About The Empress Indian
Having opened back in 1993 in the East End, The Empress has had plenty of time to perfect their vibrant blend of Indian and Bangladeshi recipes. Their Tandoori specialties are a real treat – baked over hot coals in an earthenware clay oven.10% off entire menu
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Chicken Tikka Masala
£9.95Chicken Jalfrezi
£9.95Special Chicken Tikka Masala
£10.75Chicken Dansak
£9.95Tandoori Chicken
£9.95Murgi Paharia
£11.75North Indian Garlic Chilli
£10.75Butter Chicken
£9.95Lamb Biriyani
£12.95Chicken Tikka Biriyani
£12.95
Starters
Onion Bhaji
Deep fried onion with lentils and battered herbs.£3.95Mysore Chilli Prawn
King prawns cooked with green chilies, red onions and served rolled inside a fluffy bread.£6.95Tikka
Pieces of spring chicken or lamb lightly spiced and grilled in a tandoori oven£5.95Pancake Kebab
Pancake stuffed with delicious spicy lamb.£5.95Samosa
Indian pastry stuffed with minced lamb or vegetables.£4.50Special Mixed Starter
A selection of our most popular starters, tandoori lamb chops, nazakat chicken and jhinga garlic king prawn.£7.95Vegetable Mix Starter
Onion bhaji, vegetable samosa, vegetable and aloo ball.£6.95Tandoori Lamb Chops
Succulent pieces of tender lamb chops grilled in the clay oven with exotic marinade.£6.951/4 Tandoori Chicken (On The Bone)
Spring chicken marinated in herbs and spices and grilled in a tandoori oven.£5.95Prawn Puree
Cooked in a spicy sauce and served on a puree bread.£5.75Empress Mixed Starter
Nazakat, pancake kebab and khadom phool.£6.85Shami Kebab
Mince meat delicately spiced then shallow fried.£5.95Grilled Naga Chicken Wings
Marinated in a spicy naga sauce and slow grilled in the tandoori oven.£5.95Nazakat
Tender pieces of chicken skewered and grilled, delicately spiced and succulent, a must have.£5.95King Prawn Puree
King prawns cooked in a spicy sauce and served on a puree bread.£5.95Sheek Kebab
Mince meat spiced and grilled in a tandoori oven.£5.95Jhinga Garlic
Skewered king prawns in garlic sauce grilled in a tandoor oven.£6.65Tandoori King Prawns
King prawns marinated in spices and cooked on a skewer over charcoal.£6.65Cox’s Bazaar Shamuk
Steamed mussels in an exotic Bengali sauce.£6.95House Special Chat
House special chat masala with chicken or potatoes and chickpeas, sliced egg.£6.45Chicken Chat
Sliced chicken in a slightly tangy sauce with lemon.£5.95Khadom Phool
Minced lamb covered with spicy mashed potatoes, coated with sesame seeds and deep fried.£5.95Empress Stuffed Pepper
A large green pepper stuffed with spicy chicken or lamb and cooked in the clay oven.£6.50King Prawn Butterfly
King prawn dipped in batter covered in bread crumbs and shallow fried.£5.95Aloo Chat
Potato slices cooked in a tangy sauce with lemon and served on a puree.£5.95Duck Tikka
Breast of duck lightly spiced and grilled in a tandoori oven.£6.95
Chef’s Selection
The dishes on this menu are specialities that we personally recommend from our home towns India and Bangladesh. We bring to you a taste of flavours from abroad cooked authentically to give you a eastern experience. Can be cooked, mild, medium or hot.
