Zayka Indian Cuisine

313 S Jefferson Ave, Springfield
(417) 351-4400

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Maharani Non Vegetarian Special
Side Order of Basmati Rice
Maharani Vegetarian Special
Tandoori Chicken & Korma
Vegetable Samosa Two pcs
Tandoori Chicken Tikka
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tandoori Mixed Grill
Vegetable Pakora
Chicken Biryani

Menu

Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa (2 pcs)
Crisply fried turnover, filled with mildly spiced potatoes, and green peas.
Vegetable Mix Pakora (6 pcs)
Fresh vegetables dipped in a delicately spiced chick peas butter and fried to golden perfection.
Paneer Pakora (6 pcs)
Homemade Indian cheese dipped in a chick peas batter and deep fried.
Chicken Pakora (7 pcs)
Tender pieces of boneless chicken, dipped in a delicately spiced batter and fried to perfection.
Fish Pakora (6 pcs)
Tender pieces of boneless fish, dipped in a delicately spiced batter and fried to perfection.
Vegetarian Assorted
Combination of vegetable samosa and vegetable pakora.

Soups and Salads
Garden Salad
Freshly diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Indian Specialty Accompaniments
Raita
Homemade creamy yogurt with shredded cucumber, roasted cumin, and herbs.
Achar Mixed Pickle
A hot and spicy mixed vegetable pickle.
Mango Chutney
A sweet accompaniment to delight your meal.
Dahi (Plain Yogurt)
Homemade creamy yogurt.

Indian Beverages
Mango Lassi
A delicious soothing yogurt sweet drink with mango.
Lassi
A refreshing drink prepared with homemade yogurt, flavored with pistachios, and rosewater.
Chai Tea
Tea brewed with cardamoms.
Mango Juice
Indian Coffee

Chicken Entrees
Butter Chicken
The universally popular butter chicken. Boneless pieces of tandoori chicken cooked with onions, tomatoes, butter, and creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tender boneless chunks of chicken, broiled in the tandoor, then sauteed in a rich tomato, onion, and butter sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Curry
Fresh chicken exotically cooked in a light and mildly-spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Korma
Cashew nut-based chicken curry. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chilly Chicken (Medium in House)
Tender boneless pieces of chicken sauteed with sliced onions, tomatoes, green pepper, and then glazed in a tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Vindaloo (Medium)
A Southern Indian favorite. Chicken cooked in tangy and highly spiced sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken 65 (Medium in House)
Boneless chicken cooked with spiced yogurt. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Karahi
An exotic version of traditional chicken curry, full of spices, with a touch of flavor from the kitchen of Moghul emperors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Palak
Boneless pieces of chicken cooked in spinach and a mild sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Lamb Entrees
Lamb Curry
Fresh lamb exotically cooked in a light and mildly spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Korma
Tender cubes of lamb cooked with nuts in a mildly-spiced creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Vindaloo
Tasty pieces of lamb cooked in a hot and spicy sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Rogan Josh
Tender cubes of lamb, marinated in herbs, spices and cooked with fresh tomatoes in a sharp tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Palak
Tender cubes of lamb cooked with fresh spinach and flavored with freshly ground spices with a touch of ginger and garlic. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Madras
Boneless pieces of lamb cooked in hot and spicy South Indian style. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Karahi ( 2 pcs)
Pieces of lamb sauteed in a karahi (wok), with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and subtle flavors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Seafood Entrees
Shrimp Curry
Shrimp exotically cooked in a light and mildly-spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Masala
Marinated pieces of shrimp cooked in a rich tomato, onion, and creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Masala
Barbecued boneless pieces of fish cooked with onions, tomatoes, and ground spices in a mild sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Vindaloo
Fish cooked specially in a spicy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Curry
Fish cooked in an exotic garlic and ginger gravy with herbs. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Vindaloo
Succulent shrimp cooked in a hot and spicy sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Tandoori Specials
Tandoori Chicken
Tender chicken is marinated in yogurt with fresh spices and barbecued.
Tandoori Mixed Grill
A feast for the kabob lover. Combination of Sheekh kabob, chicken, and shrimp.
Tandoori Fish
Fresh salmon marinated in spicy yogurt.
Paneer Tikka
Cubes of homemade cheese marinated and served with vegetables.
Seekh Kabab
Ground lamb mixed with onions, green peppers, marinated with herbs and spices, and then broiled on a skewer.
Tandoori Chicken Tikka
Tender boneless pieces of chicken marinated in yogurt with fresh spices and cooked on a skewer.
Tandoori Shrimp
Fresh king-sized shrimp marinated in spicy sauce.

