Chettinad Restaurant in Leicester Menu

 Pre Meal Snack

• Pappadam £2.29
  • Plain, flat, thin, crispy snacks made from black gram lentils and rice and served with homemade chutneys.
• Mix Snack £4.69
  • Best when it is accompanied with your drinks. Pappadam – Plain thin crispy snacks. Banana Chips; Banana slices seasoned with delicate spices and deep fried. Muruku; Crunchy sticks made from roasted rice flour lentils and chettinad spices. Mini Masala Snacks; Thin crispy masala snacks.

 Starters

• Aadu chukka (Lamb) £5.79
  • A famous spicy dish from Chettinad, where lamb cubes are cooked with red onions, black pepper, ginger and green chillies to give a spicy touch.
• Poricha Kolli (Chicken) £5.49
  • Commonly known as “Chicken 65” is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish originating from Chennai, India, as an entree, or quick snack. The flavour of the dish comes from ginger, garlic, red chillies and fresh squeezed lemon juice.
• Kolli Melagu Varuval (Chicken) £5.49
  • Dry boneless Chicken cooked with mix capsicum, red onions, black pepper and green chillies and tossed with South Indian spices and served with salad.
• Poricha Meen (Fish) £5.99
  • King fish shallow fried with ground spice marinade, served with chutney and salad.
• Eral Poriyal (Prawn) £6.29
  • Fresh tiger prawns marinated in refreshing South Indian spices and fried in traditional Chettinad style.
• Chilli Eral (Prawn) £6.29
  • Fresh tiger prawns marinated in refreshing spices and cooked with South Indian chilli sauce.
• Kanava Poriyal £5.99
  • Tasty and crispy batter fried squid, seafood delicacy from our gods own country. Squid seasoned with a number of tangy spices.
• Katal Platter (Mix Seafood platter) £6.99
  • Lovely sea food combination in a platter include poricha meen, kanava poriyal and chilly prawn. Most traditional evenings get together snack at beaches.
• Chettinad Platter £11.99
  • A mouth-watering traditional chettinad platter consist of Aadu chukka (lamb), poritha meen (fish), eral poriyal (prawn) and poricha kolli, served with chettinad special onion carrot chutney and chilli sauce.

 Vegetarian Starters

• Ulundu Vadai £3.99
  • Delicious golden fried lentil doughnuts, fluffy in the middle and crispy on the outside. Served with sambar and chutney.
• Vegetable Samosa £3.99
  • Golden fried triangle pastry, stuffed with potatoes, carrot, onion and peas.
• Gobi 65 £4.39
  • Gobi 65 cooked in Chettinad style is truly tempting and enticing. Blanched Cauliflower florets nicely coated with a spiced batter and deep fried to give that crunchiness.
• Kuchi Kilangu Bonda (Potato) £4.29
  • Potato Bonda is a traditional healthy south Indian style bonda recipe made from potato. The potato is cooked and mashed and made into small balls and dipped in besan batter and deep fried served with coconut chutney.
• Bhel Puri £4.29
  • An assortment of crushed crispy pastry, seasoned potatoes, nuts and puffed rice coated in a sweet and sour tamarind chutney.
• Chettinad Chilli Paneer £5.99
  • Fresh Indian cottage cheese cooked with red onions, black pepper, ginger and green chillies to give a spicy touch.
• Vegetable Platter £9.99
  • Mix platter of chilli paneer, mini masala dosa, Gobi 65 & Ulundu Vadai, also served with salad, dippings and Sambar.
• Plain Dosa (V) £4.79
  • A Paper thin golden rice and lentil pancake cooked with clarified butter (Ghee).
• Masala Dosa (V) £5.99
  • This is the most famous South Indian Brahmin dish, which is eaten any time during the day. A paper thin rice and lentil pancake rolled with fillings of potatoes cooked with onion, ginger and chillies.
• Mysore Masala Dosa (V) £6.99
  • One of the better has known Dosa from Mysore town in South India. A rice and lentil pancake thinly spread with tangy, spice red chutney and melted butter filled with a mixture of potato and onion.
• Onion Rava Masala Dosa (V) £8.99
  • A large lacy, crispy pancake made of semolina and rice flour batter mixed with ginger, green chillies and cumin seed. Served with sambar, coconut chutney and potato masala.
• Paneer Dosa (V) £7.79
  • Rice and lentil pancake filled with cottage cheese, capsicum, carrot, peas, green chillies, ginger and onions.
• Kolli Dosa (Chicken) £8.99
  • Chettinad style rice and lentil pancake filled with traditional filling of chicken and seasoned potatoes.
• Aadu Dosa (Lamb) £9.99
  • Chettinad style rice and lentil crispy pancake filled with traditional filling of Lamb and seasoned potatoes.
• Eral Dosa (Prawn) £10.99
  • Chettinad style rice and lentil crispy pancake filled with traditional filling of Prawn and seasoned potatoes.

