Zara Danbury

Starters

• Onion Bhaji3,50 £

  Classic onion fritters

• Haryali Chicken Tikka4,50 £

  Marinated in yogurt, mint, coriander & green chilli cooked in the tandoor

• Aloo Chat3,95 £

  A delicious blend of diced, cooked potatoes, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers marinated in spices

• Prawn Cocktail3,95 £

• Samosa3,50 £

  Vegetable, chicken or meat. Fillo pastry filled with seasonal vegetables or spicy mince meat

• Chicken or Lamb Tikka3,95 £

• Duck Tikka5,50 £

  Boneless chicken, lamb or duck marinated in yogurt, spices, garlic, green chilli & fresh coriander, cooked in the charcoal tandoor

• Sheek Kebab (Minced Lamb)3,95 £

  With fresh herbs & variety of aromatic spices, onion & peppers

• Assorted Indian5,50 £

  Chicken tikka, sheek kebab, onion bhaji

• Malai Lamb Chops5,50 £

  Lamb chops in a marinade of home-made cream cheese & spices

• Shahi King Prawns (2 Pc)7,95 £

  Marinated with fresh green herbs & spices, cooked in tandoor with tomato & pepper

• King Prawn Poori7,95 £

• Prawn Poori6,50 £

  North Indian style prawns wrapped in a poori

• King Prawn Butterfly4,95 £

Fish Starters

• Fish Kebab4,50 £

• Salmon Tikka5,50 £

  With peppers, onions & tomato

Tandoori Specialities

Served with salad and mint sauce

• Chicken or Lamb Tikka7,95 £

• Duck Tikka10,50 £

  Boneless chicken, lamb or duck marinated in yogurt, spices, garlic, green chilli & fresh coriander, cooked in the charcoal tandoor

• Tandoori Chicken (On the Bone)7,95 £

  Half tender chicken marinated in yogurt & spices

• Shashlick9,50 £

  Chicken or lamb, peppers, onion & tomatoes grilled in tandoor

• Moducash Chicken or Lamb^^9,50 £

  Delicately mild, cooked with cashew nuts & honey

• Malai Lamb Chops10,95 £

  Tender lamb in a marinade of homemade cream cheese & spices

• Mixed Grill12,95 £

  Served with salad. Chicken & lamb tikka, tandoori chicken, sheek kebab & nan

• Nawabi Tandoor Chicken (Sweet, Sour & Hot)**9,50 £

  Delicately spiced chicken off the bone in green chilli, rainbow of peppers finished with sweet chilli sauce and lime juice

• Paneer Shashlick9,50 £

  Pieces of cheese marinated in freshly ground aromatic herbs and spices, barbecued with onions, capsicums and tomatoes

• Ajwani Salmon10,95 £

  Ajwani (carom seeds) flavoured salmon, chargrilled in the tandoor

• Tandoori King Prawn (4 Pc)14,95 £

  Marinated with fresh green herbs & spices, cooked in tandoor

• Tandoori Seabass (As Available)10,95 £

  Marinated with fresh herbs, peppers, onions & tomatoes grilled in the tandoor

Zara Party Special

24 hours notice required

• Kurzi Lamb79,95 £

  Serves 4. Whole leg of lamb

• Kurzi Murgh49,95 £

  Serves 2. Whole chicken

House Specialities

Please ask for our daily specials

• Tikka Masala Chicken or Lamb^^7,95 £

  National dish that needs no introduction

• Pasanda Chicken or Lamb^^8,95 £

  Mild dish prepared with almond, pistachio and cream

• Kurzi Lamb12,95 £

  Lamb shank covered with minced lamb and baby potatoes

• Goan Lamb Shank12,95 £

  A supreme cut given the traditional goan treatment, full of flavour, cooked with tomatoes and coriander