Vegetarian Entrees
Palak Paneer
Spinach with homemade cheese cubes in a mildly spiced sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetable Korma
A delicious royal entree. Fresh garden vegetables, gently simmered in a spice-laced creamy sauce, and garnished with nuts. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Gobhi (Vegan)
Fresh cauliflower and potatoes with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Cheese cubes, onion, ginger, garlic, and tomato. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Matter Paneer
Peas and lightly fried homemade cheese cubes cooked in a mildly spiced sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Baingan Bhartha (Vegan)
The whole eggplant is partially roasted in the tandoor before being mashed with tomatoes and onions, then simmered with mild herbs, and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Yellow Dal (Vegan)
Yellow lentils cooked with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and subtle flavors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Karahi Paneer
Cheese cubes, onion, tomato, and bell peppers with gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shahi Paneer
Homemade cheese cubes in a mildly spiced creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chana Masala (Vegan)
A delicious variety of chickpeas, onions, and tomatoes in a rich sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Malai Kofta
Homemade Indian cheese, stuffed in vegetable balls and cooked in a mildly-spiced creamy sauce with cashews, and raisins. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Mushroom Matter (Vegan)
Fresh mushrooms sauteed with onions, tomatoes, freshly ground herbs, and a touch of spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Bhindi Masala (Vegan)
Onion, ginger, garlic, tomato, and okra. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils are cooked on slow heat for long hours in a traditional Punjabi pot and then fried in butter with fresh onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Zeera (Vegan)
Fresh potatoes cooked in cumin seed base. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetables Vindallo (Vegan)
Mixed vegetable cooked in South Indian style hot and tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Palak
Spinach with aloo and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Rice Specialties
Chicken Biryani
Chicken marinated with spices and saffron and then steam cooked with basmati rice. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Biryani
A classic Moghul dish. Juicy lean pieces of lamb and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetable Biryani
Naturally fragrant basmati rice steam cooked with fresh garden vegetables and exotic spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Biryani
Long grain basmati rice and jumbo shrimp with nuts. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Zayka Special Biryani
Basmati rice flavored with saffron, cooked with shrimp, lamb, chicken, nuts, and a blend of spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Side Orders
Garlic Naan
Leavened traditional Punjabi bread stuffed with fresh garlic.
Tandoori Naan
White leavened traditional Punjabi bread.
Basmati Rice
Famous Indian basmati rice delicately and fragrantly flavored.
Tandoori Roti
Whole wheat bread soft or crispy.
Paneer Kulcha
Leavened bread filled with homemade cheese.
Peswari Naan
Sweet naan with fruits.
Onion Naan
Leavened traditional Punjabi bread stuffed with fresh onion.

Desserts
Kheer (Rice Pudding)
A traditional basmati rice pudding, flavored with almonds, and pistachios.
Gajjar Halwa
Special homemade glazed carrot pudding.
Gulab Jamun (3 pcs)
A light pastry made with milk, cheese balls, and touched with thick honey syrup.
Cheesecake
New York style cheesecake.

Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa (2 pcs)
Crisply fried turnover, filled with mildly spiced potatoes, and green peas.
Vegetable Mix Pakora (6 pcs)
Fresh vegetables dipped in a delicately spiced chick peas butter and fried to golden perfection.
Paneer Pakora (6 pcs)
Homemade Indian cheese dipped in a chick peas batter and deep fried.
Chicken Pakora (7 pcs)
Tender pieces of boneless chicken, dipped in a delicately spiced batter and fried to perfection.
Fish Pakora (6 pcs)
Tender pieces of boneless fish, dipped in a delicately spiced batter and fried to perfection.
Vegetarian Assorted
Combination of vegetable samosa and vegetable pakora.

