The GuruThe GuruBalti CookingBalti Cooking

A BALTI IS A BRITISH-STYLE TYPE OF CURRY SERVED IN A THIN, PRESSED STEEL WOK-LIKE "BALTI BOWL" IT IS SERVEDIN MANY RESTAURANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE PRECISE ORIGINS OF THE BALTI STYLE OF COOKING ARE

UNCERTAIN; SOME BELIEVE IT TO HAVE BEEN INVENTED IN BIRMINGHAM, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE IT ORIGINATEDIN THE PAKISTANI REGION OF BALTISTAN IN KASHMIR FROM WHERE IT WAS BROUGHT BY SOUTH ASIAN

IMMIGRANTS TO BRITAIN

ANY DISH FROM THE MAIN MENU CAN BE PREPARED AS A BALTI DISH

MAIN DISHESMAIN DISHES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Meat Balti . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Chicken Balti

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Prawn Balti . . . . . . . . . £13.50King Prawn Balti

SIDE DISHESSIDE DISHES

. . . . . . . . . . £3.95Cauliflower Balti . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Mushroom Balti

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Potato Balti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Dal BaltiLantils

WHY NOT TRY A COMBINATION TAKE THE ONE KNOWN AS THE BALTI TROPICAL. MEAT, CHICKEN AND PRAWN WITHPILAU RICE .......... £12.25

SPECIALS BALTI DISHESSPECIALS BALTI DISHES

. . . . . . . . £8.95Balti Tikka Masala . . . . . . . £7.95Balti vegetable ChiliMasala . . . . . £13.50Tandoori King Prawn

Balti £7.95Balti Vegetable Jalfezi hot

STARTERS & SOUPSTARTERS & SOUP

. . . . . . . . . £3.95Tandoori chicken . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Shamee KebabMarinated minced lamb mixed With herbs to aspecial recipe, fried and served with salad . . . . . . . £3.95Chicken/LambTikka

Boneless tender chicken or lamb pieces marinated inspices and barbecued on a skewer with salad andmint sauce.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Chicken Chat

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Sheek KebabMinced filled of lamb marinated in eastern spicesand herbs, barbecued on a skewer, served withsalad.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Aloo ChopMashed potato filled with spicy Minced meat, deepfried

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Boti KebabLamb pieces marinated in oriental herbs & grilled

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5.95Mix StarterChicken Tikka, Sheek Kebab, Onion Bhaji andSamosa (meat or vegetable)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Onion Bhaji+ Sliced onion mixed with garamflour,egg and herbs, deep fried

. . . . . . . . . . £3.95Mushroom Dosa+ Medium spicy mushroom served withsoft puff bread

. . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Prawn CocktailPrawns served with our own special cocktail sauce

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95SamosaTriangular shaped savoury Filled with spicy mincedMeat or vegetable

+ Chicken or Meat . . . . . . . . . £5.95King Prawn Puree

Medium spiced prawn served with soft puff bead . . . . . . . £3.95Mulligatawny SoupThe famous south Indian pottage Simmered withlentils and spices, Thickened with rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Prawn Puree

Medium spiced prawn served with soft puff bead . . . . . . £5.95King Prawn Butterfly

+ King prawn marinated with Exoticspices, fried in butter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Chicken RollDiced chicken cooked with spring onion and lightspices in a pastry

MAIN DISHESMAIN DISHES

Tandoori SpecialtiesTandoori Specialties

ALL TANDOORI DISHES ARE SERVED ON A HOT SIZZLER

TANDOORI IS A SPECIALLY DESIGNED OVER MADE OF CLAY WHERE CONSTANT HEAT IS MAINTAINED BY BURNINGCHARCOAL.THOSE DISHES KNOWN AS TANDOORI DISHES AND VERY FAMOUS ION INDIA FOR THEIR FLAVOR AND

TEST. FOR THE PREPARATION OF TANDOORI DISHES, FIRSTLY IT IS MARINATED IN CULTURED YOGURT AND SPECIALLYBLENDED SPICES. THEN FOLLOWED BY COOKING IN THE TANDOORI ON A SKEWER.

. . . £10.50Shashlik chicken/LambBoneless tender chicken or lamb Pieces withtomato, onion and Capsicum, served with mint sauce

. . . . . . £7.95Chicken/Lamb TikkaBoneless chicken or lamb pieces served with salad.

. . £13.50Tandoori Chicken/Lamb(Whole 4 pieces)

+ Spring chicken on the bone

. . . . . £13.50Tandoori King PrawnPices of king prawn, served with salad.

. . . £6.95Tandoori Chicken/LambHalf (2 pieces)Spring chicken on the bone

. . . . . £13.25Tandoori Mixed GrillPieces of chicken tikka, lamb tikka, sheek kebab,tandoori chicken,served with naan and salad.

. . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Tandoori FishTrout cooked on charcoal

CHICKEN CURRY DISHESCHICKEN CURRY DISHESON THE BONE BREAST OF CHICKEN USED IN ALL DISHES

. . . £6.95Chicken Curry (mediumhot)Diced pieces of chicken cooked with medium spicesand sauce & medium hot

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6.95ChickenZ

Madras/VindalooFairly hot or very hot). Diced chicken cooked infairly hot or very hot sauces respectively

. . . . . . £6.95Chicken Korma (verymild)very mild & Pieces of chicken cooked with freshcream and coconut.

. . . . . . . . . . £6.95Chicken Dupiaza(medium hot)Medium spicy & Diced chicken cooked in mediumspices with fresh onion.

. . £6.95Chicken Bhuna (mediumhot)Medium spicy & Diced chicken cooked withspecially blended spices in a thick sauce withtomato and onion.

. . . . . £7.25Chicken Jalfrezi hotZ

Diced chicken marinated with fresh ground spicesand sautéed with onion and fresh green chill.

. . . . . . £7.25Chicken Chilli MasalaDiced chicken cooked with fresh chilli in hot sauce.

. . . . . . . . . . . . £7.25Chicken palakDiced chicken cooked with fresh spinach.

+ Palak means Spinach

. . . . . . . . . . . . £7.25Chicken RojonDiced pieces of chicken cooked with glazed tomato,green herbs and spices

. . . . . . . . . . . . £7.25Garlic ChickenDiced chicken cooked with fresh garlic and blendedspices in a thick sauce with tomato and onion.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.25Jeera chickenChicken cooked with toasted jeera in butter

+ (Jeera mean cumin)

MEAT CURRY DISHESMEAT CURRY DISHES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.20Meat CurryDiced pieces of meat cooked with medium spicesand sauce & medium hot

£7.20Meat Madras/ Vindaloo[

(Fairly hot or very hot).Diced meat cooked in fairly hot or very hot saucesrespectively. . . . . . . . . £7.20Meat Chilli Masala

Pieces of diced meat cooked with fresh chilli in hotspices.

. . . £7.20Meat Korma (very mild)very mild & Pieces of meat cooked with fresh creamand coconut. . . . £7.20Meat Dupiaza (medium

hot)Medium spicy & diced meat cooked in mediumspices with fresh onion.

£7.20Rogan Josh (medium hot)Medium & Diced pieces of meat cooked withglazed tomato, green herbs and spices.

. . . . . £7.20Methi Gosht (mediumhot)Medium & Pieces of meat cooked with orientalherbs and spices

. . . . . £7.20Garlic Gosth (mediumhot)Medium & Diced lamb cooked with fresh garlic andblended spices in a thick sauce with tomato andonion.

£7.20Meat Palak (medium hot)

SEA FOOD DISHESSEA FOOD DISHES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £6.95Prawn Palak . . . . . . . . £10.95King Prawn Palak

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £6.95Prawn Curry . . . . . . . . £10.25King Prawn Curry

. . . . . . . . . £6.95[ Prawn Madras . . . . £10.25[ King Prawn Madras

. . . . . . . . . . . . £6.95Prawn Korma . . . . . . . £10.25King Prawn Korma

. . . . . . . . £6.95[ Prawn Vindaloo . . . £10.25[ King Prawn Vindaloo

. . . . . . . . . . . . £6.95Prawn Bhuna . . . . . . . £10.25King Prawn Bhuna

. . . . . . . £10.95King Prawn Jalfrezi

PARSIAN DISHESPARSIAN DISHES

Patia DishesPatia Dishes(COOKED WITH SPICE AND TOMATO IN A THICK SAUCE, SERVED WITH PILAU RICE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Meat Patia . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Chicken Patia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Prawn Patia . . . . . . . . £13.50King Prawn Patia

Dansak DishesDansak Dishes(SWEET SOUR & HOT DICED CHICKEN OR MEAT COOKED WITH SPICED LENTILS, SERVED WITH PILAU RICE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Chicken

. . . . . . . . . . . £11.50Chicken Tikka . . . . . . . . . . . . . £13.50King Prawn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Pwarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8.50Vegetable

Persian DishesPersian Dishes(PILAU RICE COOKED AND FLAVOURED WITH NUTS, RAISING AND SULTANAS, SERVED WITH VEGETABLE CURRY)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.95Meat

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £12.95King Prawn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.95Prawn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.95Chicken

BIRYANI DISHESBIRYANI DISHES(BIRYANI IS A MIXED RICE DISH FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. IT IS MADE WITH SPICES, RICE AND MEAT,CHICKEN, PRAWN, KING PRAWN OR VEGETABLES) AND IT COMES WITH VEGETABLE CURRY SIDE DISH.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Chicken

. . . . . . . . . . . £10.95Chicken Tikka . . . . . . . . £10.95Tandoori chicken

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10.50Prawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . £13.50King Prawn

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Vegetable . . . . . . . . £7.50Omelet with Chips

THE GURUTHE GURU

Chef's SpecialistChef's Specialist

£7.95Chicken / Lamb (GreenZ

Masala)+ (hot or very hot). (Diced chicken cookedin fairly hot or very hot saucesrespectively)

. . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Lemon Chicken(A wonderful burst of lemon flavoured curry,servedwith fresh spices and fresh lemon)

