(Last updated on July 12, 2001) (Written up by Sara Pickett) BORDER INDIA Take Out Menu Business Hours Monday - Sunday 11:30 am - 10:30 pm 781 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02139 617-354-0405 Fax: 617-354-0405 Appetizers ---------- Vegetable Pakoras ......................................... 2.95 Fresh cut vegetables in chick-pea batter Aloo Tikki ................................................ 2.95 Spicy potato patties Aloo Chaat ................................................ 2.95 Diced potatoes with chick-peas and chopped onions tossed in tamarind sauce Behel-Puri ................................................ 3.25 Sev (made of chick-pea flour), diced onions, tomatoes, spices and tamarind sauce. A sweet & sour delight Paneer Pakoras ............................................ 4.75 Fresh homemade cheese in spicy chick-pea batter SAMOSAS Vegetable Turnover (2) .................................. 2.95 Chicken Chaat ............................................. 3.95 Small pieces of chicken, tossed in sweet and sour sauce with cucumber and tomato Mixed Platter ............................................. 5.95 Two Samosas, Two Pakoras, and Two Aloo Tikki Soups ----- Mulligatawny Soup ......................................... 2.50 A puree of lentils, lightly flavored with herbs and spices Tomato Soup ............................................... 2.50 A traditional Indian soup made with pureed tomatoes and seasonal veggies Chicken Soup .............................................. 2.50 A traditional Indian soup made from chicken stock Kid's Platter ------------- Tandoori Chicken .......................................... 5.95 Served with rice and salad. (For children 6 yrs, and under) Accompaniments -------------- Papadam (2) ...... 1.95 Garden Salad ...... 2.50 Mixed Pickle ..... 1.25 Mint Chutney ...... 1.00 Raita ............ 1.50 Indian Salad ...... 1.50 Mango Chutney .... 1.50 Chef's Recommendations ---------------------- Chicken Mango ............................................ 10.95 Boneless white chicken cooked in fresh spices and mango Chilie Chicken ........................................... 10.95 Boneless chicken cooked in a creamy tomato sauce with green chilies and onions Shahi Paneer Makhni ...................................... 10.95 Grated cheese cooked in a creamy sauce with nuts and raisins Chilie Cheese ............................................ 10.95 A classic Mughlai favorite. Slices of cheese cooked in creamy tomato sauce with sliced peppers and onions A La Carte Entrees Served with Saffron Basmati Rice (Curry can be made to your choice -- Mild, Medium or Very Spicy) Dinners for Two --------------- Vegetarian Dinner for Two ................................ 25.95 Choice of soup or samosa, palak paneer, mixed vegetable, rice, nan, raita, gulabjamun or ras malai Tandoori Dinner for Two .................................. 29.95 Choice of soup or samosa, chicken tikka, raita, lamb curry or chicken curry, rice, alu nan, gulabjamun Fresh Breads Bakes in the Tandoor --------------------------------- Tandoori Roti ............................................ 1.95 Whole wheat flour bread Onion Kulcha ............................................. 2.95 Super fine flour bread stuffed with onion and baked in the clay oven Pratha ................................................... 2.50 Multi layered whole wheat flour bread cooked with butter Nan ...................................................... 2.50 Unleavened bread freshly bakes to order in traditional clay oven Aloo Nan ................................................. 2.95 Unleavened bread stuff with mashed potatoes Badami Nan ............................................... 2.95 Unleavened bread baked with almonds Peshawari Nan ............................................ 3.50 Unleavened bread stuff with coconut, ground nuts, raisins and baked in the clay oven Keema Nan ................................................ 3.50 Super fine flour bread stuffed with minced lamb cooked in the tandoor Garlic Nan ............................................... 2.95 Unleavened bread made with garlic and fresh cilantro Poori (2) ................................................ 2.95 Whole wheat flour bread deep fried in vegetable oil Bread Basket ............................................. 6.95 Alu Nan, Onion Nan, Nan Chicken Specialties ------------------- Chicken Curry ............................................ 8.95 Boneless chicken cooked with a blend of herbs and spices Chicken Do-Piaza ......................................... 