Mother India
Mother India and The Wee Curry Shops

The Cellar Menu and Mother India Lunch Menu

Starters, Bites, Indian Tapas

Stuffed Mushrooms … £4.80
Mushrooms stuffed with breadcrumbs, garlic, green chilli butter and flat leaf parsley

Fenegreek Fishcake… £4.80
Potato and fish with fenugreek, cumin, red crushed chillies and breadcrumbs

Potato and Spinach Dosa … £4.70
Potato and spinach stuffed in a rice and lentil pancake served with daal

Spiced Haddock … £5.20
Haddock marinated in a variety of Punjabi spices

Potato and Pea Samosa … £4.90
Small diced potatoes and peas stuffed in pastry

King Prawn Achari … £5.50
King prawns marinated with pickles and spices

Tamatar and Smoked Paprika Mussells … £5.20
Mussels steam cooked with garlic, fresh chilli and light tomato sauce

Chana and Mushroom Poori … £4.50
Spiced chana and mushrooms cooked on a pastry

Fried Dry Okra and Tomatoes … £4.20
Fresh tomatoes cooked with lady fingers

Lamb Kofta … £4.80
Spiced meatballs

Tamarind Mussells … £5.20
Mussels steamed in a sweet tamarind sauce

Smoked Aubergine and Potato … £4.20
Clove smoked aubergine cooked with small diced potatoes

Sambhar Dhaal… £3.95
Mixture of lentils cooked with vegetables and tamarind

Spiced Cabbage Balti … £4.10
Cabbage cooked in onion, garlic and green chillies

Panneer Tikka … £4.45
Paneer marinated in Punjabi spices then cooked on skewers with onions and peppers

Chicken Pakora … £4.90
Diced chicken deep fried in vegetable batter

Aloo Tiki … £4.20
Spiced potato cakes

Tandoori Chicken … £5.50
Chicken on the bone marinated in spices and oven baked

Vegetable Pakora … £4.10
A mixture of vegetables deep fried in gram flour

Kofta Spinach Leaf and Yoghurt … £5.20
Meatballs cooked with fresh spinach leaf and yoghurt

 

Main courses

Monk Fish Kebabs … £14.50
Monk fish cooked on skewers with red and green peppers and whole tomatoes

Tamarind Green Chilli Cod … £12.50
Cod cooked with mustard seeds in a sweet tamarind sauce with green chillies

King Prawn Achari with Mushrooms … £14.80
King prawns cooked in lime and chilli pickle with spices mushrooms

Butter Chicken … £11.50
Cooked in a buttery, creamy sauce with cloves and green cardamoms topped with almonds

Parsley Chicken and Mushroom … £11.80
Cooked with flat parsley and whole tomatoes

Herb Green Curry … £9.40
Chicken breast cooked in fenugreek, coriander and green chillies

Shashliq … £10.50
Chicken tikka cooked with whole tomatoes, green peppers and mushrooms

Baken Chicken and Smoked Aubergine … £11.80
Chicken cooked with clove smoked baby aubergines

Chilli Garlic Chicken with Roasted Peppers … £10.90
Chicken cooked in a garlic pickle with fresh green chillies and roasted peppers

Raan … £11.95
Lamb cooked with rice spices then roasted in a sweet almond mixture

Lamb Achari with Leek … £9.50
Lamb cooked with a variety of mixed pickles and spiced leeks

Dum Aloo Gosht … £10.50
Lamb cooked with baby potatoes then oven baked

Dry Vegetable Curry … £7.50
Mixture of vegetables cooked with whole tomatoes, garlic, ginger sauce with fenugreek

Massala Dosa … £8.95
Rice and lentil pancake stuffed with spiced diced potatoes

Sagg Paneer … £7.50
Spinach cooked with Indian cheese

Stuffed Kuddo with Channa Daal … £7.50
Marrow stuffed with daal, garlic and then oven baked

 

Biryani

Biryani has a privileged place in most Asian households, as Paella has for the people of Spain. Reserved for special occasions, layers of the finest basmati rice and meats or vegetables finely cooked in dum (steamed), the pinnacle of rice cooking.

They do take time please allow 25/30 min. Served with raita and aloo tikki.

 

Chicken … £21.50

Lamb … £23.50

Vegetable … £18.50

 

Rice and Breads

Plain pitta £1.50   Potato and mint filled pitta £2.50
Paratha £2.30   Popadoms £0.75
Spinach stuffed bread £2.50   Spiced onion £1.30
Chapati £0.90   Coriander chutney £1.60
Fresh Garlic pitta bread £1.75   Mango Chutney £1.30
Basmati rice £2.10   Mix pickle £1.10
Fenugreek and tomato bread £2.50   Raita £1.60

 

Lunch Menu - All dishes £8.50

Ginger Prawn Dosa
Spiced prawns stuffed in a rice and lentil pancake, served with rice

Chicken Tikka Passanda
Barbecued chicken cooked in a coconut sauce topped with almonds, served with mushroom rice

Fish with Punjabi Cabbage
Fish of the day oven baked with spiced cabbage, served with 2 chapatis

Lamb and Leek
Tender lamb cooked with spiced leek, served with potatoes

Tandoori Chicken
Chicken on the bone marinated in spices and oven baked, served with potatoes

Vegetable Karahi
A mixture of vegetables cooked in a rich pepper sauce, served with basmati rice