Minerva Indian Restaurant
Popular menu items
Hyderabad Goat Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with goat and spices. Served with raita and gravy.
$17.95 +Daily Special Lunch Box
House Special Pickles
Mixed Vegtable Pickle
A blend of pickled carrots, cucumbers, and radishes, seasoned with spices for a tangy and crunchy bite.
$9.95Shrimp Pickle
Succulent shrimp marinated in a tangy pickle brine with aromatic spices and fresh herbs.
$10.95Mutton (Goat) Pickle
Chunks of goat meat marinated in a blend of spices and preserved with tangy pickling.
$10.95Mango Turumu Pickle
Chunks of mango mixed with spices and herbs, delivering a balance of tangy and spicy flavors.
$9.95Munakaya (Drumsticks) Pickle
Features tender drumsticks pickled with a blend of spices, offering a tangy and savory flavor.
$9.95Poodina (Mint) Pickle
Tangy and aromatic pickle featuring fresh mint, spices, and a hint of citrus.
$9.95Kothi Meera (Cilantro) Pickle
Spicy pickles made with fresh cilantro, tangy tamarind, garlic, and a blend of traditional Indian spices.
$9.95Pandu Mirchi (Chilly ) Pickle
Spicy red chili pickle with a blend of spices and visible seeds, featuring pieces of dried chili and curry leaves.
$9.95Value Meals ( Serve 2 to 3 Persons )
Egg Value Meal
Egg biryani or fried rice, chef's choice appetizer, house special dessert, and 3 cans of sodas.
$24.95Bogo (Buy one get One)
Rasmalai (**2)
$6.95Chicken Shish Kabab (**2)
$19.95 +Badam Milk (**2) (16oz)
$5.95Garlic Nan (**2)
$6.95Mango Lassi (**2)
$6.95Chicken Biryani (**2)
$22.95Butter Chicken (**2)
$22.95Vegetarian Appetizers
Chilli Pakoras
6 pieces. Green long hot pepper dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$8.95Vegetable Samosas
5 pieces. Spiced boiled potatoes and vegetables wrapped in a wheat flour pastry. served with mint and tamarind sauce.
$9.95Paneer Pakoras
Homemade panner (cheese) dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Vegetable Spring Rolls
6 pieces. Mixed vegetables wrapped in a wheat flour pastry. Served with mint and tamarind sauce.
$11.95Bell Pepper Pakoras
Bell pepper slices dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$8.95Spinach Pakoras
Spinach dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$8.95Chilli Paneer
Deep fried paneer sautéed with onions, green chilies, peppers with blend of chilly sauce.
$14.95Cut Mirchi
Chilly slices dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Mixed Vegetable Pakoras
Vegetables slices dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served with mint and tamarind sauce.
$8.95Paneer Manchuria
Deep fried paneer sautéed with onions, green chilies, peppers with blend of chilly sauce.
$14.95Potato Pakoras
10 pieces. Potato slice dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Onion Mirchi Bajji
6 pieces. Spicy green chilli is coated with thick chickpeas flour paste and deep fried and chopped onions stuffed into chilli.
$9.95Gobi 65
$13.95Chilly Gobi
$13.95Plaintain Pakora
$6.95Onion Samoasa (5pcs)
Onion samosa is a popular crisp fried snacks made with homemade pastry and spiced onion fillings.
$7.95Non-Vegetarian Appetizers
Shrimp Manchurian
Battered shrimp tossed with soya sauce based gravy, cooked to chef's perfection.
$15.95Chicken 65 Appetizer
Boneless chicken fried and tossed with yogurt sauce, curry leaves and spices.
$14.95Chicken Samosas
4 pieces. Spiced ground chicken wrapped in a wheat flour pastry. Served with mint and tamarind sauce.
$14.95Chicken Pakoras
Chicken dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$14.95Egg Pakoras
10 pieces. Boiled egg dipped in a spiced batter and deep fried. Served mint and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Chicken Manchurian
Battered chicken tossed with soya sauce based gravy, cooked to chef's perfection.
$14.95Lamb Samosas
4 pieces. Spiced ground lamb wrapped in a wheat flour pastry. Served with mint and tamarind sauce.
$15.95Spicy Mix
A spicy mixture of fried rice puffs, cashews, masala peanuts, masala cashews, maag, tikhi sev and masala peas.
$5.95Chicken Lollipops
5 pieces. Marinated chicken winglet fried and tossed with house special sauces.
$14.95Vegetarian Soup and Salads
Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad
Iceberg lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber, onion-cilantro vinaigrette.
$5.95Sambar
16 oz. South Indian flavored toor lentil with assorted vegetables, tempered with mustard seed, curry leaves, asafetida and tamarind.
$6.95Non-Vegetarian Soup and Salads
South Indian Specials
Paper Dosa
Giant thin rice crepe with veg stuffing. served with sambar, coconut, and ginger chutney.
