Zara Danbury

Starters

• Onion BhajiGBP 3.50

  Classic onion fritters

• Haryali Chicken TikkaGBP 4.50

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

• Aloo ChatGBP 3.95

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

• Prawn CocktailGBP 3.95

• SamosaGBP 3.50

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

• Chicken or Lamb TikkaGBP 3.95

• Duck TikkaGBP 5.50

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

• Sheek Kebab (Minced Lamb)GBP 3.95

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

• Assorted IndianGBP 5.50

  Chicken tikka, sheek kebab, onion bhaji

• Malai Lamb ChopsGBP 5.50

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

• Shahi King Prawns (2 Pc)GBP 7.95

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

• King Prawn PooriGBP 7.95

• Prawn PooriGBP 6.50

  North Indian style prawns wrapped in a poori

• King Prawn ButterflyGBP 4.95

Fish Starters

• Fish KebabGBP 4.50

• Salmon TikkaGBP 5.50

  With peppers, onions & tomato

Tandoori Specialities

Served with salad and mint sauce

• Chicken or Lamb TikkaGBP 7.95

• Duck TikkaGBP 10.50

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

• Tandoori Chicken (On the Bone)GBP 7.95

  Half tender chicken marinated in yogurt & spices

• ShashlickGBP 9.50

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

• Moducash Chicken or Lamb^^GBP 9.50

  Delicately mild, cooked with cashew nuts & honey

• Malai Lamb ChopsGBP 10.95

  Tender lamb in a marinade of homemade cream cheese & spices

• Mixed GrillGBP 12.95

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

• Nawabi Tandoor Chicken (Sweet, Sour & Hot)**GBP 9.50

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

• Paneer ShashlickGBP 9.50

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

• Ajwani SalmonGBP 10.95

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

• Tandoori King Prawn (4 Pc)GBP 14.95

  Marinated with fresh green herbs & spices, cooked in tandoor

• Tandoori Seabass (As Available)GBP 10.95

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

Zara Party Special

24 hours notice required

• Kurzi LambGBP 79.95

  Serves 4. Whole leg of lamb

• Kurzi MurghGBP 49.95

  Serves 2. Whole chicken

House Specialities

Please ask for our daily specials

• Tikka Masala Chicken or Lamb^^GBP 7.95

  National dish that needs no introduction

• Pasanda Chicken or Lamb^^GBP 8.95

  Mild dish prepared with almond, pistachio and cream

• Kurzi LambGBP 12.95

  Lamb shank covered with minced lamb and baby potatoes

• Goan Lamb ShankGBP 12.95

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

• Wild Duck BreastGBP 10.95

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

• Lamb Chop SpecialGBP 11.95

  Tandoori lamb chop cooked in goan sauce, hot and spicy

• Jall Masala Chicken or Lamb**GBP 7.95

• King Prawn**GBP 11.95

  Our unique masala cooked with green chilli

• Pathila Chicken or LambGBP 7.95

• Pathila; King Prawn or DuckGBP 11.95

  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*GBP 7.95

  Cooked with onion, peppers & tomatoes, bhuna style

• Jinga Korai Marachi (King Prawn)GBP 12.95

  Cooked with ginger, garlic and tomato

• Lamb Guarka (Nepalese Dish)GBP 8.95

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

• Chicken JaipuriGBP 8.95

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

• Chicken Al Badami^^GBP 8.95

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

• Chettinad Chicken or Lamb* ^^GBP 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)**GBP 8.95

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

• Paneer Makni (Indian Cheese)GBP 8.95

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

• Paneer PeppersGBP 8.95

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

• Baingan MasalaGBP 7.50

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

• Chana AlooGBP 7.50

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

• Aloo Baingan (Aubergine and Potato)GBP 7.50

• Chicken Kebab MasalaGBP 9.95

  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 CurryGBP 10.95

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

• Salmon Peri Peri* (As Available)GBP 10.95

  Cooked bhuna style. Medium hot

• Fish Special (Bangladeshi White Tilapia Fish)GBP 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 LambGBP 9.95