9.95 Chunks of boneless chicken smothered in spring onions, tomatoes and cooked in think gravy Chicken Kadahi ........................................... 9.95 Tender pieces of boneless white chicken cooked in creamy tomato sauce with sliced peppers, mushrooms and onions Chicken Mushroom ......................................... 9.95 Boneless chicken cooked with mushroom and flavored with fresh spices Chicken Vindaloo ......................................... 9.95 Boneless chicken marinated in vinegar and a blend of spices, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce Chicken Tikka Massala .................................... 9.95 Boneless chicken cooked with exotic spices, herbs and nuts, and a mild cream sauce Chicken Tikka Saag ...................................... 10.95 Boneless chicken cooked with spinach and flavored with spices Lamb Specialties ---------------- Lamb Rogan Josh ......................................... 10.50 Tender lamb cooked with onions, ginger, garlic spices and yogurt Lamb Vindaloo ........................................... 10.50 Pieces of lamb marinated in vinegar and blend of spices, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce Lamb Mushroom ........................................... 10.50 Lamb cooked with mushroom and flavored with fresh spices Lamb Curry .............................................. 10.50 Tender cubes of lamb cooked in exotic herbs and spices Lamb Saag ............................................... 11.95 Succulent pieces of lamb cooked with spinach and flavored with fresh spices Lamb Korma .............................................. 11.95 Lamb cooked with exotic spices, herbs and nuts and a mild cream sauce Lamb Bhuna .............................................. 11.95 Cubes of lamb baked in Tandoor and cooked in tomato and cream sauce Seafood Specialties ------------------- Lemon Fish Curry ........................................ 11.95 Boneless Swordfish delicately spiced and soaked in lemon, topped with onion sauce Fish Massala ............................................ 11.95 Boneless Swordfish gently simmered with ginger and garlic and enriched with a fresh tomato and mild cream sauce Shrimp Do-Piaza ......................................... 12.95 Shrimp cooked with onions and peppers in tomato sauce Shrimp Curry ............................................ 12.95 Shrimp cooked with a blend of herbs and spices Shrimp Vindaloo ......................................... 12.95 Shrimp marinated in vinegar and a blend of spices, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce Shrimp Korma ............................................ 12.95 Jumbo shrimp cooked in a cream sauce flavored with nuts Shrimp Tandoori Massala ................................. 13.95 Tandoori shrimp in mild cream sauce and Indian spices Shrimp Saag ............................................. 13.95 Jumbo shrimp cooked with spinach and flavored in fresh herbs Beef Specialties ---------------- Beef Curry .............................................. 9.95 Chunks of beef cooked with a blend of herbs and spices Beef Mushroom ........................................... 9.95 Beef cooked with mushroom in a blend of herbs and spices Beef Vindaloo ........................................... 9.95 Pieces of beef marinated in vinegar and blend of spices, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce Beef Korma .............................................. 9.95 Beef cooked with exotic spices, herbs and nuts and a mild cream sauce Beef Saag .............................................. 10.95 Tender pieces of beef cooked with spinach and flavored with fresh spices Vegetarian Dishes ----------------- Dal Makhani ............................................. 8.95 Lentils delicately tempered and seasoned with exotic spices Aloo Matter ............................................. 9.95 Fresh green peas and potato cooked in delicately spiced sauce Chana Massala ........................................... 9.95 A North Indian specialty. Subtly flavored chick-peas tempered with ginger and garlic Mixed Vegetable Jalfrezi ................................ 9.95 A variety of garden fresh vegetables sauteed in fresh herbs and spices Aloo Gobhi .............................................. 9.95 Cauliflower and potatoes cooked with herbs and spices Bombay Aloo ............................................. 9.95 Seasoned potatoes cooked in a blend of spices Navrattan Korma ......................................... 