$12.95Rava Onion Dosa
Crepe made with creme of rice and wheat with onions. served with sambar, coconut, and ginger chutney.
$12.95Upma
Indian semolina with onion, chillies and ginger. Served with sambar, coconut chutney and tomato chutney.
$12.95Rava Masala Dosa
Crepe made with creme of rice and wheat. Served with sambar, coconut, and ginger chutney.
$12.95Masala Dosa
Rice crepe with vegetable stuffing. Served with sambar, coconut, and ginger chutney.
$12.95Mysore Masala Dosa
$12.95Mysore Bonda
Mysore bondas are fried dumplings made with flour, yogurt and spices. They are crispy outside and fluffy inside.
$8.95Punugulu
$6.95North Indian Specials
Chole Bhatura (2pc)
Pulled bread with garbanzo seed curry. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Aloo Paratha (2pc)
Wheat bread with potato stuffing. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Chole Poori (2pc)
Wheat puffed bread with garbanzo curry. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Paneer Paratha (2pc)
Wheat bread stuffed with homemade cheese. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Dahi Vada (2pc)
2 pieces. Lentil cakes socked in yogurt. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$11.95Gobi Paratha (2pc)
Wheat bread with cauliflower curry. Served with raita, mint, and tamarind sauce.
$12.95Dhum Biryani and Family Pack Biryanis
Goat Kheema Biryani Family Pack
Serve 4-6 persons. Ground goat meat cooked with basmathi rice and spices.
$49.95Chicken 65 Biryani Family Pack
Serve 4-6 persons. Boneless chicken cooked with basmathi rice and spices.
$44.95Special Chicken Biryani Family Pack
Serve 4-6 persons. Basmathi rice cooked with bone inn chicken, and chicken 65 spices on top and spices. Served with raitha and curry sauce.
$47.95Dhum Chicken Biryani Family Pack
Serve 4-6 persons. Basmati rice cooked with bone-in chicken and spices.
$44.95Dhum Chicken Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with chicken and spices. Served with raita and gravy.
$17.95 +Chicken Keema Biryani
$17.95 +Minerva Special Chicken Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with chicken and spices. Served with raita and gravy.
$17.95 +Hyderabad Goat Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with goat and spices. Served with raita and gravy.
$17.95 +Lamb Kheema Biryani
$17.95 +Fish Biryani
$17.95 +Chicken 65 Biryani
$17.95 +Special Panner Biryani
$17.95 +Vegetable Entrees
Aloo Palak
Spinach and potato cooked in Indian spices and tomato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95 +Bhendi Fry
Baby okra sauteed with deep fried with nuts, ginger-garlic, amchur (dried mango powder) and indian spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95 +Aloo Matter
Potatoes and peas cooked Indian spices and tomato curry sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95 +Mattar Paneer
Green peas and cottage cheese cooked Indian spices and tomato-curry sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95 +Banglore Mirchi Masala
Green pepper curry made of peanuts, dry coconut, red chillies and spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95 +Beans Fry
Vegan. Beans sauteed with deep fried and pan fried with nuts, and Indian spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95 +Chana Masala
Chickpeas (garbanzos) cooked in Indian spices and curry sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95 +Panner Burji
Homemade cheese graded cooked in tomato sauce with a touch of special cream, a divine buttery taste. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Palak Channa
Spinach and chickpeas cooked in Indian spices and tomato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream. Served with basmathi rice.
$13.95Kadai Panner
Homemade paneer (cheese) pieces cooked in delicious cream with tomatoes, onions and pepper. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Potato fry / Aloo Fry
Potato sauteed with deep fried and pan fried with nuts, and Indian spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95Mirch Ka Salan
Green long hot pepper made of peanuts, dry coconut, red chillies and spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95Vegetable Korma
South. Vegetables cooked with spicy Indian spices and house special sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95Navaratan Korma North
North. 9 assorted vegetables cooked in indian spices and rich creamy "cashew" curry sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95Masala Aloo Gobi
Potatoes and cauliflower florets sauteed with Indian spices, garnished with ginger and cilantro. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95Vegetable Jhal-Frazi
Assorted vegetables cooked with mild indian spices and tomato-curry sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$14.95Palak Paneer
Spinach and cottage cheese cooked in Indian spices and tomato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Malai Kofta
Cottage cheese dumplings cooked in Indian spices and rich "cashew" sauce. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Paneer Butter Masala
Homemade cheese cubes cooked in butter sauce with a touch of special cream, a divine buttery taste. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Bhendi Masala
Baby okra sauteed with cumin seeds, onion, tomatoes, ginger-garlic, amchur (dried mango powder) and Indian spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$15.95Bagara Baingan
Small Indian egg plant curry made of peanuts, dry coconut, red chillies and spices. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Paneer Tikka Masala
Homemade cheese cubes cooked in tomato sauce with a touch of special cream, a divine buttery taste. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Paneer Burji
$14.95Mushroom Masala
$14.95Egg Curry
$13.95Egg Plant Curry
$14.95Chicken Entrees
Spinach Chicken
Boneless dark chicken and creamed spinach cooked in rich curry sauce with Indian spices.
