The Desi Accent

The Desi Accent Menu

(630) 472-2400
801 Butterfield Rd, Lombard, IL 60148

First Course


Tomato Soup
$6.00
Cream of tomato infused with Indian spices.
Mulligatawny Soup
$6.00
Lentils infused with lemon leaves and Indian spices.
Chicken Soup
$6.00
Chicken soup infused with Indian herbs and spices
Papdi Chaat
$8.00
Crispy Lentil turner served with chutneys and yogurt
Sev Puri
$8.00
Crispy lentil turnover served with chutney and yogurt.
Kale Pakora
$8.00
Gluten-free. battered fried kale fritters.
Mixed Veg Pakora
$10.00
Batter fried mixed vegetables
Paneer Pakora
$15.00
Batter fried cottage cheese
Veg Samosa
$6.00
Deep-fried cone pastry stuffed with potatoes and green peas.
Aloo Paneer Tikki
$9.00
Fried cottage cheese and potato cakes with breadcrumbs.
Keema Samosa
$9.00
Deep-fried cone pastry stuffed with minced lamb, delicately spiced.
Chilli Paneer
$15.00
Indo-Chinese flavored cottage cheese with chili.
Gobi Manchurian
$12.00
Indo chinese flavored cauliflower florets with chili garlic sauce
Reshmi Kebab
$20.00
Spiced chicken grilled on skewers
Chicken 65
$18.00
Batter fried cubed chicken with onions and Indian spices
Chicken Pakora
$15.00
Batter fried chicken fritters
Crab Masala
$22.00
Softshell blue crab cooked with a fragrant medley of spices and aromatics.
Dosa
$16.00
Flat thin crepe made from fermented rice batter served with sambar.
Uthappam
14.00
Thick pancake made of rice batter with choice of toppings.

$Accompaniments


Papad and Chutney
$4.00
Yoghurt
$5.00
Raita
$5.00
Yoghurt with cucumber and carrots.
Indian Salad
$9.00
Cucumber, tomato, chilli, and onion in lemon dressing.
Dahi Bhalla
$9.00
Fried black gram dumplings served with yogurt.
Masala Papad
10.00
Fried lentil wafers topped with onion-tomato and chaat masala

$Tandoor Entrees


Lobster
$44.00
Lobster marinated in yogurt and spices cooked in tandoor.
Lamb Chops
$30.00
Ginger and garlic-flavored grilled lamb chops.
Lamb Sheekh Kebab
$24.00
Spiced ground lamb cooked on skewers.
Shrimp
$28.00
Carom flavored shrimps grilled in clay oven.
Fish Tikka
$28.00
Lemon and garlic flavored mahi-mahi steaks with a touch of mustard.
Tandoori Chicken
$22.00
With bone. Whole chicken marinated in exotic spices, cooked in clay oven.
Malai Chicken Tikka
$20.00
Chicken marinated with Indian spices, cheese, ginger, garlic, and white pepper.
Murgh Tikka
$20.00
Chicken kebabs spiced up with achari masala.
Malai Paneer Tikka
$20.00
Fig flavored grilled cottage cheese.
Tandoori Mixed Vegetables
$20.00
Cauliflower, potatoes, bell pepper, onion, and jalapeno cooked in tandoor.
Desi Accent Chicken Platter
28.00
Malai Kebab, Chicken Boti Kebab, Reshmi Kebab and Hariyali Kebab

$Non-Veg Main Course


Chicken Makhani
$19.00
Shredded grilled chicken in gravy with cream and butter.
Murgh Tikka Malai Masala
$19.00
Chicken tikka cooked in creamy onion tomato sauce with butter
Chicken Curry
$18.00
Frontier style chicken curry.
Chicken Vindaloo
$19.00
Chicken cooked in vindaloo sauce with potatoes
Chicken Korma
$19.00
Chicken cooked with cashew paste and spiced with ginger, garlic, and chilli.
Chicken Ghee Roast
$20.00
Mangalorean chicken dish with ghee roasted spices.
Egg Masala
$18.00
Boiled egg cooked with chopped onion and tomato.
Rogan Josh
$22.00
Lamb cooked in caramelized onions, garlic, ginger, and aromatic spices.
Lamb Vindaloo
$22.00
Lamb cooked in vindaloo sauce with potato.
Lamb Badami
$22.00
Lamb cooked in creamy almond and cashew sauce
Lamb Chilli Masala
$22.00
Lamb cooked with onions, tomatoes, chilies and ginger garlic
Mutton Curry
$22.00
Goat cooked in onion and tomato sauce.
Kadai Gosht
$22.00
Lamb cooked with onion and bell pepper.
Methi Gosht
$22.00
Goat meat cooked with fenugreek leaves.
Mangalorean Shrimp Curry
$24.00
Coconut flavored shrimp curry.
Fish Curry
$22.00
Mahi Mahi cooked in coconut cream.
Apollo Fish Curry
20.00
Catfish cooked in Andhra style.

