About Café Spice Namaste
Namasté! -We’ve relaunched our menu to give everyone the chance to discover, and rediscover, the dishes that have made Café Spice Namaste, after 25 years, still one of the most popular pan-Indian restaurants in Britain.
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Keralan Chicken Biryani
£19.00MASALA ROAST CHICKEN IN CASHEW NUT SAUCE
£17.00PARSEE LAMB DHAANSAAK
£20.00SHANK OF LAMB PARSEE STYLE
£24.00HALLOUMI SHASLIK
£10.00FIVE CHEESE CHILLI TOAST
£10.00
SMALL PLATES
GREEN PAPAYA & MANGO SALAD
Shredded green papaya and mango with a twist of tamarind and chilli.£9.00BEETROOT AND COCONUT SAMOSA CHAAT
A South Indian style filling of diced beetroot & potato blended and tossed with freshly grated coconut, sizzled with mustard seeds, curry leaves, cumin and chilli. Served topped with red onion cachumber, spiced yogurt, tamarind sauce with pureed dates and chickpeas vermicelli£9.00FIVE CHEESE CHILLI TOAST
A Bombay favourite made using five different cheeses and a splash of heat.£10.00HALLOUMI SHASLIK
Classic tandoor marinated halloumi, grilled with cubes of onion and peppers.£10.00Papad and Chutney
Roasted masala papad with a pot of mixed fruit chutney. Allergen: None.£5.00ROAST CHICKEN CAFREAL ZAMBEZIANA
Garlic and fresh herb marinated chicken roasted and served on pressed potatoes, drizzled with herbed dressing.£10.00GARLIC CHILLI & GINGER PRAWN BALLS
Fritters chopped King prawns with minced garlic, chilli and ginger, tossed in a Indo-Chinese hot garlic sauce.£10.00SMOKED CURED DUCK BREAST IN SOY GINGER AND HONEY
Cured & smoked breast of barbary duck in spices and soy£10.00BATATA MURROS
Crushed potatoes part roasted & fried, drizzled with a mixed herbs dressing.£8.00MASALA DOSA
Classic South Indian rice and lentil pancake filled with crushed potato£10.00Dynamite Potato
Punched baby potatoes part baked part fried, tossed with roasted sesame seeds, blended with our in house hot chattinad masala, black salt and mango powder.£10.00
Sharing Bowls
Ideal for sharing
Keralan Chicken Biryani
Chicken cooked with whole spices, shallots & yoghurt, blended with basmati rice & steamed. Served with mixed raita and a ginger & tomato chutney.£19.00SHANK OF LAMB PARSEE STYLE
Masala roasted shank of lamb simmered in a tomato based sauce, flavoured with whole spices.£24.00PARSEE LAMB DHAANSAAK
The Classic Parsee Sunday lunch, lamb cooked with pureed lentils & vegetables. Served with caramelised onion, rice, spiced meat ball and red onion salad.£20.00MASALA ROAST CHICKEN IN CASHEW NUT SAUCE
Spiced roasted chicken a mild white curry with coconut and cashew, flavoured with cardamom.£17.00GOAN PRAWN CURRY WITH UNPOLISHED RICE
Sustainably sourced king prawns simmered in a classic Goan coconut curry flavoured with curry leaves and butt¬er nut berries.£19.00GOAN PORK VINDALOO
The Classic Goan Pork Vindaloo is traditionally a pickle and hence not as hot as perceived in Britain, it is derived from the original Portuguese pickle which was Pork steeped in wine Vinegar and Garlic hence the word “VINDALHO’ (with wine vinegar and garlic).£16.00
VEGETARIAN / VEGAN
All suitable for VEGAN except PALAK PANEER
Tadka Daal
Yellow, pink lentils & split moong cooked and sizzled with chopped garlic & cumin£9.00POTATO BHAJI
A lightly spiced bhaji made with seasonal English Heritage potatoes£9.00PALAK PANEER
Partly pureed & partly chopped spinach cooked with diced Indian whey cheese£10.00BAIGAN BHURTA
Smoked & Chargrilled aubergine peeled chopped ne & cooked with shallots, spices & pulped tomato.£10.00Daal Makhani
Black urad beans cooked slowly until tender and silky, finished with ginger & chilli. Allergen. Dairy£10.00Paneer Chilli Fry
Cubes of whey cheese, peppers, shallots, green chilli, ginger and garlic. Allergen. Dairy£10.00
Naans and Rice
CHEESE CHILLI & GARLIC NAAN
Naan topped with mixed cheese chilli, garlic and baked.£5.00SAFFRON RICE
£5.00STEAMED RICE
£5.00PESHAWARI NAAN
Naan Stuffed with coconut, cashew nuts and almonds.£5.00PARATHA
£5.00CARAMELISED ONION RICE
Flavoured with star anise and black cardamom.£5.00Vegan
Desserts
Bebinca
A classic Goan multi-tiered coconut pancake flavoured with nutmeg and vanilla. Allergen: Gluten, Milk, Egg.£9.00
Beverages
Cobra Beer (5% Alc Vol)
330ml or 660ml. Allergen: Gluten.£3.00Sauvignon Blanc (Chilean White Wine 13% Alc Vol)
£22.00Malbec (Argentinian Red Wine 13.5% Alc Vol)
£24.00