Soups and Salads
Garden Salad
Freshly diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Indian Specialty Accompaniments
Raita
Homemade creamy yogurt with shredded cucumber, roasted cumin, and herbs.
Achar Mixed Pickle
A hot and spicy mixed vegetable pickle.
Mango Chutney
A sweet accompaniment to delight your meal.
Dahi (Plain Yogurt)
Homemade creamy yogurt.

Indian Beverages
Mango Lassi
A delicious soothing yogurt sweet drink with mango.
Lassi
A refreshing drink prepared with homemade yogurt, flavored with pistachios, and rosewater.
Chai Tea
Tea brewed with cardamoms.
Mango Juice
Indian Coffee

Chicken Entrees
Butter Chicken
The universally popular butter chicken. Boneless pieces of tandoori chicken cooked with onions, tomatoes, butter, and creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tender boneless chunks of chicken, broiled in the tandoor, then sauteed in a rich tomato, onion, and butter sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Curry
Fresh chicken exotically cooked in a light and mildly-spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Korma
Cashew nut-based chicken curry. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chilly Chicken (Medium in House)
Tender boneless pieces of chicken sauteed with sliced onions, tomatoes, green pepper, and then glazed in a tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Vindaloo (Medium)
A Southern Indian favorite. Chicken cooked in tangy and highly spiced sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken 65 (Medium in House)
Boneless chicken cooked with spiced yogurt. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Karahi
An exotic version of traditional chicken curry, full of spices, with a touch of flavor from the kitchen of Moghul emperors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chicken Palak
Boneless pieces of chicken cooked in spinach and a mild sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Lamb Entrees
Lamb Curry
Fresh lamb exotically cooked in a light and mildly spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Korma
Tender cubes of lamb cooked with nuts in a mildly-spiced creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Vindaloo
Tasty pieces of lamb cooked in a hot and spicy sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Rogan Josh
Tender cubes of lamb, marinated in herbs, spices and cooked with fresh tomatoes in a sharp tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Palak
Tender cubes of lamb cooked with fresh spinach and flavored with freshly ground spices with a touch of ginger and garlic. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Madras
Boneless pieces of lamb cooked in hot and spicy South Indian style. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Karahi ( 2 pcs)
Pieces of lamb sauteed in a karahi (wok), with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and subtle flavors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Seafood Entrees
Shrimp Curry
Shrimp exotically cooked in a light and mildly-spiced gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Masala
Marinated pieces of shrimp cooked in a rich tomato, onion, and creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Masala
Barbecued boneless pieces of fish cooked with onions, tomatoes, and ground spices in a mild sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Vindaloo
Fish cooked specially in a spicy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Fish Curry
Fish cooked in an exotic garlic and ginger gravy with herbs. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Vindaloo
Succulent shrimp cooked in a hot and spicy sauce with potatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Tandoori Specials
Tandoori Chicken
Tender chicken is marinated in yogurt with fresh spices and barbecued.
Tandoori Mixed Grill
A feast for the kabob lover. Combination of Sheekh kabob, chicken, and shrimp.
Tandoori Fish
Fresh salmon marinated in spicy yogurt.
Paneer Tikka
Cubes of homemade cheese marinated and served with vegetables.
Seekh Kabab
Ground lamb mixed with onions, green peppers, marinated with herbs and spices, and then broiled on a skewer.
Tandoori Chicken Tikka
Tender boneless pieces of chicken marinated in yogurt with fresh spices and cooked on a skewer.
Tandoori Shrimp
Fresh king-sized shrimp marinated in spicy sauce.

