STARTERS

Fried Tiger King Prawns Marinated in a chilly, ginger and garlic marinade and pan fried to leave moist, succulent prawns. £8.00 Vada Crispy, fried lentil doughnuts, served with sambar and chutney. £4.25 Thairu Vada Lentil doughnuts soaked in yoghurt. Served cold £4.25 Onion Vada Kerala's version of the ubiquitous Onion Bhaji £4.00 Squid Pepper Fry Squid rings, pan-fried, with a dusting of spices. £5.50 Parippu Vada A variant of the chickpea, this lentil is mashed up with ginger, garlic and green chillies and fried. Eaten with a slice of banana. £4.25 Fried chicken Chicken wings fried crisp. Spicy and peppery. £4.25 Tuna cutlet These have always been known as cutlets. More like patties, these are gingery, slightly peppery and very moreish. £4.50 Lamb cutlet As above, lamb, potato and spices, shaped into a pattie, crumbed and fried. £4.50 Vegetable samosa Everyone does these, try ours. £4.00 Chilli-fried whitebait Dried, salted fish deep fried in a chilli mix, served with a bit of rice. £5.00 Student Veg Platter Samosa and onion vada £7.00 Student non-veg platter Fried chicken, Onion vada £7.50 Cutlet Platter Tuna cutlet, Lamb cutlet, Samosa £9.00 Vada Platter Vada, Parippu vada, Thairu Vada £11.00 Sea food platter Squid pepper fry, fried prawn and chlli-fried whitebait £17.00

MAIN COURSE - VEGETARIAN

Sambar Vegetables in a spicy, lentil based curry. A hearty dish £6.00 Vegetables in a coconut-paste curry A traditional method of cooking in Kerala. The spices are roasted with coconut and then cooked. Nutty and spicy flavour £6.00 Aubergine Theeyal Shallots, coconut and spices roasted and cooked down to form the base and then the aubergine is curried in this. £6.00 Vegetable kuruma Beautiful vegetables in a mild sauce. Enjoy! £6.00

MAIN COURSE - CHICKEN Please note our chicken dishes use pieces with bone, and the bone has been cut, so there will be sharp pieces of bone.

Syrian Christian Stew A dish reserved for festive occasions, it is a luxurious chicken preparation in a medium spicy, thick coconut sauce. £8.00 Kerala chicken curry A medium spiced curry, with the taste of all the spices and not too much of the hot spices. £8.00 Pepper chicken Chicken in a thick coating of aromatic spices and black pepper. This is however not a very spicy dish. £8.00 Kozhi ularthu Chicken pieces, pan-cooked. No sauce. Best eaten with chapatti or porotta. £8.00 Fried chicken masala Chicken fried first and then cooked in a tomato and onion masala.. Not much gravy. Medium spiced £8.00 Coriander chicken Chicken cooked primarily with coriander powder. Aromatic and mild. Not much gravy. Not very spicy. £8.00

MAIN COURSE - DUCK

Duck masala Another festive dish. A sumptuous, aromatic, medium -spicy dish. £10.00

MAIN COURSE - PRAWNS

Prawns and unripe mango curry Prawns in a coconut sauce, with the sharpness of the unripe mango to lift the sauce. Not spicy £8.75 Tiger King Prawn masala Tangy and medium-spiced £8.75 Tiger King Prawn molee Cooked in coconut milk, mild £8.75

MAIN COURSE - SQUID

MAIN COURSE - LAMB

Lamb potoato curry The old favourite. A thick, comforting dish. £8.75 Lamb Ularthu Lamb cooked down till the sauce is all absorbed. £8.75 Lamb masala More spicy and lively than the Lamb Potato curry £8.75

MAIN COURSE - BEEF

Kerala Beef Fry Beef cooked down till it is dry, with a dusting of pepper. £8.75 Beef Masala Pieces of beef in a thick onion and spice masala. £8.75

