Chicken Specialties
Chicken Tikka Masala
$15.00
An all-time favorite. Chicken tikka in a mild tomato cream sauce.
Chicken Ammwala (Aur Signature)
$15.00
Chicken cooked in an exotic mango cream sauce with spies.
Andhra Pepper Chicken
$14.00
Prepared with onion, coconut, green chilies and curry leaves.
Chicken Chettinadu (a Tamilnadu Specialty)
$15.00
Chicken in authentic spicy black pepper and roasted coconut sauce.
Chicken Tikka Saag
$15.00
Chicken cooked in mild spinach sauce.
Chicken Vindaloo
$15.00
Chicken cooked in an hot and sour, chili vinegar tomato sauce.
Chicken Makhani
$15.00
Prepared with shredded peppers and tomato cream sauce.
Chicken Kashmiri
$15.00
Chicken malai kebab cooked in almond cashew cream sauce.
Chicken Korma
$15.00
Chicken simmered in a creamy fragrant sauce with onion, garlic, ginger and cashews.
Kundapur Chicken
$14.00
Chicken cooked in a coconut onion sauce with South Indian spices.
Chicken Phaal
15.00
A popular anglo Indian spicy dish. Chicken with pureed green chilies, ginger and garlic.
$Lamb & Goat Specialties
Lamb Rogan Josh
$16.00
The traditional lamb curry with onions, tomatoes and spices.
Lamb Korma
$16.00
Lamb cooked in an almond and cashew cream sauce.
Lamb Saag
$16.00
Lamb prepared with delicately spiced spinach.
Lamb Kebab Masala
$17.00
Lamb cooked in mild tomato cream sauce.
Lamb Madras
$16.00
Lamb cooked with potatoes, carrots, onions and coconut sauce.
Bhamia Koota (a Calcutta Specialty)
$16.00
Spiced lamb, okra, tamarind infused tomato sauce.
Lamb Chettinadu (a Tamilnadu Specialty)
$16.00
Lamb in an authentic spicy black pepper and roasted coconut sauce.
Lamb Kebab Kadhai
$17.00
With onion, bell peppers, garlic, ginger and spices.
Lamb Vindaloo
$16.00
Lamb cooked in chili vinegar tomato sauce.
Lamb Phaal
$16.00
A popular anglo Indian spicy dish. Lamb with pureed green chilies, ginger and garlic.
Goat Curry (a Panjabi)
$16.00
Traditional spicy goat-on-the-bone.
Malabar Goat Curry (a Kerala Specialty)
$16.00
Goat-on-the-bone, cooked with potatoes, carrot, and coconut.
Goat Vindaloo
16.00
Goat cooked in an hot and sour, chill vinegar tomato sauce.
$Relished & Extras
Raita
$3.00
Yogurt, cucumbers, onions, carrots.
Lemon Pickle
$3.00
Preserved lemon with spices.
Pappadam (2 Pieces)
$2.00
Extra Sambar (8 oz.)
$10.00
Mango Chutney
$2.00
Sweet mango relish.
Coconut Chutney (8 oz.)
$3.00
Basmati Rice
4.00
$Seafood Specialties
Bagari Jhina (Our Signature)
$17.00
Shrimp cooked in creamy tomato sauce with onions and curry leaf.
Shrimp Mango Curry (a Kerala Specialty)
$17.00
Shrimp cooked with raw mangoes in coconut curry.
Shrimp Masala (a Punjabi Specialty)
$17.00
Shrimp prepared with bell peppers, fresh ginger in a tomato cream sauce.
Manglorean Shrimp Curry
$17.00
Shrimp simmered in coconut gravy with ginger and tomato.
Shrimp Saag
$17.00
Shrimp in a mild puree of creamed spinach sauce.
Fish Palak
$17.00
Fish cooked in puree spinach, tomato sauce with a touch of cream.
Goan Fish Curry
$17.00
Salmon or mahi mahi prepared with fenu-Greek, fennel, mustard seeds, bell peppers and coconut.
Kerala Fish Curry
$17.00
Salmon or mahi mahi, curry leaves in black tamarind sauce.
Shrimp Vindaloo
$17.00
Shrimp cooked in an hot and sour, chili vinegar tomato sauce.
Shrimp Phaal
17.00
A popular anglo Indian spicy dish, shrimp with pureed green chilies, ginger and garlic.
