Starters
King prawn marinated in white wine and crushed pepper, tossed with ginger and garlic.
Prawn speciality, stir-fried with natural honey, garlic and chillies.
Whitebait marinated with crushed garlic and caraway seeds in a gram flour batter then fried crisp.
Steamed mussels, cooked with Indian herbs, spring onions, garlic and chillies.
Chunks of duck marinated with Indian rum, skewered and roasted to perfection in a tandoor, served with mint sauce.
Succulent cubes of boneless chicken supreme marinated in cheese, fresh spices and cream, charcoal-cooked in a clay oven.
Tender and succulent rolls of minced chicken flavoured with spices and blended with ginger and garlic roasted on hot charcoal embers.
Skewered minced lamb wrapped in fresh aromatic vegetables, and char grilled.
Pan fried crab cakes with a hint of black pepper, ginger and coriander.
Traditional – style Punjabi samosas filled with minced lamb and green-peas and then fried to a golden crispy finish.
Luscious portions of chicken thigh marinated in yogurt, chillies and pickling spices, cooked in a tandoor and served with mint chutney.
Lamb seekh kebab, chicken tikka, salmon tikka, lamb chop.
Traditional Punjabi samosas, stuffed with potato and green peas then fried to a golden crispy finish.
Crispy shallow-fried patties of mashed potatoes stuffed with green peas, topped with tamarind, mint sauce and yoghurt.
Finely shredded potatoes, spinach and onions, spiced with fennel, coriander and ginger, then crisply deep-fried.
Deep-fried patties of lightly spiced spinach, with a tender heart of goat cheese.
Skewered melange of green vegetable cooked on tandoor.
Our very own version of the stuffed potato cooked in charcoal, fondly named by the street vendors in India as a “Pataka”. Whole Potatoes scooped and stuffed with mint, broken cashew-nut and raisin.
Cubes of Indian cottage cheese marinated and cooked in a tandoor with green masala.
A Veer Dhara speciality of cauliflower, stir-fried with natural honey, garlic and chillies.
Aloo tikki, paneer tikka, onion potato bhajiya and vegetable samosa.
Main Course
“Top Gun” dish on Tom Cruise’s dinner at Veer Dhara. Fresh lobster rubbed with lime and turmeric, tossed in peppery onions, with cherry tomatoes and button onions, and tempered with curry leaves and mustard seeds. Served on bed of naan bread.
Queen prawns flavoured with coriander seeds, and cooked in traditional kadai style.
A varied mix of seafood stewed in coconut based gravy, tempered with mustard seeds & curry leaves, finished with shredded ginger, and soured with raw mango.
Char-grilled fish tikka masala curry tempered with curry leaves, and mustard seeds, finished with coconut milk.
Tom Cruise’s personal favourite at Veer Dhara. Chicken tikka cooked with a fenugreek-flavoured onion and creamy tomato sauce.
Diced chicken breast cooked in a rich cashewnut gravy, flavoured with coconut and finished with fresh cream.
Chicken in a thin spicy, flavoured with roasted and ground red chillies, coriander seeds, peppercorns, cumin, coconut and garlic, finished with tamarind pulp.
Chunks of chicken enriched in an onion and tomato gravy cooked in traditional kadai style.
Homemade style chicken on bone cooked slowly with fresh spices.
A traditional Rajasthani speciality of diced baby lamb cooked with dried red chillies and crushed garlic.
A saffron-flavoured mild lamb dish, cooked in a yoghurt, cashewnut and almond paste, and finished with cream.
Lamb shanks cooked in Xacuti masala. This dish originates in Goa, where they like it spicily hot.
Sautéed lamb cooked with spinach and garlic.
Tender Arabian sea king prawns, flavoured with a Lahori style tandoor masala and gently cooked in the traditional clay oven.
Boneless chunks of salmon flavoured with cumin seeds and char-grilled in a clay oven.
Sea Bass stuffed with fish mince marinated in yogurt and chillies, cooked slowly in clay oven.
A half-chicken, on the bone, marinated and cookedin a traditional north Indian style.
Chunks of chicken with Punjabi spices, skewered with pieces of onion and sweet peppers, then cooked in clay oven.
Lamb chops, soaked in a dark rum marinade overnight, spiced with crushed garlic, pounded chillies, cloves, coriander, mustard and yoghurt, cooked over red-hot charcoals.
Char-grilled boneless chunks of lamb marinated overnight in spicy yoghurt, and cooked to perfection in clay oven.
Assortment of king prawn gulmohar, salmon tikka, lamb chop, chicken tikka & gilafi seekh kebab.
King prawns marinated in yoghurt, ginger and, garlic, broiled in a clay oven and mixed with a special fenugreek-flavoured thick sauce.
Tender breast of duck, pot-roasted with coriander, cumin and garlic, finished with a peppered chettinad gravy.
Pan grilled Tuna steak marinated with a hint of spicy masala and freshly squeesed lime served on a bed of julian salad.
Char-grilled chicken tikka with onion, tomatoes, fenugreek and ground ginger, finished with a generous helping of spinach.
This splendid lamb dish owes its particular name to the sound of the utensils constantly clanking on the griddle, during the process of cooking. Prepared with a thick sauce of onion and capsicums.
Indian cottage cheese prepared with thick sauce of Indian spices, onion and capicums served on a sizzling plate.
Rice & Biryanis
Steamed long-grain basmati rice
Cumin-flavoured basmati rice
Rice cooked with seasoned mushrooms.
Lemon-flavoured rice tossed with curry leaves, lentils, mustard seeds.
Breads & Sides
Plain flour triangular-shaped breads cooked in a tandoor.
Naan coated with garlic butter and seasoned with chopped garlic.
Naan stuffed with desiccated coconut, almond and dry fruits, and topped with sesame seed.
Whole wheat bread cooked in a tandoor.
Naan stuffed with your choice of filling: please specify, potato, or mixed vegetable, or grated cheese and onion.
Naan stuffed with minced lamb
A multi-layered flaky fine flour bread
Plain yogurt mixes with your choice of- Onion / tomato / cucumber / cumin / potato / mint / mix vegetable.
A fresh addition, sliced and chopped and best served chilled.
Spicy or plain
A variety of flavoursome additions to your meal.
(Charges not applicable on the first set of chutney tray)