King Prawn Sizzler
King prawns grilled in the clay oven then cooked in a tomato puree based sauce, little spicy, tangy for that very special taste, served sizzling.£12.95Khala Lamb Bhuna
From the Punjab. Cubes of lamb slow cooked with spices, peppers and tomatoes. This dish is cooked slowly to bring out the smoky aroma.£11.95Rajshahi
From Rajshahi. Fresh lamb or chicken cooked with pickled baby mangoes, tomatoes, coriander herbs and spices, served with fried red chillies. Madras hot with a succulent smoky flavor.£11.95Mirshi Masala
From Ryhpur. Chicken or lamb cooked with tamarind, green chilies and curry leaves. A spicy tangy dish with roasted dry chilies.£11.95Biyani Bazaari Special Murgha
Chicken marinated in spicy sweet, sour, hot sauce with lemon grass then cooked in a cast iron wok to give a fiery flavor.£11.95Indian Shepherd’s Pie
£11.75Dhaka Murgh
Originates from Dhaka. Whole breast of chicken stuffed with mince lamb, mashed potatoes and spinach, garnished with coriander, tomatoes and glazed with honey, with a hint of sweetness.£12.95Murgh Banarashi
From Banaras. Cubes of fresh chicken or lamb cooked with pineapple and our secret aromatic spices a mild exotic dish.£11.95Suhagi
Tender cubes of chicken or lamb cooked with peppers and shallots, This dish can be cooked hot or medium on request.£11.95Chicken Cocktail
Cubes of chicken skewered with pepper then re-cooked in a delicious medium sauce and served sizzling to bring out the flavours.£11.95Lamb Cocktail
Cubes of lamb skewered with pepper then re-cooked in a delicious medium sauce and served sizzling to bring out the flavours.£11.95Jall Morris Salon
Chicken or lamb cooked with pickled green chillies and naga peppers in a very spicy hot sauce.£11.95Biran Machli
Bangladeshi fish fried pan fried with onions, green pepper, herbs and fresh coriander leaves.£11.95Salmon Korma
Salmon cooked in the clay oven and re cooked in mild creamy sauce.£11.95Cumin Talapia
Cooked in a medium sauce with cumin seeds, shallot and various spices. .£11.95Talapia Jalfry
Cooked in an iron wok with fresh bullet chillies, tomatoes, coriander.£11.95Aloo Borta
Smashed baked potatoes with shallots, roasted dry chilies, fresh coriander.£7.95Indian Shepherdess Pie
£11.95
House Special
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken marinated in herbs and spices and grilled in charcoal oven, then re-cooked with tandoori paste and added spices, topped with fresh cream.£9.95PopularButter Chicken
Cooked with Indian butter-ghee in a creamy nutty sauce.£9.95Chicken Jalfrezi
Cooked with tomatoes, onion and fresh green chillies in a hot spicy sauce.£9.95Dhaka Murgh Dansak
Whole breast of chicken stuffed with mince lamb, mashed potatoes and spinach, garnished with coriander, tomatoes and glazed with honey and cooked in dansak sauce.£13.95Tandoori King Prawn Masala
King prawns cooked in a clay oven then re-cooked with double cream, nuts and butter ghee.£12.95Sea Food Bhuna
An infusion of scallops squid and tiger prawns in our speciality marinated Bhuna spices.£11.95Chingri Sag Paneer
King prawns with spinach and Bengali cheese and a hint of garlic.£11.95Chingri Gobi
King prawns with broccoli cooked with selected spices and coconut milk.£11.95Tatul Lamb
Cubes of lamb cooked in a spicy sauce flavoured with tamarind.£9.95Methi Sag Gosht
Lamb with spinach, fenugreek and other herbs.£9.95Pasanda
Coconut, almond and double cream. Choose from chicken or lamb.£9.95Murgi Paharia
Green chicken curry. Strips of chicken with aubergine, fresh beans, coconut milk and ground spices.£11.75Lamb Sikandari
Shank of lamb. Lamb marinated in the chefs secret recipe for 48 hours then cooked in a sauce with chickpeas.£12.95Cox’s Bazaar Crab
Soft shell crabs in a light batter cooked with ginger, garlic, coconut and fresh herbs and garnished with cucumber and lemon.£12.95Haash Jhalpiazi
Sautéed duckling marinated in subtle spices and chills.£11.75Haash Shuganda
Breast of duckling cooked in onion, ginger and garlic, lightly ground spices and garam masala.£11.75Annans Haash
Succulent roasted breast of duck, cooked in aromatic spices, pineapple and cherry tomatoes a fairly hot dish.£11.75Murgi Masala
A mix of chicken minced meat and boiled egg cooked together in a medium sauce.£10.25Roshuni
Medium spicy, stir fried with fresh garlic in a medium sauce. Choose from chicken or lamb.£9.95
Tandoori Specialities
Marinated in herbs and spices and cooked in the tandoori, served with green salad and mint sauce.