$Indian Breads
Plain Naan
$3.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Garlic Naan
$4.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Rosemary Naan
$4.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Paneer Cheese Naan
$4.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Nuts & Raisins Naan
$4.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Onion Naan
$4.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Onion Chili Naan
$5.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Garlic Chili Naan
$5.00
Leavened white flour bread.
Tandoor Roti
$3.00
Whole wheat bread.
Chapathi
$3.00
Whole wheat bread.
Tawa Paratha
$4.00
Whole wheat bread. Shallow pan fried bread.
Aloo Paratha
$4.00
Whole wheat bread. Potato.
Gobi Paratha
$4.00
Whole wheat bread. Cauliflower.
Honey Paratha
$4.00
Whole wheat bread.
Poori
5.00
Whole wheat bread. Deep fried puffed bread.
$Biriyani
Vegetable
$12.00
Shrimp
$18.00
Goat
$16.00
Chicken
$15.00
Lamb
$16.00
Egg
13.00
$South Indian & Vegetarian Starters
Medhu Vada
$5.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Fritters.
Idli
$5.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Steamed rice and lentil cakes.
Masala Dosa
$8.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Crispy rice lentil crepe with potato.
Mysore Masala Dosa
$9.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Spicy masala dosa.
Madras Riffin
$12.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Assortment of masala dosa, idli and mendhu vada.
Uthappam
$8.00
Served with tomato chutney, coconut chutney and samber. Onion, tomato pan cake.
Vegetable Samosa
$5.00
All time favorite. Savory pastries stuffed with spiced potatoes
Potato Bonda
$5.00
Chickpea batter fried spiced potato.
Bhajia
$5.00
Vegetable fritters.
Karari Bhindi
$6.00
Crispy fried spiced okra.
Royale Veggie Platter
10.00
Mix of veg starters.
$A Taste Of Royale Chaat
Bhelpuri
$5.00
Rice puffs, onion, potato, chutney.
Tamarind Eggplant
$7.00
Crispy slices of eggplant with onion, chickpeas, yogurt, mint and tamarind.
Ragara
$7.00
Potato parries topped with spiced chickpeas, yogurt and tamarind.
Samosa Chaat
7.00
Scrambled samosa tooped with chaat chutneys
$Non Vegetarian Starters
Lamb Kheema Samosa
$5.00
Savory pastries, spiced ground lamb and potatoes.
Kalml Kebab
$6.00
Indian spiced chicken wings cooked in tandoor.
Chicken Hariyall Kebab
$7.00
Mint and cilantro flavored chicken tenders.
Sheekh Kebab
$8.00
Mint and cilantro flavored chicken tenders.
Chicken Tikka Naan
$5.00
Fine flour bread stuffed with ground chicken and spices.
Calamari Cochin
$7.00
Fried masala squid sautéed with onions, bell pepper and spices.
Bagari Shrimp (a Try)
$8.00
Baby shrimp sautéed with mustard seeds, onions, curry leavs in tomato sauce and served with poori.
Royale Meat Platter
12.00
Assortment kebabs, chicken naan and lamb samosa.
$Salad & Soup
Green Salad House
$4.00
Chickpea Salad
$5.00
Seafood Soup
$6.00
Seafood medley with basil, tomato and coconut milk.
Mulligatawny Soup
$4.00
Traditional soup with lentil and vegetables.
Rasam
4.00
Clear lentil, spicy soup with tomato, garlic, pepper.
$Iudo Chinese Selections
Chili Cauliflower
$14.00
Batter fried cauliflower with garlic, diced onion, bell pepper.
Chili Mushroom
$14.00
Stri fried mushroom with onion, bell pepper, soy sauce and chilies.
Chili Paneer
$15.00
Stri fried paneer in onion, bell pepper, soy sauce, chilies.
Chili Chicken
15.00
Battered chicken in a classic hot and tangy soy, chili sauce.
$Bombay Royale Specials
Rack of Lamb (Excellent)
$25.00
rack Of Lamb marinated with herbs and Spices, grilled in Tandoor
Rack of Lamb Kadhai
$25.00
With pepper, onion, spices.
Rack of Lamb Chettinadu
$25.00
With black pepper and roasted coconut.
Meen Molee (Our Signature)
$24.00
Choice of salmon/mahi mahi poached en turmeric coconut stew.
Cochin Snapper
$24.00
Whole red snapper grilled in tandoor, topped with curried shrimp.
Malabar Shrimp
$24.00
Tandoor grilled jumbo shrimp wrapped in coconut sauce.
Fish in Banana Leaf (a Kerala Specialty)
$24.00
Salmon or mahi mahi, wrapped and steamed in a banana leaf with South Indian spices.