 Soup

• Aadu Elumbu Soup (Served with Papad) £4.29
  • Extract of coastal spices with lamb bone cooked with ginger, onion, green chillies, black pepper and served with lamb bone.
• Rasam (V) £3.29
  • Chettinad village style soup, flavoured with tomato, tamarind, garlic, coriander and black pepper.

 Main Dish

• Chettinadu Kolli (Chicken) £7.99
  • In Chettinadu village, it is known for using authentic spice ingredients to make Chettinadu masala curries. Our Head chef Mariyappan has used 23 different spice ingredients to cook this authentic curry. It would be only fair to say that this is the favourite dish in Chettinadu. Makes an unbeatable combination with tomato rice and poori.
• Melagu Kolli (Chicken) £7.99
  • Black peppers are native to India and are extensively cultivated there for both its flavours and medicine. At Chettinad, cubes of chicken is cooked with black pepper and south Indian spices.
• Thengai Kolli Kullambu (Mild Chicken) £7.99
  • This is a delicious recipe taken from head chef Mariyappan’s grandmother. Mildly spiced chicken cooked in freshly grated ground coconut sauce, ginger, garlic and tempered with aromatic curry leaves. Tastes great with a combination of lemon rice and paratha.
• Chettinadu Aadu (Lamb) £9.79
  • A weekend favourite in Karaikudi, a village town of Chettinadu and Pioneers of using authentic spices to make Chettinadu masala curries. Our head chef Mariyappan used 23 different spice ingredients to cook this authentic curry. A wedding would be unimaginable without this lamb dish, cooked in traditional Chettinadu masala.
• Lamb Madras £9.59
  • Lamb madras is said to originate from South of India and gets its name from the city of madras now known as chennai, when English merchants arrived there in 1640. At Chettinad, boneless lamb cubes cooked in rich Chettinad spicy gravy and onions.
• Thengai Aadu Kullambu (Mild Lamb) £9.79
  • This is a delicious recipe taken from head chef Mariyappan’s grandmother. Mildly spiced lamb cooked in freshly grated ground coconut sauce, ginger, garlic and tempered with aromatic curry leaves. Tastes great with a combination of lemon rice and paratha.
• Meen Pollichathu (Fish) £14.49
  • A special fish delicacy from kerala, fish covered with special homemade spices & masala wrapped with banana leaves & panfried (Served with lemon rice and side of potato bhaji).
• Eral Curry (Prawns) £10.49
  • Prawns is one of the most tempting coastal seafood dish across South India. At Chettinad, tiger prawn is cooked in freshly grated coconut with South Indian spices and tastes heavenly with tomato rice.
• Meen Kullambu (Fish) £9.99
  • This is a specialty dish of South Indian Christians. King fish is simmered in a traditional “kullambu”, a tangy sauce of tomato and tamarind with a tinge of coconut milk.
• Kannava Curry (Squid) £9.79
  • This unusual curry is made by fisherman after a long fishing trips. Squid is simmered with tangy tomato and tamarind rich gravy sauce and finally sauteed with curry leaves, mustard and fennel seeds.
• Mix Seafood Curry £11.49
  • An inspiration dish from the neighboring state of Kerala where king fish, squid and prawns dipped in coconut flavoured sauce and cooked with South Indian roasted spices. Perfect combination with coconut rice.

