Rice Boat, 37 Newnham Road, Cambridge CB3 9EY. 
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Menu – August 2008.
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STARTERS
Fried Tiger King Prawns
Pan-fried with mustard seeds, chilli and curry leaves		 £8.50
Vada
Lentil doughnuts, served with coconut chutney and Sambar		 £4.75
Thairu Vada.
The Vada (as above), is soaked in yoghurt flavoured with mustard seeds, ginger, chilli and onions. Served cold.		 £4.75
Onion vada
Kerala's version of the Onion Bhaji		 £4.50
Squid Pepper Fry
Squid rings, pan fried with a dusting of spices. Not in batter.		 £5.50
Parippu Vada
Fried patties of coarsely ground yellow lentils with ginger, garlic and green chillies. Served with slices of banana.		 £4.75
Fried chicken
Fried chicken wings. Garnished with peppery onions.		 £4.75
Tuna cutlet
Fishcakes (always called cutlets in Kerala), with ginger, green chillies and shallots.		 £5.00
Lamb cutlet
Lamb patties, as above, but with black pepper in addition to the other ingredients.		 £5.00
Vegetable samosa
Everyone does these, try ours.		 £5.00
Chilli-fried whitebait
Dried, salted fish, deep fried in a chilli powder mix and served with a small portion of boiled rice. 		£5.50
Prawn Balls
Prawns with diced veg. in a light egg and mixed-flour batter		 £6
Squid Balls
Squid rings, prepared like Prawn Balls 		£5.00
Fried Sea Bream
A whole Bream marinated in turmeric, chilli powder, pepper and fried. A fantastic fish, cooked in a superb way.		 £8
STARTER PLATTERS
Student Veg Platter
Samosa and Onion vada		 £7.50
Student Non-veg Platter
Fried chicken and Onion vada		 £8.00
Cutlet Platter
Tuna Cutlet, Lamb Cutlet and Veg Samosa		 £10.00
Vada Platter
Vada, Parippu Vada and Thairu Vada		 £12.00
Seafood Platter
Squid balls, Prawn balls and Chilli-fried Whitebait		 £15.50
TABLE SNACKS (Pre-prepared snacks available immediately.)
Mixture (Bombay Mix)
Eaten all over India as an impromptu snack. Made in house, something to munch on while your starters are being prepared. 		£1.25
MAIN COURSES - VEGETARIAN (These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Sambar
Carrots, Potatoes, Aubergine and Snake Gourd in a spicy, tangy, lentil curry. A hearty dish.		 £6.50
Spiced up Sambar
Taken one step further for the aficionados. Added spices and dried red chillies. 		£7.50
Vegetables in coconut paste
A traditionally cooked vegetable dish with a spicy and roasted coconut taste.		 £7.00
Aubergine Theeyal
Aubergine cooked in a shallots, coconut, tamarind and spices mix that is roasted for a nutty, tangy flavour. 		£7.00
Vegetable Stew
Beautiful vegetables in a mild, coconut and potato sauce. Only aromatic spices are used, no hot spices. 		£6.00
Potato and green peas curry
Green peas and silky potatoes in a creamy turmeric yellow sauce; WOW! 		£6.00
Rita’s Eggs
Eggs in a creamy tomato sauce. Rita is famous for this. 		£6.00
Kerala Omlette
Eggs with shallots, green chilly, coconut. Try rolled up in a chapatti		 £4.00
Kerala Parippu Curry
Yellow 'dal' curry. Garlicky, creamy and yum. 		£7.00
Pumpkin and Red Bean curry
The pumpkin breaks down to give a soft texture to this dish and a sweet taste to accompany the Red (Adzuki) beans. A dish normally served at Onam, the Harvest Festival.		 £7.00
Spinach Parippu Curry
Kerala Dal curry with baby spinach.		 £7.00
MAIN COURSES- CHICKEN (These are not served with Rice or Breads,All the chicken dishes, except the last two in the list below are chicken with bone.)
Syrian Christian Stew
A luxurious chicken preparation in a medium spicy, thick coconut sauce. 		£8.50
Kerala chicken curry
The normal Chicken curry in Kerala. Full of aromatic spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon) and the spiciest chicken curry. 		£8.50
Pepper chicken
Chicken in a thick, mildly spiced sauce with black pepper. There is not a lot of sauce in this dish.		 £8.50
Coriander chicken
Chicken cooked primarily with coriander powder. Aromatic and mild. Not much gravy. 		£8.50
Kozhi Ularthu
Boneless chicken pieces, pan-cooked. No sauce. Best with chapatti or Porotta. Medium spiced.		 £8.50
Fried chicken masala
Chicken fried first and then cooked in a tomato and onion masala. Not much gravy. Medium spiced 		£8.50
MAIN COURSES - DUCK(With bone)(These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Duck masala.