$14.95 +Chicken Korma
Boneless dark chicken deliciously cooked in indian spices and creamy "cashew" curry sauce.
$16.95Chicken Hyderabadi
Boneless dark chicken delectably cooked in coconut and peanut spices and curry sauce.
$16.95 +Chilli Chicken
Main. Deep fried chicken breast sauteed with onions and green chillies, with Indian spices.
$16.95Butter Chicken
House special. Spice-marinated boneless dark meat chicken cooked in tandoor, simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce. Best-seller.
$17.95Chicken Tikka Masala
Spice-marinated diced boneless white meat chicken cooked to perfection in tandoor, simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce. Best-seller.
$17.95Chicken 65
Main. Deep fried chicken breast sauteed with yogurt sauce and spices, with Indian spices.
$16.95Chicken Chettinadu
Boneless dark chicken cooked in a savory and exotic "coconut-flavored" creamy curry sauce with delicious Indian spices and curry leaves.
$16.95Gongura Chicken
Boneless dark chicken deliciously cooked in Indian spices with gongura leaves house special.
$16.95Chicken Vindaloo
Boneless dark chicken and potato cubes cooked in Indian spices and hot-tangy curry sauce.
$16.95Kadai Chicken
Boneless dark chicken deliciously cooked in Indian spices with onion and peppers.
$16.95Chicken Achari
$16.95Minerva Spl Chicken
$13.95 +Lamb and Goat Entrees
Minerva Special Lamb
Boneless lamb delectably cooked in Indian spices and house special curry sauce.
$18.95Goat Curry
House special tender goat cooked with spicy Indian spices made with a house special spicy sauce.
$18.95Kadai Goat
Bone in goat deliciously cooked in Indian spices and creamy "cashew" and kadai sauce.
$18.95Gongura Mutton
Finely chopped hibiscus sabdariffa (gongura), edible plant from South Indian cooked with goat in sauce.
$18.95Goat Korma
Tender cubes of goat bone in a delicious creamy gravy with a distinctive coriander and cumin flavor.
$18.95Lamb Vindaloo
Boneless lamb and potato cubes cooked in Indian spices and hot-tangy curry sauce.
$18.95Lamb Keema Masala
$18.95Egg Curry
$12.95Lamb Chops Masala
Lamb chops seasoned with aromatic spices and served with chopped cilantro and onions.
$18.95 +Goat Chops Masala
Spiced goat chops with aromatic herbs, served with onions, tomatoes, and green chilies.
$0.00Seafood Entrees
Fish Masala
Fish marinated with grounded spices and cooked in spices with onions and tomato gravy.
$17.95Tandoori Entrees
Chicken Shish Kabab
12 pieces. Marinated ground chicken baked in clay oven. Served with basmathi rice.
$16.95Lamb Shish Kabab
12 pieces. Marinated boneless lamb baked in clay oven. Served with basmathi rice.
$17.95Tandoori Mixed Grill
Marinated minced chicken, lamb, and fish on skewers. Served with basmathi rice.
$18.95Chicken Lollipops
5 pieces. Marinated chicken winglet fried and tossed with house special sauces.
$14.95Indian Chinese
Gobi Fried Rice
Savory rice mixed with tender cauliflower, green onions, and colorful bell peppers.
$13.95House Special Naans
Chilly Garlic Naan
$5.95Aloo Paratha (1)
$4.95Rumali Roti
Thin flatbread which is made of white flour shaped into super thin round roti, cooked over upside down “Kadai” and folded like handkerchief.
$4.95Naan Basket (Mixed Naan)
Naan Basket come in 4 types of naans (Butter Naan, Garlic Naan, Onion Naan & Aloo Naan)
$12.95Side Orders
French Fries
$3.95Tomato Rice
$13.95Mango Pickle
$4.95Onion/Lemon/Chilly
$1.95Extra Gravy (Souce )
$4.95Desserts
Falooda
16 oz. Traditionally it is made from mixing syrup, vermicelli, sweet basil seeds with milk, often served with ice cream.
$5.95Sweet Paan
Betel leaves filled with a range of sweet jam-like spreads and crunchy tidbits like tutti-frutti, cherries, chopped dates, etc., is a delightful treat to munch on, and a very effective mouth freshener.
$4.95Soji Halwa (Kesari)
$4.95Beverages
Limca
$4.95Badam Milk
16 oz. Popular Indian drink made with milk and almonds and flavored with saffron and cardamom! badam milk can be enjoyed either hot or cold!
$4.95Sparkling Water
Refreshing, crisp carbonated water with a hint of natural minerals for a clean taste
$3.95