 Thalies

• Chettinad Thali £18.99
  • Starting with pappadam and soup, followed by a main course of Kolli Melagu Varuval (Chicken), Chettinad Kolli (Chicken), Thengai Aadu Kullambu (Lamb), two vegetable curry, raitha, rice, bread and dessert.
• Vegetable Thali £15.99
  • Starting with pappadam and rasam soup, followed by a main course of mutter paneer, Curry of the Day, kathrika kara kullambu (aubergine), Channa Masala, Keerai Paripu (Dal and spinach), sambar, raitha, rice, bread and dessert.

 Vegetable Main Dish

• Kathrika Kara Kullambu £6.79
  • Aubergine sautéed and cooked with authentic south Indian spices. This is a famous Tamilian staple curry made to serve along white rice. It’s tangy and thick in texture.
• Channa Masala £6.29
  • Tender chick peas simmered in a light tomato masala sauce.
• Keerai Parripu £6.29
  • Fresh spinach and toor dal cooked in a garlic sauce, tomatoes and green chillies and, flavoured with curry leaves.
• Vegetable Kurma £6.79
  • Fresh mix vegetables cooked in a creamy sauce of roasted nuts and coconut.
• Muttor Paneer £7.29
  • Creamy tomato sauce simmered with light spices and studded with home- made cottage cheese, cashew nuts and peas.
• Keerai Kilangu Curry (Aloo Palak in South Indian Style) £6.79
  • This is our Master chef signature dish, spinach and potato tempered with garlic, onion and spices.

 Side Dish

• Mix Raitha £2.99
  • Homemade yogurt mix with cucumber and carrot.
• Payaru Thoran £4.49
  • Beans cooked with coconut, turmeric, onion and dash of chilli.
• Chettinad Special Salad £4.49
  • Vegetable salad made with green mango, carrots, mixed leaves, tomato, black pepper and dash of lemon juice.
• Kilangu Poriyal £4.49
  • Potatoes cooked with delicate South Indian spices.

 Biriyani Dish

• Aadu Biriyani £9.99
  • Chicken or Lamb cubes and basmati rice cooked with traditional Chettinad spices.
• Kolli Biriyani £9.99
  • Chicken or Lamb cubes and basmati rice cooked with traditional Chettinad spices.
• Eral Biriyani (Prawn) £11.99
  • Prawn and basmati rice cooked with traditional Chettinad spices.
• Vegetable Biriyani £9.49
  • Basmatghi rice and mixed vegetable cooked together with South Indian spice served veg korma, raitha, pappad and pickle.

 Rice Dish

• Mushroom Rice £3.99
  • Basmathi rice mixed with tossed mushroom, dried red chilli, curry leaves, garlic and mustard.
• Coconut Rice £3.49
  • Basmati rice mixed with fresh coconut, black lentils and curry leaves.
• Lemon Rice £3.49
  • A tangy, fresh tasting rice cooked with lemon juice, fresh curry leaves, Lentils and mustard seeds.
• Tomato Rice £3.49
  • Steam rice mixed with South Indian tomato masala sauce.
• Pulao Rice £3.69
  • Flavoured with cardamom, cloves cinnamon, cumin and garnished with crisped brown onions.
• Plain Rice £2.79
  • Steamed plain white basmati rice.

 Breads

• Chapati (2 Pieces) £2.29
  • 2 pieces of regular Indian bread made of finely milled whole wheat flour.
• Poori (2 Pieces) £2.99
  • Fluffy fried flat breads made from wheat flour.
• Kallappam (2 Pieces) £2.99
  • Soft thick pancake, made of yeast fermented rice flour batter, fresh coconut and cuminseeds.
• Paratha (2 Pieces) £2.99
  • Flaky bread made with white flour.

146C London Road, Leicester LE2 1ED, England

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