Benares Indian Restaurant
Popular menu items
Saag Paneer
Fresh spinach cooked with cottage cheese, tempered with cumin, ginger and garlic.
$23.00 +Chicken Tikka Masala
Grilled boneless chicken simmered in fenugreek flavored plum tomato gravy.
$24.00 +Lunch Platter
Soup & Salad
Vegetarian Appetizers
Khasta Gobi
Lightly battered crisp cauliflower with garlic and crushed pepper in a tangy sauce.
$14.00 +Mixed Pakoras
An assortment of eggplant, yam, spinach, and chili fritters fried in Indian spices.
$12.00 +Aloo Papri Chaat
Wheat crisps topped with chick peas, potatoes, yogurt, roasted cumin, mint and tamarind chutneys.
$12.00 +Bhel Puri
Puffed rice crisps topped with chopped onions, potatoes, avocado, corn kernels, and tossed with chutneys.
$13.00 +Kolhapuri Misal
Sprouted beans in chili, coconut, herbs and spiced crisps served with toasted pav bread.
$15.00 +Assorted Grilled Veggies
Assorted cauliflower, broccoli, and peppers, marinated in yogurt, spices and lemon juice.
$16.00 +Honey Crispy Lotus
Fried crispy lotus stem in sweet chilli honey sauce topped with sesame seeds.
$15.00 +Non-Vegetarian Appetizers
Fish Amritsari
Fish marinated in ginger, garlic, garam masala, and yogurt fried to perfection.
$20.00 +Lamb Seekh Kebab
Minced lamb kebab marinated with garlic, ginger, paprika, slowly cooked in our tandoor oven.
$18.00 +Fish Tikka
$18.00 +Vegetarian Entrees
Paneer Tikka Masala
Cottage cheese cooked in cream and tomato gravy with combination of onion, peppers and tomatoes.
$23.00 +Saag Paneer
Fresh spinach cooked with cottage cheese, tempered with cumin, ginger and garlic.
$23.00 +Methi Malai Matar
Fresh fenugreek leaves with green peas and cream in a sweet and rich creamy curry
$23.00 +Shahi Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked in creamy gravy prepared with tomato, onions and cashew nuts.
$23.00 +Yellow Dal Tadka
Yellow lentils cooked to perfection in a slow fire finished with tempered herbs and spices
$21.00 +Dal Makhani
Black lentils cooked in slow fire overnight, finished with butter and tomato gravy.
$21.00 +Vegan Entrees
Yellow Dal Vegan
Yellow lentils cooked to perfection in a slow fire finished with tempered herbs and spices.
$22.00 +Chicken Entrees
Chicken Tikka Masala
Grilled boneless chicken simmered in fenugreek flavored plum tomato gravy.
$24.00 +Butter Chicken
Tandoori grilled chicken cooked in tomato gravy, cashew and finished with butter.
$24.00 +Chicken Kali Mirch
Black pepper chicken curry made of marinated chicken cubes braised with sauce made of yogurt, milk, and exotic spices.
$24.00 +Chicken Vindaloo
Famous chicken preparations from Goa cooked with vinegar, hot chilies and spices.
$24.00 +Chilli Chicken
Indo-Chinese chicken tossed with bell peppers, onions, chilies, garlic and ginger.
$24.00 +Goat & Lamb Entrees
Laal Maas
Lamb cooked in slow fire with yogurt, chili, turmeric, onion, ginger, garlic and cardamom.
$26.00 +Seafood Entrees
Goan Shrimp Curry
Shrimps cooked with sauteed onion, lime juice, spices and fresh coconut milk.
$28.00 +Cheema Thenga (Jumbo Shrimp)
Marinated jumbo prawns grilled and simmered in coconut milk curry.
$33.00 +Beguni Maach
Sea bass marinated in ginger, garlic, jalapenos, sun dried tomatoes and garam masala oven baked.
$33.00 +Tandoori Grill Entrees
Jumbo Shrimp (Aamiya Jhinga)
Jumbo prawns marinated in mango, rice vinegar, ginger, and molasses slowly grilled in our tandoor.
$33.00Grilled Tandoori Veggies
$26.00Breads
Poori
Bread made from unleavened whole-wheat flour, salt, and water, deep-fried until puffed and golden brown.
$6.00Laacha Paratha
$6.00Mint Paratha
$6.00Aloo Paratha
$7.00Chicken & Cheese Kulcha
Lightly leavened, Indian flatbread, often stuffed with shredded chicken & cheese.
$7.00