• Wild Duck Breast10,95 £

  A succulent breast of roast barbury duck in rich masala of tomato and mango

• Lamb Chop Special11,95 £

  Tandoori lamb chop cooked in goan sauce, hot and spicy

• Jall Masala Chicken or Lamb**7,95 £

• King Prawn**11,95 £

  Our unique masala cooked with green chilli

• Pathila Chicken or Lamb7,95 £

• Pathila; King Prawn or Duck11,95 £

  Well spiced, marinated with our fresh ground spice and cooked in medium juicy thick sauce in the pathil with garlic and tamarind

• Chicken or Lamb Tikka Rezala*7,95 £

  Cooked with onion, peppers & tomatoes, bhuna style

• Jinga Korai Marachi (King Prawn)12,95 £

  Cooked with ginger, garlic and tomato

• Lamb Guarka (Nepalese Dish)8,95 £

  Cooked using 10 different fresh ingredients & spices. A medium dish made with own recipe

• Chicken Jaipuri8,95 £

  Authentic mogul dish cooked using 8 different fresh ingredients and spices. Own recipe (mild)

• Chicken Al Badami^^8,95 £

  Favourite dish of emperor Babor. Mango flavoured curry, cooked with nuts, spices, herbs and finished with cream. (Mild)

• Chettinad Chicken or Lamb* ^^8,95 £

  Cooked in a hot sauce with ginger, garlic, coconut & aromatic dried spices.A delicacy of the chettinad region of Tamil Nadu state in South India

• Kali Mirch Masala (Chicken or Lamb)**8,95 £

  Cooked with ground black pepper, fresh green peppers, sliced onions garnished with oyster sauce

• Paneer Makni (Indian Cheese)8,95 £

  Simmered in ginger, garlic, fenugreek, flavoured in tomato, in a creamy sauce

• Paneer Peppers8,95 £

  A dry dish using fresh peppers mixed with our distinctive masala (spices) cooked before paneer is added

• Baingan Masala7,50 £

  A dry dish which includes sliced aubergine cooked in a karahi added with herbs and spices to boot

• Chana Aloo7,50 £

  Fresh farm potatoes cut into bite size portion, added to our special Madrasi style chick peas curry

• Aloo Baingan (Aubergine and Potato)7,50 £

• Chicken Kebab Masala9,95 £

  Our own spices added to chicken mince for that distinctive Punjabi taste, rolled into finger length kebab & cooked in a thick cream curry sauce

• Fish Masala Curry10,95 £

  Current fish of the week marinated overnight using tandoori spice mixture before being cooked in rich curry sauce

• Salmon Peri Peri* (As Available)10,95 £

  Cooked bhuna style. Medium hot

• Fish Special (Bangladeshi White Tilapia Fish)10,95 £

  Cooked with onion, mustard, garlic and 10 different spices - full of flavour (medium)

Balti Specialities

Highly recommended by the chef. These are spice dishes, individually prepared with fresh ingredients and thoroughly blended mixtures of authentic spices. Balties are cooked in a balti pan - a fascinating utensil - which locks in the aromatic flavour. Served with nan bread

• Chicken or Lamb9,95 £

• Tikka Chicken or Lamb10,95 £

• Prawn10,95 £

• King Prawn12,95 £

• Vegetable & Mushroom8,95 £

Traditional Dishes

All the below dishes can be prepared with chicken or lamb tikka for an extra £1

• Korma^^

  A dish with coconut and kashmiri herbs, cooked in a very mild spice. Recipe of the Mogul

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Kashmiri^^

  Cooked with coconut, almond and lychees

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Bhuna

  Aromatic curry made with a blend of 21 sun dried spices and finely chopped onion and tomatoes, in a fairly dry texture

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Rogon Josh

  Aromatic curry made with fresh herbs, coriander and other sun dried spices, flavoured with fresh tomatoes & worcestershire sauce

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Dopiaza

  Literally means onion used twice in the cooking process. A recipe from one of the mansi family of bogra