Another festive dish. A sumptuous, aromatic, medium spicy dish where the duck seems to elevate the spices to another level.		 £10.50
MAIN COURSES - PRAWN (These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Prawns and unripe mango curry
Prawns in a coconut sauce, with the sharpness of the unripe mango to lift the sauce. Not spicy		 £9.25
Tiger King Prawn Masala
Tangy, creamy and medium spiced. 		£9.25
Tiger King Prawn Molee
Cooked in coconut milk and turmeric and curry leaves. No hot spices at all. All you can taste are the prawns. 		£9.25
Tiger King Prawn Ularthu
Prawns dry cooked with onions, spices, curry leaves and pepper. No gravy at all. This is best eaten with rice.		 £9.25
MAIN COURSES - LAMB (These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Lamb potato curry
The old favourite. Succulent pieces of lamb and soft potato in a thick, medium spiced, silky sauce, with loads of aromatic spices.		 £9.25
Lamb Ularthu
Lamb, with the same spices as above, cooked down till the sauce is all absorbed. Intense flavours. 		£9.25
Lamb masala
More spicy and lively than the Lamb Potato curry 		£9.25
MAIN COURSES - BEEF (These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Kerala Beef Fry
Beef cooked down till it is dry, but marshmallow soft. This is why Beef Fry is a legendary dish in Kerala.		 £9.25
Beef masala
Pieces of beef in a thick onion and spice masala.		 £9.25
MAIN COURSES - FISH (These are not served with Rice or Breads)
Kerala red fish curry
Our signature dish. SPICY. Large, boneless, skinless pieces of King Fish cooked in a very spicy sauce with a smoky, tangy (imparted by Cocum, a kind of tamarind) sauce.		 £9.50
Fried fish curry
The same fish as above, fried and then toned down a bit with coconut milk for a creamy, tangy medium spiced sauce.		 £9.50
Alleppy Fish Curry
King fish in a tangy coconut masala with ginger and a hint of green chilly in a nice, thick sauce.		 £9.50
Fish in banana leaf
A King fish steak, fried, packed in a spicy onion mix, wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked on a griddle. The banana leaf imparts a unique flavour to the fish, making this a one-off dish.		 £9.25
Fish Masala
King fish in a thick sauce, with the smoky sourness of Cocum toned down to give a more relaxed taste to the King Fish.		 £9.50
Fish with green chilly
King fish curry with a subtle taste of green chillies for another variation on the King Fish curry.		 £9.50
Fish Mappas
King fish made with a medium onion and coconut masala for a less spicy King Fish preparation.		 £9.50
Fried Sea Bream
A whole Bream marinated in turmeric, chilli powder, pepper and fried. A fantastic fish, cooked in a superb way.		 £8.00
RICE AND BREADS
BIRIYANI
A Muslim dish that is made differently in different parts of India. In Southern Kerala, the savoury element of the dish is packed into the middle of a portion of aromatic rice and served with Pappadoms, pickle and a yoghurt salad. If you find the pickle too powerful, it is a good idea to mix the pickle and yoghurt salad. Meat biriyanis are served with a boiled egg as well.
Lamb Biriyani
£9.25
Chicken Biriyani (Boneless)
 £9.25
Seafood Biriyani
With prawns and squid 		£10.00
Vegetable Biriyani
 £7.00
King Fish Biriyani
 £10.00
BREADS
Porotta
A thick wheat bread, which is great for thick sauces.		 £4.25
Sweet Porotta
A flat Porotta stuffed with sweetened, grated coconut and dried fruit.		 £4.25
Appam
A bread made with fermented ground rice, aromatic and slightly sweet, great for dishes with runny sauces.		 £4.25
Dosa
Crispy rice bread, served with two coconut chutneys, Sambar.		 £4.75
Masala Dosa.