$Veg Main Course


Paneer Makhani
$17.00
Cottage cheese simmered in creamy tomato gravy.
Mutter Aloo
$14.00
Potatoes and peas in gravy.
Mutter Paneer
$16.00
Cottage cheese and peas cooked in creamy sauce
Palak Paneer
$17.00
Creamed spinach with cottage cheese.
Kadhai Paneer
$17.00
Cottage cheese with cashew paste, bell pepper & onion
Aloo Gobi
$14.00
Potato and cauliflower braised in onion sauce.
Baingan Bharta
$14.00
Braised eggplant with green peas.
Paneer Bhurji
$18.00
Shredded cottage cheese cooked with onion and pepper.
Navaratan Korma
$17.00
Vegetables cooked with cashew paste, nuts, fruits, and cream.
Bhindi Masala
$16.00
Okra fried and cooked in Indian spices.
Malai Kofta
$15.00
Cottage cheese and potato dumplings in creamy cashew sauce.
Gobi Gulistan
$16.00
Cauliflower cooked in creamy sauce with cashew paste
Dal Makhani
$12.00
Simmered creamy black lentils.
Dal Fry
$12.00
Yellow lentils flavored with ginger and garlic.
Chana Masala
$12.00
Garbanzo cooked with chopped onion and tomato.
Beans Poriyal
$15.00
South Indian dish made with french beans and grated coconut.
Methi Malai Mutter
$16.00
Fenugreek and green peas cooked in cashew sauce
Baingan Ka Salan
15.00
Eggplant braised Southern style.

$House Thali


Rice


Basmati Rice
$5.00
Steamed rice.
Lemon Rice
$6.00
Lemon flavored rice with peanuts.
Jeera Rice
$6.00
Cumin flavored rice
Peas Pulao
$8.00
Saffron rice with peas.
Veg Biriyani
$15.00
Vegetables richly flavored with saffron rice and cooked with Indian herbs.
Chicken Biriyani
$16.00
Chicken richly flavored with saffron rice and nuts.
Lamb Biriyani
$18.00
Rice with lamb richly flavored and cooked with Indian herbs.
Goat Biriyani
19.00
Rice with goat richly flavored and cooked with Indian herbs.

$Breads


Butter Naan
$4.00
Buttered leavened bread.
Roti
$4.00
Whole wheat bread.
Lachcha Paratha
$5.00
Flaky whole wheat bread.
Chili Naan
$6.00
Leavened bread spiced with chilli.
Kashmiri Naan
$6.00
Leavened bread with nuts and candied fruits.
Garlic Naan
$5.00
Leavened bread with garlic.
Onion Sage Kulcha
$6.00
Bread with spiced onion.
Garlic Mozzarella Naan
$7.00
Leavened bread with garlic & mozzarella cheese
Pudina Paratha
$5.00
Flaky whole wheat bread with mint.
Keema Naan
$6.00
Leavened bread made with minced lamb and spices.
Aloo Paratha
$6.00
Whole wheat bread stuffed with potato
Bhatura
$4.00
All-purpose flour dough flattened and deep-fried to golden brown puffy bread.
Assorted Bread
14.00
Butter naan, roti, onion kulcha, and garlic naan.

$Desserts


Gulab Jamun
$5.00
Milk solid dumplings in sugar syrup.
Ras Malai
$6.00
Cheese dumplings in saffron flavored milk syrup.
Kheer
$5.00
Indian rice pudding.
Mango Kulfi
$5.00
Mango flavored frozen milk dessert.
Pista Kulfi
$5.00
Pistachio flavored frozen milk dessert.
Gajjar Halwa
$8.00
Grated carrots slow cooked in milk sugar and nuts
Moong Dal Halwa
$8.00
Yellow lentils cooked in milk sugar and nuts
Falooda Kulfi
9.00
Indian ice-cream topped with basil seeds, falooda, rose syrup & nuts

$Non-Alcoholic Beverages


Aam Ki Lassi
$6.00
The perfect treat – delicious mango juice and creamy yogurt.
Namkeen Lassi
$6.00
A concoction straight out of mummyji’s book: fresh yogurt, rock salt, and roasted cumin.
Masala Lassi
$6.00
Lassi with mint, cilantro, jalapeno, ginger, and cumin infused with chaat masala.
Pedewalli Lassi
$6.00
Sweet and creamy, just like you’d find in a traditional Amritsari lassi shop.
Khatta Meetha Lassi
6.00
Yogurt, chaat masala, and sugar

$Desi Mocktails


Soul Cooler
$6.00
Our version of Mango Mojito with mango juice, lemon & mint topped with soda
Mint Leaf of Chicago
$6.00
Our version of minty lemonade served chilled with black salt
Delhi Belly
$6.00
Pineapple juice blended with crushed pineapple, a dash of chaat masala, and topped up with soda.
Shikanjvi Mocktail
$6.00
North India's traditional lemonade; a refreshing combo of fresh lime and mint spiked with black salt.
Passion Fruit Surprise
$6.00
Passion fruit juice, grenadine, fresh lime juice and soda
Strawberry Mojito
$6.00
Strawberry, mint leaves, lime juice topped with soda
Nimbu Twist Mocktail
$6.00
Fresh lime soda with basil seeds.
Indian Green Tea
$6.00
Freshly brewed green tea, fresh ginger, mint leaves, simple syrup
Cochin Kulluki Mocktail
$6.00
Fresh lime juice with a grating of ginger-green chilli and pineapple in Malayalam, ‘kulluki’ means ‘shaken’.
Kallangadi Quench Mocktail
$6.00
It’s called kallangadi in Karnataka, but we know that this watermelon drink is always refreshing, a little chunky and a zing of lemon.
Love Guru Mocktail
$6.00
Rooavza with mint and lemon juice.
Nana Mint Mocktail
$6.00
Minty lemonade and honey.

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