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Sagwala

  A dish cooked with spinach & mixed spice. Fairly dry texture

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Curries

  Basic dishes cooked with gravy and medium spices

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Madras**

  Cooked in gravy, slightly sour with hot spices

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Vindaloo^

  Cooked with potatoes, served with very hot gravy

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Pathia*

  An exotic balance of sweet & sour. Hot, garnished with onion, in a thick sauce

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

• Dhansak*

  An exotic balance of sweet and sour. Hot, with added lentils, in a thick sauce

  • Veg (Vegetarian)6,50 £
  • Chicken6,95 £
  • Lamb7,50 £
  • Prawn8,95 £
  • King Prawn10,95 £

Biryani

Consists of basmati rice, fried, mixed with spices & herbs, garnished with sultanas & almonds. Served with a vegetable curry

• Chicken or Lamb9,95 £

• Prawn10,95 £

• King Prawn12,95 £

• Vegetable8,95 £

• Zara Biryani12,95 £

Korahi

A dish well known in the valley of Indua. Made with cubes of onion, green pepper, tomatoes, coriander, medium spice in thick sauce

• Tikka Chicken or Lamb8,50 £

• Prawn9,95 £

• King Prawn11,95 £

• Vegetable & Mushroom6,95 £

Bengali Jalfrezi**

A dish founded by the people of Bengal. Cooked with sliced onion, green pepper & green chillies, fresh coriander. Fairly hot in thick sauce

• Tikka Chicken or Lamb8,50 £

• Prawn9,95 £

• King Prawn11,95 £

• Vegetable & Mushroom6,95 £

• Fish11,95 £

Vegetable Side Dishes (Vegetarian)

All of these dishes are cooked in low-cholesterol vegetable oil & with finely chopped onions, green pepper, with medium spice

• Vegetable Curry3,50 £

  In medium spices with gravy

• Mushroom Bhajee3,50 £

• Bombay Aloo3,50 £

  Potatoes

• Cauliflower Bhajee3,95 £

• Aloo Gobi3,95 £

  Potatoes and cauliflower

• Bhindi Bhajee (Okra)3,95 £

• Brinjal Bhajee (Aubergine)3,95 £

• Chana Masala (Chick Peas)3,50 £

• Saag Bhajee (Fresh Spinach)3,50 £

• Saag Paneer^^4,50 £

• Matar Paneer^^4,50 £

  Homemade cheese with peas, mild

• Saag Aloo (Spinach and Potato)3,50 £

• Tarka Dall3,50 £

  Lentil flavoured with garlic

• Dall Masala3,75 £

  Lentils cooked in medium bhuna spice

• Begun Tomato3,95 £

  Aubergine cooked with tomato in a very thick medium sauce (recommended by our chef, a companion for most tandoori dishes)

• Chana Dall3,75 £

  Chick pea with lentil

Sundries

• Nan2,75 £

  Leavened bread

• Peshwari Nan2,95 £

  Prepared with oriental nuts & fruits

• Stuffed Nan2,95 £

  Stuffed with spices, mashed potato and vegetables

• Keema Nan2,95 £

  Stuffed with minced meat

• Garlic Nan2,95 £

• Paratha2,95 £

  A bread made from brown wheat and shallow fried

• Stuffed Paratha3,50 £

  Stuffed with vegetables

• Chapati1,95 £

  Soft thin Indian baked bread

• Puri1,95 £

  Thin fried bread

• Raitha1,95 £

  Onion or cucumber

• Chips3,50 £

• Green Salad2,95 £

• Papadom0,70 £

  Plain or spicy

• Chutney

  • per dip0,70 £

• Indian Salad**2,95 £

  Onion, cucumber, tomato and green chillies

Rice Dishes

• Zara Special Rice5,50 £

  Mince lamb & prawn

• Mushroom Fried Rice3,75 £

  Cooked with basmati rice

• Special Fried Rice3,75 £

  Cooked with egg, peas and basmati rice

• Lime Fried Rice3,75 £

  With chick peas

• Onion Fried Rice3,75 £

• Pilau Rice2,75 £

  Basmati rice cooked with saffron, dairy products & aromatic spices

• Boiled Rice2,75 £