dhal £4.95
Moong dhal cooked with ginger, garlic and tomato. Tempered with cumin seeds and whole red chillies.
Thoran £5.25
Finely chopped vegetables cooked with grated coconuts. Tempered with shallots and green chillies.
Brinjal Bhajee £5.95
Roasted aubergine cooked with ginger, garlic fresh chillies, tomato and onion.
Poultry Specials
Nadan Kozhi Curry £8.50
Boneless chicken cooked with potato, ginger, garlic and coconut milk. Tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Chicken Tikka Masala (N) £8.50
Boneless pieces of chicken baked using skewers in a clay oven after marinating in spices and yogurt cooked in rich tomato-based sauce with onion, ginger and coriander leaves.
Kerala Kozhi Roast (G) £8.50
Boneless chicken marinated with Kerala spices and tossed in dry masala.
Chicken Jalfrezi £8.50
Boneless chicken cooked in sweet and sour tomato sauce with onion and peppers.
Varutharacha Kozhi Curry £8.50
Boneless chicken cooked in roasted coconut based sauce with ginger, garlic and garam masala.
Kozhi Korma (N) £8.50
Boneless chicken cooked with cashew nuts and coconut paste.
Chicken Vindaloo £8.50
Hot spiced dish, tossed with chicken cubes with garlic, ginger, tomato poori, black pepper and cubes of potato.
Butcher Specials
Erachi Mappas £9.50
A lamb speciality of Central Kerala. Lamb cooked with onion, tomato and coconut milk.
Lamb Roganjosh £9.50
Boneless pieces of lamb cooked in tomato based sauce with yogurt and dried ginger. Flavoured with nutmeg.
Niligiri Lamb Korma £9.50
Lamb cooked with cashew, coriander and coconut paste.
Lamb Madras £9.50
Lamb tossed in onion, ginger, chillies, garlic and authentic Indian spices.
Beef Ularthiyathu £9.50
Boneless cubes of beef cooked in turmeric water, and then stir fried in open kadai, with an abundance of black pepper, curry leaves and fresh coconut slivers.
Fish Specials
Kerala Fish Curry £8.50
King fish cooked with coconut and Kerala cocum.
Fish Moilee £8.50
King fish cooked with garlic, green chilli and coconut milk.
Meen Alleppey £8.50
King fish in a moderately spiced gravy of coconut and raw mangoes.
Sea Bass Pollichathu £9.95
Sea bass marinated with local spices, wrapped in banana leaf and grilled.
Shellfish Specials
Kerala Konju Masala £9.95
King prawn cooked in a thick sauce with ginger, onion, green peas, capsicum and fresh curry leaves.
King Prawn Moilee £9.95
King prawn cooked with garlic, green chilli and coconut milk.
King Prawn Ularthiyathu £9.95
King prawns tossed with onion and tomato. It is a dry preparation.
Tandoori Specials
Tandoori Chicken £10.95
Most popular north Indian dish. Half chicken marinated in yogurt, lemon and tandoori spices.
Tandoori Chicken Wing £9.95
Chicken wings are marinated separately in three different special chef spices and cooked in clay oven. Served with mashed potatoes and green salad.
Chicken Shaslik £10.99
Chicken breast marinated separately in our own three different flavours chef special spices and cooked in clay oven with onion, tomatoes and capsicum. Served with mashed potatoes and green salad.
Tandoori Salmon £12.95
Fresh Atlantic salmon fillet marinated in special chef spices and cooked in clay oven. Served with mash potatoes and green salad.
Tandoori Sea Bass £12.95
Fresh whole sea Bass marinated in special chef spices and cooked in clay oven.
King Prawn Tandoori £12.95
King prawn marinated in chef special spices and cooked in clay oven. Served with mash potatoes and green salad.
Chef Special Mix Platter £14.95
Mix flavoured tandoor cooked lamb chop, chicken tikka, salmon, sheekh kebab and king prawn. Served with mash potatoes and green salad.
Kerala Pancakes
Masala Dosa £6.95
Crispy pancake made of rice and lentil flour with slightly spiced potato fillings.
Appam (2pcs.) £3.75
Soft centred lacy pancake with a crispy border, pre- fermented with yeast and coconut milk cooked in special pan.
Egg Appam £3.00
Soft centred lacy pancake with egg.
Rice
Steam Rice £3.00
Steamed plain basmati rice.
Mushroom Mutter Pulao £3.75
Basmati rice cooked with mushroom and green peas.
Lemon Rice £3.50
Basmathi rice cooked with lemon and cashew and tempered with curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Pulao Rice £3.50
Basmathi rice cooked with cardamom, bay leaf & cumin.
Neai Choru £3.50
Rice cooked with cashew nuts, raisins, ghee and fresh curry leaves.
Coconut Rice £3.50
Rice cooked with coconut and tempered with mustard seed.
Nadan Choru £3.50
Kerala brown rice.
Biriyanis
Vegetable Biriyani £6.95
Flavoured rice cooked with mixed vegetables in a delicate blend of herbs and spices.
Chicken Biriyani £8.50
Flavoured rice cooked with chicken in a delicate blend of herbs and spices.
Lamb Biriyani £9.50
Flavoured rice cooked with lamb in a delicate blend of herbs and spices.
Sea Food Pulao £10.50
Flavoured rice cooked with prawn, mussels, squid and king fish in a delicate blend of herbs and spices.
Breads
Chappathi (G) £2.75
Two pieces of round, unleavened flat bread made of wheat flour, cooked in a griddle.
Kerala Paratha (G) £3.00
Soft layered and flaky bread made from plain flour and cooked on a griddle.
Naan (G) £2.25
Poori (G) £2.95
Two pieces of deep fried, puffed wheat flour bread.
Tawa Paratha (G) £2.50
Tandoori Rotti (G) £2.50
Sundry Dishes
Shilpa Special Salad £3.75
Mix of exotic vegetables in a mild chilly grated coconut, served with lime dressing.
Green Salad £2.75
Raita £2.25
A chilled salad of onions, tomato and cucumber blended into cumin flavoured yogurt.
Pickle £1.50
Lemon or mango.
Desserts
Payasam £3.50
Traditional and delicious Kerala pudding. Different types of Payasams served everyday.
Kulfi £2.50
Traditional Indian ice cream from whole milk & cream. Available in Almond, Malai, Mango or pistachio.
Gulab Jamun with Ice Cream £3.50
Condensed milk rolled into balls, deep fried and soaked in sugar syrup and served with ice cream.