Vegetarian Entrees
Palak Paneer
Spinach with homemade cheese cubes in a mildly spiced sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetable Korma
A delicious royal entree. Fresh garden vegetables, gently simmered in a spice-laced creamy sauce, and garnished with nuts. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Gobhi (Vegan)
Fresh cauliflower and potatoes with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Cheese cubes, onion, ginger, garlic, and tomato. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Matter Paneer
Peas and lightly fried homemade cheese cubes cooked in a mildly spiced sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Baingan Bhartha (Vegan)
The whole eggplant is partially roasted in the tandoor before being mashed with tomatoes and onions, then simmered with mild herbs, and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Yellow Dal (Vegan)
Yellow lentils cooked with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and subtle flavors. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Karahi Paneer
Cheese cubes, onion, tomato, and bell peppers with gravy. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shahi Paneer
Homemade cheese cubes in a mildly spiced creamy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Chana Masala (Vegan)
A delicious variety of chickpeas, onions, and tomatoes in a rich sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Malai Kofta
Homemade Indian cheese, stuffed in vegetable balls and cooked in a mildly-spiced creamy sauce with cashews, and raisins. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Mushroom Matter (Vegan)
Fresh mushrooms sauteed with onions, tomatoes, freshly ground herbs, and a touch of spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Bhindi Masala (Vegan)
Onion, ginger, garlic, tomato, and okra. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils are cooked on slow heat for long hours in a traditional Punjabi pot and then fried in butter with fresh onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Zeera (Vegan)
Fresh potatoes cooked in cumin seed base. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetables Vindallo (Vegan)
Mixed vegetable cooked in South Indian style hot and tangy sauce. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Aloo Palak
Spinach with aloo and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Rice Specialties
Chicken Biryani
Chicken marinated with spices and saffron and then steam cooked with basmati rice. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Lamb Biryani
A classic Moghul dish. Juicy lean pieces of lamb and spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Vegetable Biryani
Naturally fragrant basmati rice steam cooked with fresh garden vegetables and exotic spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Shrimp Biryani
Long grain basmati rice and jumbo shrimp with nuts. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.
Zayka Special Biryani
Basmati rice flavored with saffron, cooked with shrimp, lamb, chicken, nuts, and a blend of spices. Served mild, medium, spicy, or extra hot.

Side Orders
Garlic Naan
Leavened traditional Punjabi bread stuffed with fresh garlic.
Tandoori Naan
White leavened traditional Punjabi bread.
Basmati Rice
Famous Indian basmati rice delicately and fragrantly flavored.
Tandoori Roti
Whole wheat bread soft or crispy.
Paneer Kulcha
Leavened bread filled with homemade cheese.
Peswari Naan
Sweet naan with fruits.
Onion Naan
Leavened traditional Punjabi bread stuffed with fresh onion.

Desserts
Kheer (Rice Pudding)
A traditional basmati rice pudding, flavored with almonds, and pistachios.
Gajjar Halwa
Special homemade glazed carrot pudding.
Gulab Jamun (3 pcs)
A light pastry made with milk, cheese balls, and touched with thick honey syrup.
Cheesecake
New York style cheesecake.

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Recent Reviews

This was my first time in Springfield and I’m not sure when I’ll be back but I would certainly take a detour to order dinner from Zayka again. The butter chicken, basmati rice, garlic naan and mango kulfi were so incredible. The best Indian food I’ve had, hands down.
August 2025
This is my second time visiting Springfield and 2nd time eating here. The food is great. Several vegan and vegetarian options to choose from. I had the aloo gobi which was delicious. My friend had the Malia kofta. She enjoyed hers so much she purchased just the sauce to go. Next time I’m in Springfield I’ll visit again
September 2024
So amazing! My husband and I had a date night planned to go to a restaurant in town and when we arrived there we saw they closed early that day, so we looked for somewhere else we could go that we had never tried before and we were so glad it was here! The service was amazing- someone always checking on us, waters were always filled, and new plates and silverware for each appetizers/main course. The food was delicious! For an appetizer we got the Paneer Pakora, for meals we got...
September 2024

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Zayka Indian Cuisine

313 S Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65806
(417) 351-4400