SAMPLE BUFFET MENUS

Daily Weekday Salads House Green Salad Spiced Onion Salad *** Chutneys Tamarind Cilantro Chutney Lemon Pickle(Hot preserved lemon) Jalepano Peppers Oil and Vinegar Dressing Cucumber Raita (A cooling yogurt accompaniment with cucumber and cumin) * * * Chicken Dishes Tandoori Chicken (The popular "Tandoor" grilled chicken) Chicken Madras/Chicken Makhani/Kadai Chicken * * * Vegetarian Choices Saag Paneer (Cubes of homemade cheese with mildly spiced cheese) Baingan Masala (small whole eggplant in a "masala" of tomato,onions,tamarind and spices) Aloo Bhaji (Potatoes cooked with cumin, dry mango powder and spices) Dal Makhani (Black lentils cooked overnight on a charcoal fire with ginger, garlic, tomatoes and fenugreek. ) Basmati Rice Pilaf Tawa Paratha/Naan (Multi layered whole wheat bread made on a griddle or a leavened white flour bread baked in the 'tandoor'oven) Oothapam (Small savoury pancakes made of a fermented batter of lentils and rice with onions, green pepper, and tomatoes) Sambar ( A flavorful lentil and vegetable broth - a traditional accompaniment for Oothapams/Dosas/Idlis) * * * Dessert Mango Rice Kheer (A refreshing rice pudding flavored with mango pulp)

Weekend and Holidays Salads House Green Salad Spiced Onion Salad *** Chutneys Tamarind Chutney Cilantro Chutney Hot Lemon Pickle (Spiced preserved lemon) Jalepano Peppers Oil and Vinegar Dressing Cucumber Raita (A cooling yogurt accompaniment with cucumber and cumin) * * * Non-vegetarian Choices Whole Baked Fish (A whole blue fish marinated with yogurt and spiced and baked ) Tandoori Chicken (The popular "Tandoor " grilled chicken) Goat / Lamb Curry * * * Vegetarian Choices Paneer Mattar (Cubes of home made cheese cooked with green peas and spices) Saag Makai (Fresh corn and spinach delicately spiced) Aloo Pepper (Potatoes spiced with freshly ground black peppercorns) Kadi Pakodi (Vegetable dumplings in a yogurt based sauce) Basmati Pilaf Peshawari Chole (Garbanzo beans cooked in a typical northwest frontier style with assorted spices) Bhatura/Poori (A soft deep fried leavened white flour bread/whole wheat flour bread ) Idli (Steamed lentil and rice cakes) Sambar (A flavorful lentil and vegetable broth - a typical accompaniment for Idlis/Dosas/Oothapams) * * * Dessert du jour * * * * Menus change daily and this is just an example of the dishes served