Shashlick
Onions, green peppers, tomatoes with your choice of meat, marinated in a light tandoori spices then cooked in the tandoori oven, served sizzling on a iron platter with fried onions.£9.95Tandoori Mixed Grill
A combination of sheek kebab, chicken tikka, lamb tikka and tandoori chicken.£13.95Salmon Tikka
£12.95Tandoori King Prawn
King prawns marinated in a light spicy sauce and cooked in clay oven.£12.95Lamb Tikka
On the bone. Cubes of lamb marinated in spices and grilled in the tandoor.£8.95Chicken Tikka
Cubes of chicken marinated in spices and grilled in the tandoor.£8.65Tandoori Chicken
On the bone. Half chicken marinated in spicy tandoori sauce and grilled in the tandoor.£9.95Tandoori Lamb Chops
Succulent pieces of tender lamb chops grilled in the clay oven with exotic marinade.£13.95Duck Tikka
Breast of duck marinated in spices and grilled in the tandoor.£12.95Grilled Naga Chicken Wings
Marinated in a spicy naga sauce and slow grilled in the tandoori oven.£11.95
North Indian Dishes
North Indian Garlic Chilli
Chicken or lamb. A fantastic spicy curry, very hot with green chillies, garlic and coriander.£10.75Rezala
Fine slices of spring chicken or lamb tikka cooked ina spicy sauce cooked with onions and green peppers.Served sizzling on a iron wok.£10.75Tandoori Mixed Grill Bhuna
Tandoori chicken, lamb tikka, chicken tikka and sheek kebab, cooked in a thick medium sauce. Served with a nan bread.£14.95Special Chicken Tikka Masala
Cubes of spring chicken, lightly spiced, grilled on charcoal, prepared in masala sauce, made from greenchilies, coriander and peppers mild in strength.£10.75JafLong
Slices of spring chicken or lamb tikka cooked in tandoori then re-cooked with spicy chickpeas in a spicy bhuna style sauce with a boiled egg. Medium.£10.75
Biriyani Dishes
Cooked with pilau rice and served with a portion of vegetable curry, garnished with tomatoes, cucumber and a hint of coriander. If you suffer from nut allergy we can happy cook to your requirements.
Lamb Biriyani
£12.95Chicken Tikka Biriyani
£12.95Chicken Biriyani
£12.95PopularVegetable Biriyani
£12.95PopularMixed Biriyani
£12.95Chicken and Mushroom Biriyani
£12.95King Prawn Biriyani
£13.95Hash Biriyani - Duck
£12.95Prawn Biriyani
£12.95
Balti Dishes
Cooked with a unique blend of herbs and spices with onions, pepper and tomatoes, Cooked in a cast iron wok to give a lovely tangy but spicy flavour.
Chicken Tikka Balti
£10.95Chicken Balti
£9.95King Prawn Balti
£11.95Special Mix Balti
£11.95Prawn Balti
£9.95Lamb Tikka Balti
£10.95Lamb Balti
£9.95Mix Vegetable Balti
£9.95Aloo Rogon Balti
£9.95Chicken Tikka Chilli Balti
£10.50
Korai Specialities
Onions and green pepper cooked in a medium spicy sauce. Cooked in an iron wok to produce wonderful flavours.
King Prawn Korai
£10.95Korai Gosht
£9.95Korai Chicken
£9.95Vegetable Korai
£9.95
Persian Dishes
Dansak: cooked with lentils, hot, sweet and sour. Pathia: dry curry, sweet and sour medium.
Chicken Tikka Dansak
£10.95Chicken Dansak
£9.95Vegetable Dansak
£9.95King Prawn Dansak
£10.95King Prawn Pathia
£10.95Prawn Pathia
£9.95Prawn Dansak
£9.95Lamb Dansak
£9.95Vegetable Pathia
£9.95
Traditonal Dishes
Choose from chicken, lamb, chicken or lamb tikka, prawn, king prawn or vegetable.