MAIN COURSE - FISH

Kerala red fish curry Our signature dish. Smoky, hot and King fish. £9.00 Fried fish curry Creamy, medium spiced, coconut sauce. £9.00 Alleppy fish curry King fish in a saffron coloured, mango flavoured sauce £9.00 Fish in banana leaf King fish steak fried, packed in a spicy onion mix, wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked on a griddle. £8.75 Fish masala King fish in a thick sauce, with the smoky sourness removed. £9.00 Fish with green chilly Red fish curry but with the taste of green chillies. £9.00

MAIN COURSE - BIRIYANIS

Lamb biriyani Succulent pieces of lamb cooked in moist masala, served covered in aromatic Basmati rice, served with a yoghurt salad, lime pickle, a boiled egg, a pappadum and garnished with sultanas and cashew nuts. £8.75 Chicken biriyani Preparation as for lamb biriyani £8.75 Sea food biriyani Made with prawns and squid. Served without the egg (the egg is served only with meat) £9.50 Vegetable biriyani £7.50 Beef biriyani £8.75 King fish biriyani £9.50

BREADS

Porotta A flaky wheat bread that is great for mopping up the thick sauces. £4 Appam A rice paste bread, aromatic and slightly sweet (we use the sweet coconut water to help the rice paste to ferment), great for dishes with runny gravies. £4.50 Dosa Crispy rice paste pancake, served with two types of coconut chutnies and sambar £4.50 Masala Dosa Dosa as above, with a mild potato and onion filling £5.50 Chapatti Wheat flour unleavened, flat bread. Good for thick sauces £3.5 Puttu Ground and powdered rice, steamed in a tube. This is as healthy as it gets. Powdered rice with a pinch of salt and a little grated coconut. Nothing else. £4.50 Iddly Steamed fermented rice paste. Healthy and a staple in Kerala £4.00

RICE

Boiled Rice Kerala’s unique fat, fluffy red rice £3.25 Neyychor Basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices and ghee £3.75 Lemon Rice A tangy, saffron coloured rice £3.75 Curd Rice Simply, rice mixed with yoghurt, seasoned and tempered. Served cold £3.75 Coconut rice A delicate rice with subtle flavours with fresh coconut and garnished with mustard seeds and a few fried lentils. £3.75

ACCOMPANIMENTS

Inchy curry A dark, spicy, tangy wonderful curry made with Ginger. This is a powerful preparation, dipped into, like a sauce. Goes with rice. £2.75 Thoren Vegetables cooked in their own moisture and finished with freshly grated coconut, shallots and mustard seeds. Beans Thoren £3.75 Cabbage thoren £3.75 Mezhukkuperaty Another way of preparing vegetables. Here the vegetables are lightly sautéed so that they retain some crunch and all the flavour and finished off with shallots and mustard seeds. Unripe banana £3.75 Beans mezhukkuperaty £3.75 Rasam An accompaniment to rice, made with pepper, spices, tamarind, tomatoes and water. Hot, sour and spicy. It is also drunk. A drink to clear your sinuses. £3.75 Pickles and Chutneys In Kerala we always have a pickle or chutney with our main meal. However, what we refer to as pickle is hot and with strong flavours, to surface through the rice that it is eaten with. Chutneys are freshly grated coconut ground up with ginger, garlic and green or dried red chillies. Served in small quantities Red lime pickle £2.75 Yellow lime pickle £2.75 Mango pickle £2.75

DESSERT

DESSERT WINE - Moscato Passito - Italy 2003. A late harvest golden wine, aromatic, honeyed sweetness, but still with a delicate freshness. The perfect accompaniment for our desserts. The second price shown against each dessert is for the dessert with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine (except Chilled Baileys). Semiya Payasam Milk pudding with vermicelli and cardamom £3.25/£5.00 Chilled Baileys served in a Belgian chocolate cup £2.75 Gulab Jamoon Fried milk and dough balls in sugar syrup, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream £3.75/£5.50 Kerala banana fritters Well ripened plantain battered and fried, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream £3.75/£5.50 Pancake surprise Rolled up pancakes with a surprise filling. Created for Mother’s Day 2007. Still going strong. £3.75/£5.50 Selection of Indian sweets 3 different Indian sweets £3.75/£5.50 Ice Cream Vanilla £2.75/£4.50