Pepper Salmon & Vegetables
24.00
Tandoori grilled salmon and fresh vegetables.
$Tandoor Sizzler's
Chicken Tandoori (Our Signature)
$15.00
Chicken on the bone.
Chicken Tikka
$16.00
Marination of yogurt and spices.
Garlic Chicken
$16.00
Marination of garlic, ginger, mint.
Chicken Malai Kebab
$16.00
Chicken marinated in cashew paste with cardamom, white peppers and saffron.
Shrimp Malai Kebab
$20.00
Shrimp marinated in cashew paste with cardamom, white peppers and saffron.
Tandoori Shrimp
$20.00
Jumbo shrimp cooked with ginger, mint, garlic paste.
Phinga Mast Mast
$20.00
Jumbo shrimp marinated in chili mint sauce.
Fish Tikka
$18.00
Masala marinated.
Lamb Kebab
$20.00
Spiced lamb cubes grilled in tandoor.
Sheekh Kebab
$18.00
Skewered tender rolls of spiced ground lamb.
Tandoori Medley
$24.00
A melange of our favorite tandoori kebabs.
Vegetable Tandoori
$14.00
A melange of fresh vegetable and paneer in tandoor.
Paneer Tikka
15.00
Marinated paneer cheese cubes.
$Vegan Specialties
Aloo Gobi
$12.00
Potato, cauliflower, tomatoes, ginger, spices.
Chana Masala
$12.00
Chickpeas, tomatoes simmered with garlic, onions and traditional Indian spices.
Lassoni Gobi
$14.00
Batter fried cauliflower with garlic, onion and ginger.
Kundapur Vegetables
$12.00
Authentic South Indian vegetable curry.
Okra Masala
$13.00
Roasted okra in tomato sauce with bell peppers and spices.
Okra Mappas
$13.00
Okra with tomatoes, corriander and coconut milk.
Coconut Mushroom
$12.00
Mushrooms cooked in a coconut curry sauce.
Mushroom Kadhal
$12.00
Bell peppers, onion, ginger, tomatoes, and mushrooms.
Chettinadu Vegetable (a Tamilnadu Specialty)
$12.00
Fresh vegetables. In spicy black pepper, roasted coconut sauce.
Aloo Mushroom Chettinadu
$12.00
Spicy black pepper, roasted coconut sauce, potatoes, mushrooms.
Eggplant Chettinadu
$14.00
Baby eggplant in black pepper, roasted coconut sauce.
Vegetable Vindaloo
$12.00
Fresh vegetables cooked in chili vinegar tomato sauce.
Green Beans & Lentils
$12.00
Green beans, yellow peas, coconut, curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Dal Tadka
$7.00
Yellow split peas cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices.
Sambar
10.00
(A South Indian regional specialty) lentil based vegetable stew based on a broth made with tamarind.
$Vegetarian Specialties
Palak (Spinach) Paneer
$13.00
Pureed creamed spinach Cooked with Paneer & Spiced with Cumin, Garlic & Ginger
Palak Vegetables
$13.00
Garden fresh vegetables in a puree of creamed spinach.
Avlal Malabar (a Kerala Specialty)
$12.00
A plaintains, beans, carrot, squash, vegetable drumsticks in yogurt coconut sauce.
Navaratan Korma
$12.00
Fresh vegetables cooked in an Almond Cashew Cream Sauce
Malai Kofta
$13.00
Cheese dumplings in almond cashew sauce.
Vegetable Masala
$13.00
Fresh vegetables simmered in a tomato cream sauce.
Vegetable Ammwala
$13.00
Garden vegetables cooked in an exotic mango cream sauce with spices.
Mattar Paneer
$13.00
Paneer cheese and green peas simmered in a tomato cream sauce.
Eggplant Masala
$13.00
Baby eggplant cooked in tomato cream sauce.
Spinach Kofta (a Must Try')
$13.00
Spinach and cheese dumplings in an onion, tomato sauce with bell pepper and hint of cream.
Dal Makhani
$12.00
Black lentils and red kidney beans, ginger and garlic.
Paneer Kurchan
$13.00
Grated paneer cheese pan fried in a creamy tomato sauce.
Kadhai Paneer
$13.00
Paneer cheese sautéed with onion, bell peppers, garlic, ginger and spices.
Paneer Masala
$13.00
Paneer cheese cubes and bell pepper simmered in a tomato cream sauce.
Paneer Shahi Korma
$13.00
Paneer cheese in a cashew almond sauce.
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