Madras
Fairly hot saucy.£9.25Korma
Sweet, mild with creamy coconut sauce.£9.25PopularBhuna
Medium spiced, fairly dry dish.£9.25Curry
Cooked with medium spice. Very saucy.£9.25Rogon Josh
Medium spiced cooked with fresh spicy tomatoes.£9.25Vindaloo
Very hot with pieces of potatoes.£9.25Phall
Extremely hot and saucy.£9.25Dupiaza
Medium spicy with fried cooked onions.£9.25
Fresh Vegetables
Bombay Potato
Spicy potatoes.£5.25Dall Tarka
Red lentils cooked with fresh fried garlic.£5.25Sag Aloo
Spinach and potatoes cooked in medium spices.£5.25Sag Poneer
Spinach and Indian cheese.£5.25PopularSag Bhaji
Spinach cooked in medium spices with fresh garlic.£5.25Cauliflower Bhaji
Fresh cauliflower cooked in medium spices.£5.25Brinjal Bhaji
Fresh aubergine cooked in medium spices.£5.25Broccoli Bhaji
Fresh broccoli in medium spice sauce.£5.25Motor Poneer
Green peas and Indian cheese.£5.25Chana Masala
Chickpeas in spicy sauce.£5.25Poneer Masala
Indian cheese cooked in a masala sauce.£5.25Raitha
Onion or cucumber with natural yoghurt.£3.25Vegetable Curry
Mixed vegetables in a gravy based sauce.£5.25Mushroom Bhaji
Chopped mushrooms in spicy sauce.£5.25Bhindi Bhaji
Fresh okra cooked in medium spices.£5.25
Rice and Breads
Pilau Rice
Basmati saffron rice.£3.95Garlic Nan
With fine pieces of fresh garlic and coriander.£3.10Papadom
Plain or spicy.£0.95Nan
£2.70Mushroom Rice
With fresh button mushroom.£4.15Plain Rice
Steamed.£3.45Peshwari Nan
Stuffed with nuts and almonds.£3.10mint sauce
mint sauce£0.95Keema Nan
Stuffed with mince lamb.£3.30mango Chutney
Mango chutney.£0.95Chapatti
Thin bread made from whole meal flour and baked.£2.10Cheese Nan
Baked with cheddar cheese filling.£3.30onion salad
onion salad£0.95Lemon Rice
With fresh pieces of lemon.£4.15Vegetable Rice
With fresh vegetables.£4.15Stuffed Paratha
Stuffed with fresh vegetables.£3.95Paratha
Made with whole meal flour fried in butter ghee.£3.55Special Fried Rice
Chickpeas, egg and onions.£4.15Badami Rice
Cooked with cashew, pistachio and almonds.£4.75Vegetable Nan
£3.30Tandoori Roti
£3.10Puree
Light fluffy bread made from self-raising flour, deep fried.£2.00
Desserts
Allergens for all dessert items are Gluten, Nuts, Dairy.
Phirni
An exotic variety of ground rice pudding, sweet and creamy. contains nuts£3.95Gulab Jam
A syrupy doughnut like dumpling, a traditional Indian sweet usually served at celebrations and events.£3.95Shemai
A traditional Bangladeshi dessert made with roasted and caramelised vermicelli in a cream sauce. contains nuts£3.95
Chilled Soft Drinks
Diet Coke/coke zero
Diet Coke or Coke Zero whichever is available at despatch£3.35Lemonade (1.5L)
£3.10Coke
1.5L.£3.35Sparkling Water (70cl)
bottle£2.95Still Mineral Water
bottle£2.95
Beers
cobra Indian Beer 4.5% ABV
large bottle£6.95king fisher Indian beer
large bottle£6.75
Wines
House Red Wine (75cl)
£12.95House White Wine (75cl)
£12.95House White Wine Bottle
Sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio will be sent subject to availability. 187ml.£5.75House Red Wine Bottle
187ml.£5.75House Rose Bottle
187ml.£5.75Prosecco Bottle
Italia spumante. 187ml bottle.£8.45Diet Coke CAN
330ML£4.10
don't forget to order drinks above
still water 70cl
bottle£2.95