. . . . £7.95Chicken Tikka Dupiaza(Pieces of tender chicken cooked in tradition spiceswith fresh onion)

. . . . . . £7.95Bangladesh Tandoori(Pieces of tandoori chicken cooked with sultanaand almonds in a specially prepared creamy mildsauce)

+ Medium hot

£7.95Chicken/ Lamb - Pasanda(Tandoori flavoured pieces of chicken or slice lambcooked in exotic creamy sauce with ground nuts andsultanas)

+ very mild

. . . £7.95Chicken / lamb - Makani(Pieces of barbecued chicken or lamb tossed inbutter with cultured yogurt, fresh cream andalmonds)

+ mild

. . . . £7.95Chicken / Lamb - Korai(Pieces of tender chicken or lamb cooked intradition spics with fresh tomato and onion. servedon hot iron souk. (korai)

+ medium

. . . . . . . . £13.50King Prawn Korai

. . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Butter Chicken(medium)

. . . . £7.95Chicken / Lamb - TikkaMasala(A wonderful combination of flavours, chicken orlamb barbecued in highly flavoured spices andoriental sauce)

+ mild

. . . . . . . . . £13.95Mixed Grill Korai(medium)

. . . . . . . . £11.50Garlic King Prawn(medium)

. . . . . . . £10.50King Prawn - TikkaMasala(mild)

. . . . . . £15.95King Prawn SpecialChef's specialist

. . . . . . . . . . . £7.95Ginger Chicken(medium)

. . . . . £7.95Fried Chicken & Chips

. . . . £13.50Non- Vegetarian Thali(Chicken Tikka, Sheek Kabab, Meat Bhuna,Vegetable Curry and pilau rice)

. . . . . . . . . £12.95Vegetarian Thali(Onion bhaji, Aloo Gobi, Dal, Vegetable Curry andPilau rice)

VEGETABLE SIDE DISHVEGETABLE SIDE DISH

. . . . £3.50Mixed Vegetable CurryMixed fresh vegetables cooked with herbs andspice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Sag PonirSpinach with cream and cheese

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Motor PonirChealcpes with cream and cheese

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50NiramishDry Flavoured

. . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Chana MasalaChickpeas cooked dry with chopped onion andtomato

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50Bhindi BhajiFresh bhindi (ladies finger) cooked with onion.herbs and spices

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Aloo PeasSautéed potato and peas cooked dry in mediumspices

. . . . . . . . . £3.50Cauliflower BhajiFresh cauliflower cooked in medium spice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50Bombay AloSautéed potato cooked in slightly hot spices withonion and tomato.

. . . . . . . . . . £3.50Mushroom BhajiFresh mushroom with chopped onion cooked inmedium spice.

. . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Capsicum BhajiFresh capsicum with onion in medium spices.

. . . £3.50Brinjal Bhai (aubergine)Fresh aubergine with onion in medium spices

. . . . . . . . £3.50Sag Bhai (spinach)Fresh spinach with onion in medium spices

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50Aloo GobiFresh cauliflower and potato cooked with onion andtomato.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Sag AlooFresh spinach mixed with potato, cooked in mediumsauce

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Dhall Sumba

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50Brinjal AloFresh aubergine mixed with potato. Cooked inmedium sauce

RICERICE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.50Boiled Rice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Pilau RiceBasmati rice fried in ghee and flavoured with a special recipe.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.50Peas PilauPilau rice fried with peas.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Special fried RicePilau rice fried with fried peas and egg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Mushroom RicePilau rice fried with mushroom.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Vegetable RicePilau rice fried with vegetables.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Coconut Rice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3.95Lemon Rice

BREADBREAD

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.00NaanLeavened bread Baked in a tandoor

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Chili Naan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Onion Naan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Sag Naan

Filled with fresh spinach

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Garlic NaanFilled with fresh garlic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Keema NaanFilled with spiced minced meat

. . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Peshwari NaanFilled with nuts and sultanas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1.75ChapatiUnleavened bread

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.50ParathaUnleavened thick bread

. . . . . . . . . . £2.75Staffed ParathaStuffed with Vegetables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75Cheese Naan

SUNDRIESSUNDRIES

. . . . . . . . . . £0.70Plain PoppadomEastern water crisp bread

. . . . . . . . £0.70Masala PoppadomEastern wafer crisp bread with roasted spices

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1.75Mixed RaitaMildly spiced yogurt with chopped onion andcucumber

. . . . . . . . £0.70Pickles & Chutney(Per portion) Mango chitney, Lime pickle and onionsalad.

SET MEALS DISHESSET MEALS DISHES

2 Person for non-vegetarian2 Person for non-vegetarian

. . . . . . £35Papadams, Sheek kebab, Onion bhajee, Chicken tikka, Masala,Lamb rogon, Sag aloo, Pilau rice & Naan and Coffee

2 Person for vegetarian2 Person for vegetarian

. . . . . £28Papadam, Vegetable samosa, Onion bhajee, Vegetable masala,Vegetable rogan, Sag aloo, Pilau rice & Naan and Coffee