9.95 A blend of nine assorted fresh vegetables cooked with cream, spices and nuts Baingan Bharta .......................................... 9.95 A classic Indian vegetarian dish. Whole eggplants are baked over an open flame, mashed and seasoned with herbs and sauteed onions Matter Paneer .......................................... 10.95 Fresh homemade cottage cheese gently cooked with fresh garden peas and fresh spices Palak Paneer ........................................... 10.95 Fresh homemade cottage cheese with spinach and fresh herbs Malai Kofta ............................................ 10.95 Minced cheese and potato balls mixed with dry fruits served in a mild cream sauce Tandoori Delights ----------------- Food grilled in clay oven on charcoal Served with a garden salad and freshly baked nan. (Please allow 20 minutes for preparation.) Tandoor Chicken (Half) ................................. 10.95 Spring chicken marinated in yogurt and freshly ground spices and grilled in the tandoor Grilled Vegetable ...................................... 10.95 Garden fresh vegetables marinated in exotic herbs and grilled on skewers Chicken Tikka .......................................... 10.95 Boneless pieces of chicken subtly flavored with spices and tandoor grilled Seekh Kebab ............................................ 10.95 Fine minced lamb flavored with herbs and ground onions broiled on skewers Murg Achari Tikka ...................................... 11.95 A pungent chicken kebob Boti Kebab ............................................. 12.95 Cubed leg of lamb marinated in spices and broiled in tandoor Mixed Grill ............................................ 13.95 Delicious combination of Tandoori, Chicken, Chicken Tikka, Seekh Kebab, Boti Kebab and Tandoori Shrimp Tandoori Shrimp ........................................ 13.95 Jumbo shrimp marinated in freshly ground spices and grilled in the tandoor Biryani ------- All Biryani served with Raita Plain Pillao - Basmati Rice ............................. 2.50 Lemon Rice .............................................. 6.95 Basmati rice sauteed with mustard seeds, cashews and raisins Peas Pillao ............................................. 6.95 Aromatic Indian basmati rice cooked with green peas Vegetable Biryani ....................................... 9.95 Indian basmati rice cooked with garden fresh vegetables and flavored with saffron. Garnished with cashew nuts Lamb Biryani ........................................... 11.95 Rice flavored with saffron and cooked with tender pieces of lamb. Garnished with nuts Chicken Yakhanee Pulao ................................. 11.95 Marinated chicken served with flavored rice Shrimp Biryani ......................................... 13.95 Rice flavored with saffron cooked with shrimp, garnished with nuts Desserts -------- Ras Malai (2) ........................................... 2.95 Traditional Indian sweet made from milk, garnished with nuts and served chilled Gulabjamun (2) .......................................... 2.95 Delicate balls made from milk and soaked in honey syrup Kulfi ................................................... 2.95 Sweetened cream, frozen, flavored with cardamon pistachio Kheer ................................................... 2.95 Rice cooked in sweetened milk, raisins and almonds Ginger Ice Cream ........................................ 2.75 Vanilla Ice Cream ....................................... 2.50 Beverages --------- Darjeeling Tea .......................................... 1.25 Massala Tea ............................................. 1.50 Coffee .................................................. 1.25 Soda .................................................... 1.50 Pepsi, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Diet Pepsi Mango Juice ............................................. 1.95 Lassi ................................................... 1.50 Refreshing Homemade Yogurt Drink, Plain, Sweet or Salty Mango Lassi or Mango Shake .............................. 2.95 Iced Tea ................................................ 1.95 Daily Luncheon Buffet 16 Course Luncheon Buffet Everyday All You Can Eat 11:30 am - 2:30 pm General Information Take-Out -- Catering -- Party Facilities and Gift Certificates Available Prices Subject to Mass Meals Tax. Management Not Responsible for Personal Loss. $10.00 Minimum Per Person for Dinner Course. (Last updated on July 12, 2001) (Written up by Sara Pickett)