Dosa as above, with a mild potato and onion filling, served with two coconut chutneys, Sambar.		 £5.75
Chapatti
Wheat flour unleavened, flat bread. Cooked with no oil		 £3.75
Puttu
Traditionally eaten for breakfast, this is a very healthy dish. Powdered rice is slightly moistened, packed into a bamboo tube and steamed.		 £4.50
Masala Dosa Platter
Masala Dosa and two vada 		£9.00
Stuffed Porotta
A flat Porotta stuffed with potatoes, peas, spinach.		 £4.25
Set Dosa
Dosa made like a thick pancake, with no accompaniments. Eaten as a bread with other curries.		 £4.00
Egg Dosa
A Set Dosa with egg inside. The egg gives the Dosa more body and combines well with Sambar. Served with Sambar		 £4.75
Uthappam
Like a mini pizza. A pancake Dosa with a onion, coriander leaf, tomato and green chilli topping. Served with Sambar, chutneys		 £5.25
RICE
Boiled Rice
Par boiled Kerala Red Rice 		£3.50
Neyychor
Basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices and ghee		 £4.00
Lemon Rice
Tangy, yellow rice		 £4.00
Coconut Rice
A delicate rice with subtle flavours of fresh coconut garnished with mustard seeds and fried lentils		 £4.00
Tomato Rice
Rice with the subtle sweet/tartness of fresh tomato.		 £4.00
ACCOMPANIMENTS
Inchy Curry
A dark, spicy, tangy wonderful curry made of Ginger. A great accompaniment to rice.		 £2.75
Beans, Cabbage, Broccoli, Spinach or Beetroot Thoren
A thoren is lightly steamed, finely diced vegetables (which retains their colour and taste) with some quickly sautéed onions, mustard seeds and grated coconut added for taste. Our lunch and dinner always has a thoren of some sort.		 £4.00
Beans or Potato Mezhukkuperaty
Another way of preparing vegetables. Here the vegetables are sautéed and then tempered with shallots and mustard seeds, no grated coconut. Again, the emphasis is on keeping the colour and crunch of fresh vegetables.		 £4.00
Rasam
This is a drink and an accompaniment to rice. Almost like a soup, made with tomatoes, tamarind, spices and pepper. Hot, sour and spicy. A drink to clear your sinuses. 		£3.75
Pickles
In Kerala we always have a pickle 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.
Red lime pickle
£2.75
Yellow lime pickle
 £2.75
Mango pickle
 £2.75
Prawn pickle
 £2.75

DESSERTS
DESSERT WINE-Moscato Passito - Italy ’03.
A late harvest golden wine, aromatic, honeyed sweetness, but still with a delicate freshness. The perfect accompaniment for our desserts.
Semiya Payasam
Milk pudding with vermicelli and cardamom		 £3.50
Semiya Payasam
Milk pudding with vermicelli and cardamom with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine 		£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
Gulab Jamoon
Fried milk and dough balls in sugar syrup, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £5.50
Selection of Indian sweets
3 different Indian sweets 		£3.75
Selection of Indian sweets
3 different Indian sweets with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £5.50
Ice Cream - Vanilla
 £2.75
Ice Cream - Vanilla
with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £4.50
Almond cake with DAIM topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of DAIM, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream		 £4.25
Almond cake with DAIM topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of DAIM, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £6.00
Almond cacke with SNICKERS topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of peanuts, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.		 £4.25
Almond cake with SNICKERS topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of peanuts, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £6.00
Almond cake with dark chocolate topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of rich, dark chocolate, scoop of ice cream 		£4.25
Almond cake with dark chocolate topping
A slice of almond tart with a topping of rich, dark chocolate, scoop of ice cream with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £6.00
Kerala banana fritters
Well ripened plantain battered and fried, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream		 £3.75
Kerala banana fritters
Well ripened plantain battered and fried, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £5.50
Pistachio Kulfi
An Indian ice cream with ground Pistachio nuts.		 £3.50
Pistachio Kulfi
An Indian ice cream with ground Pistachio nuts with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £5.25
Pancake surprise
Rolled up pancakes with a surprise filling. Created for Mother's Day 2007. Still going strong.		 £3.75
Pancake surprise
Rolled up pancakes with a surprise filling. Created for Mother's Day 2007. Still going strong. with a 50ml serving of the dessert wine		 £5.50
FIXED VEGETARIAN MENU - £15.00 per head Minimum four persons
Mixture
on the table on arrival
Starters
Vada Platter
First Main Course
Aubergine Theeyal, Coconut Rice and Cabbage thoren.
Second Main Course
Masala Dosa
Dessert
Semiya Payasam.
Veg and Biriyani Fixed Menu - £17.00 per head-Minimum four persons
Mixture
on the table on arrival
Starters
Onion vada, Prawn balls and Parippu Vada
First Main Course
Pumpkin and Red Bean curry, Coconut Rice and Cabbage thoren.
Second Main Course
Chicken Biriyani
Dessert
Gulab Jamoon
Prawn and Chicken Fixed Menu (No Dessert) - £19.00 per head -Minimum four persons
Mixture
on the table on arrival
Starters
Fried Bream
First Main Course
Tiger King Prawn Masala, Spinach Thoren and Tomato Rice
Second Main Course
Fried Chicken Masala, Beans Mezhukkuperaty and Porotta



All prices shown inclusive of VAT. Service Charge not included. 10% service charge added for groups of 7 or more.
All tips are shared equally between the Waiting Staff and Kitchen staff who are working on the day.