Border India Restaurant
781 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 229-5292Main
Appetizers
Fresh cut vegetables in chickpea batter
Spicy potato patties
Diced potatoes with chickpeas and chopped onions tossed in tamarind sauce
Sev (made of chickpea flour), diced onions, tomatoes, spiced and tamarind sauce. A sweet & sour delight
Fresh homemade cheese in spicy chickpea batter
Vegetable turnover
Small pieces of chicken, tossed in sweet and sour sauce with cucumber and tomato
Two samosas, two pakoras and two aloo tikki
Small pieces of boneless chicken in chickpea batter
Soups
A puree of lentils, lightly flavored with herbs and spices
A traditional Indian soup made from chicken stock
Accompaniments
Chef's Recommendations
Boneless white chicken cooked in fresh spices and mango
Boneless chicken cooked in a creamy tomato sauce with green chilies and onions
With palak paneer, mixed vegetables, lentils, raita, gulabjamun and nan
Grated cheese cooked in a creamy sauce with nuts and raisins
A classic Mughlai favorite. Sliced of chees cooked in creamy tomato sauce with sliced peppers and onions
Tandoor chicken, lamb curry, lentils, raita, gulabjamun and nan
Dinners for Two
Choice of soup or samosa, palak paneer, mixed vegetables, rice, nan, raita, gulabjamun or ras malai
Choice of soup or samosa, chicken tikka, raita, lamb curry or chicken curry, rice, alu nan, gulabjamun or ras malai
Fresh Breads Baked in the Tandoor
Unleavened bread stuffed with coconut, ground nuts, raisins and baked in the clay oven
Multi layered whole wheat flour bread cooked with butter
Super fine flour bread stuffed with onion and baked in the clay oven
Unleavened bead stuffed with mased potatoes
Whole wheat flour bread
Alu nan, onion nan, nan
Unleavened bread made with garlic and fresh cilantro
Whole wheat flour bread deep fried in vegetable oil
Super fine flour bread stuffed with minced lamb cooked in the tandoor
Unleavened bread freshly baked to order in traditional clay oven
Unleavened bread baked with almonds
Chicken Specialties
Chicken cooked with exotic spiced, herbs and nuts and a milk cream sauce
Boneless chicken cooked with a blend of herbs and spices
Boneless chicken cooked with spinach and flavored with spices
Boneless chicken cooked with exotic spiced, herbs and nuts and a milk cream sauce
Boneless chicken marinated in vinegar and a blend of spiced, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce
Boneless chicken cooked with mushroom and flavored with fresh spices
Tender pieces of boneless white chicken cooked in creamy tomato sauce with sliced peppers, mushrooms and onions
Chunks of boneless chicken smothered in spring onions, tomatoes and cooked in thick gravy
Lamb Specialties
Succulent pieces of lamb cooked in exotic herbs and spices
Succulent pieces of lamb cooked with spinach and flavored with fresh spices
Lamb cooked with exotic spices, herbs and nuts and a mild cream sauce
Cubes of lamb baked in tandoor and cooked in tomato and cream sauce
Tender cubes of lamb cooked in exotic herbs and spices
Lamb cooked with mushroom and flavored with fresh spices
Pieces of lamb marinated in vinegar and blend a spiced, then cooked in a tangy, piquant sauce
Tender lamb cooked with onions, ginger, garlic spiced and yogurt
Seafood Specialties
Boneless swordfish spiced and soaked in lemon, topped with onion sauce
Boneless swordfish gently simmered with ginger and garlic and enriched with a fresh tomato and mild cream sauce
Shrimp cooked with onions and peppers in tomato sauce
Shrimp cooked with a blend of herbs and spices
Shrimp marinated in vinegar and a blend of spices, then cooked in a tangy piquant sauce
Jumbo shrimp cooked in a cream sauce flavored with nuts
Tandoori shrimp in mild cream sauce and Indian spices
Jumbo shrimp cooked with spinach and flavored with fresh spices
Beef Specialties
Chunks of beef cooked with a blend of herbs and spices
Beef cooked with mushroom in a blend of herbs and spices
Pieces of beef marinated in vinegar and blend of spiced, then cooked ina tangy piquant sauce
Tender pieces of beef cooked with spinach and flavored with fresh spices
Vegetarian Dishes
Lentils delicately tempered and seasoned with exotic spices
Fresh green peas and potato cooked in a delicately spiced sauce
A north Indian specialty, subtly flavored chickpeas tempered with ginger and garlic
A varieta of garden fresh vegetables sauteed in fresh herbs and spices
Cauliflower and potatoes cookes with herbs and spices
Seasoned potatoes cooked in a blend of spices
A blend of nine assorted fresh vegetables cooked with cream, spices and nuts
A classic Indian vegetarian dish. Whole eggplants are baked over an open flame, mashed an seasoned with herbs and sauteed onions
Fresh homemade cottage cheese gently cooked with tender garden peas and fresh spices
Fresh homemade cottage cheese with spinach and fresh herbs
Minced cheese and potato balls mixed with dry fruits served in a mild cream sauce
Tandoori Delights
Food grilled in clay oven on charcoal. Served with a garden salad and freshly baked nan. Please all 20 minutes for preparation
Spring chicken marinated in yogurt and freshly ground spices and grilled in the tandoor
Garden fresh vegetables marinated in exotic herbs and grilled on skewers
Boneless pieces of chicken subtly flavored with spices and tandoor grilled
Fine minced lamb flavored with herbs and ground onions broiled on skewers
Cubed leg of lamb marinated in spices and broiled in tandoor
Delicious combination of tandoori, chicken, chicken tikka, seekh kebab, bot kebab and tandoor shrimp
Jumbo shrimp marinated in freshly ground spiced and grilled in the tandoor
Biryani
All biryani served with raita
Basmati rice sauteed with mustard seed, cashews and raisins
Aromatic Indian basmati rice cooked with green peas
Indian basmati rice cooked with garden fresh vegetables and flavored with saffron. Garnished with cashew nuts
Rice flavored with saffron and cooked with tender pieces of lamb. Garnished with nuts
Marinated chicken served with flavored rice
Rice flavored with saffron cooked with shrimp, garnished with nuts
Desserts
Traditional Indian sweet made from milk, garnished with nuts and served chilled
Delicate balls made from milk and soaked in honey syrup
Sweetened cream, frozen, flavored with cardamom pistachio
Rice cooked in sweetened milk, raisins and almonds
Beverages
Refressing homemade yogurt drink, plain, sweet or salty
Pepsi, Sprite, ginger ale, Diet Pepsi