• Tikka Chicken or LambGBP 10.95

• PrawnGBP 10.95

• King PrawnGBP 12.95

• Vegetable & MushroomGBP 8.95

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)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Kashmiri^^

  Cooked with coconut, almond and lychees

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• 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)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Rogon Josh

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

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Dopiaza

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

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Sagwala

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

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Curries

  Basic dishes cooked with gravy and medium spices

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Madras**

  Cooked in gravy, slightly sour with hot spices

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Vindaloo^

  Cooked with potatoes, served with very hot gravy

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Pathia*

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

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

• Dhansak*

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

  • Veg (Vegetarian)GBP 6.50
  • ChickenGBP 6.95
  • LambGBP 7.50
  • PrawnGBP 8.95
  • King PrawnGBP 10.95

Biryani

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

• Chicken or LambGBP 9.95

• PrawnGBP 10.95

• King PrawnGBP 12.95

• VegetableGBP 8.95

• Zara BiryaniGBP 12.95

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 LambGBP 8.50

• PrawnGBP 9.95

• King PrawnGBP 11.95

• Vegetable & MushroomGBP 6.95

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 LambGBP 8.50

• PrawnGBP 9.95

• King PrawnGBP 11.95

• Vegetable & MushroomGBP 6.95

• FishGBP 11.95

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 CurryGBP 3.50

  In medium spices with gravy

• Mushroom BhajeeGBP 3.50

• Bombay AlooGBP 3.50

  Potatoes

• Cauliflower BhajeeGBP 3.95

• Aloo GobiGBP 3.95

  Potatoes and cauliflower

• Bhindi Bhajee (Okra)GBP 3.95

• Brinjal Bhajee (Aubergine)GBP 3.95

• Chana Masala (Chick Peas)GBP 3.50

• Saag Bhajee (Fresh Spinach)GBP 3.50

• Saag Paneer^^GBP 4.50

• Matar Paneer^^GBP 4.50

  Homemade cheese with peas, mild

• Saag Aloo (Spinach and Potato)GBP 3.50

• Tarka DallGBP 3.50

  Lentil flavoured with garlic

• Dall MasalaGBP 3.75

  Lentils cooked in medium bhuna spice

• Begun TomatoGBP 3.95

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

• Chana DallGBP 3.75

  Chick pea with lentil

Sundries

• NanGBP 2.75

  Leavened bread

• Peshwari NanGBP 2.95

  Prepared with oriental nuts & fruits

• Stuffed NanGBP 2.95

  Stuffed with spices, mashed potato and vegetables

• Keema NanGBP 2.95

  Stuffed with minced meat

• Garlic NanGBP 2.95

• ParathaGBP 2.95

  A bread made from brown wheat and shallow fried

• Stuffed ParathaGBP 3.50

  Stuffed with vegetables

• ChapatiGBP 1.95

  Soft thin Indian baked bread

• PuriGBP 1.95

  Thin fried bread

• RaithaGBP 1.95

  Onion or cucumber

• ChipsGBP 3.50

• Green SaladGBP 2.95

• PapadomGBP 0.70

  Plain or spicy

• Chutney

  • per dipGBP 0.70

• Indian Salad**GBP 2.95

  Onion, cucumber, tomato and green chillies

Rice Dishes

• Zara Special RiceGBP 5.50

  Mince lamb & prawn

• Mushroom Fried RiceGBP 3.75

  Cooked with basmati rice

• Special Fried RiceGBP 3.75

  Cooked with egg, peas and basmati rice

• Lime Fried RiceGBP 3.75

  With chick peas

• Onion Fried RiceGBP 3.75

• Pilau RiceGBP 2.75

  Basmati rice cooked with saffron, dairy products & aromatic spices

• Boiled RiceGBP 2.75