Dera

7209 Broadway, Queens
(718) 476-6516

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Chicken Biryani and Pulao
All Kinds of Sweets
3 Piece Lamb Chops
Chicken Tandoori
Biryani Chicken
Chicken Karahi
Butter Chicken
Chicken Keema
Chicken Haleem
Tandoori Naan

Menu

Featured items
Chicken Biryani and Pulao
Chicken Makhni
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a thick buttery sauce with fresh herbs and spices.
Channa Masala
Chick peas cooked in thick special sauce.
Tandoori Beef Behari Kabab
Fine beef strips cooked with extra spices in clay oven.
Ras Malai
Two pieces. Ball of sweet cheese in almond milk.

Most Popular
Ras Malai
Two pieces. Ball of sweet cheese in almond milk.
Chicken Tikka Boneless
Eight pieces of boneless chicken pieces marinated with yogurt, spiced and broiled in an oven.
Chicken Biryani and Pulao
Sesame Naan
Sweets
One pound. A variety of sweets.
Tandoori Beef Behari Kabab
Fine beef strips cooked with extra spices in clay oven.
Kheer
Rice pudding of Pakistani style.

Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa
Crispy patties with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas.
Chapli Kabab
One piece. Ground chicken mixed with spices and fried in khyberi style.
Samosa Chat
Samosa, boiled chick peas, boiled potatoes, onion, fried chick pea mini dumpling, chana masala, in whipped yogurt topped of with coriander sauce, tarmind sauce
Beef Shami Kabab
One piece. Crispy patties with ground beef, lentils, and fried in Pakistani style.
Chicken Shami Kabab
One piece. Crispy patties with ground chicken, lentils, and fried in Pakistani style.
Aloo Tikki
One piece. Ground potatoes with mild spices and herbs.
Papri Chat
Crisp fried dough wafers ( Papri) , along with boiled chick peas, boiled potatoes, in whipped yogurt and tamarind chutney topped with chaat masala.
Dia Bada Chat
Dumplings made from spilt black gram beans( urad daal) in whipped Yogurt sauce. Topped of with tamarind chutney, coriander chutney and red chili powder.

Fresh Baked Bread
Sesame Naan
Tandoori Naan
Soft white flour bread freshly baked.
Garlic Naan
White flour bread filled with sauteed garlic and baked in clay oven.
Tandoori Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in tandoor oven.
Keema Naan
White flour bread filled with spiced ground chicken and freshly baked in tandoor oven.
Aloo Paratha
Plain Paratha
Whole wheat layered bread baked on tawa.
Tandoori Paratha
Whole wheat layered bread baked on tandoor.

Rice Selections
Chicken Biryani and Pulao
Goat Biryani
Saturday and Sunday only.
Goat Pulao
Mix Vegetable Rice

Lamb, Goat, and Beef Selections
Goat Curry
Beef Nehari
Slow-cooked meat mainly beef along with bone marrow, garnished to taste, and served with ginger and spices.
Karahi Gosht
Goat Feet (Paaya)
Hoof of a goat cooked with various spices.
Beef Feet (Paaya)
Hoof of a cow cooked with various spices.

Chicken Selection
Chicken Makhni
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a thick buttery sauce with fresh herbs and spices.
Haleem
Mashed chicken with lentils.
Chicken Karahi
Chicken pieces cooked with fresh tomatoes, green chilies, ginger, and spices herbs.
Chicken Palak
Boneless chicken pieces gently cooked with spinach in sauce.
Chicken Keema
Ground chicken cooked with fresh tomatoes, ginger, spices, and other herbs.
Quail

Tandoori Specialties
Chicken Tikka Boneless
Eight pieces of boneless chicken pieces marinated with yogurt, spiced and broiled in an oven.
Tandoori Beef Behari Kabab
Fine beef strips cooked with extra spices in clay oven.
Lamb Chops
Three pieces. Fine baby lamb chop marinated in herbs and spices, cooked in clay oven.
Chicken Seekh Kabab
One piece. Minced chicken keema seasoned with spices, herbs, and barbecued in a clay oven.
Chicken Tandoori
Chicken leg marinated with herbs and barbecued in a clay oven.
Tawa Fish
Boneless tawa fry fish marinated with salt, herbs, and light spices.
Reshmi Tikka
Boneless chicken pieces marinated with yogurt, mild spices, and broiled in oven.
Quail Birds
Two pieces. Farming birds cooked with light spices in clay oven tandoor.
Lemon Tikka
Minced chicken pieces seasoned with onion, lemon, capsicum, and herbs.
Fish
Rahu. Deep fry fish with bone imported from Pakistan, marinated with salt, herbs, and light spices with gram flour.

Vegetable Selections
Channa Masala
Chick peas cooked in thick special sauce.
Daal
Lentils cooked with ginger, onion, and peppers.
Bhindi Masala
Fresh okra cooked with tomatoes, onions, and spices.
Aloo Gobi
Potatoes and cauliflower cooked with fresh tomatoes, onion, and spices.
Aloo Baigun
Potatoes and eggplant cooked with fresh tomatoes, onion, and spices.
Mixed Vegetables
Fresh vegetables prepared with tomatoes, onion ginger spices, and herbs.

Steam Roast
Whole Chicken
Fat free marinated in steamed with herbs and spices.
Steam Goat Roast
One pound.
Half Chicken

Special Breakfast
Halwa Puri
Omelette

Desserts
Ras Malai
Two pieces. Ball of sweet cheese in almond milk.
Kheer
Rice pudding of Pakistani style.
Sweets
One pound. A variety of sweets.
Jelabee
One pound.
Gajar Halwa
One pound.
Gajraula
Punjabi rice and carrot pudding.

Beverages
Soda
Sweet Mango Lassi
Chilled yogurt drink mixed with milk and fresh mango pulp.
Faluda
Lassi
Chilled yogurt drink mixed with milk and rose water.

Ramadan Menu
Vegetable Samosa
Crispy patties with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas.
Sweet Mango Lassi
Chilled yogurt drink mixed with milk and fresh mango pulp.
Sweet Lassi
Chilled yogurt drink
Two Phenni

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Recent Reviews

I have been coming to Dera Restaurant in Jackson Heights for many years. It is one of the most well-known South Asian restaurants in the neighborhood, serving Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi food. It has been around for a long time and is a familiar name in the community.

Over the years, I do feel the overall quality has declined compared to how it used to be. The service is decent but not as attentive or warm as it once was. It is not bad, but it does not...
February 2026
No frills icon in Jackson Heights, Queens. Pulled up here on a whim and it did not disappoint.

We ordered the aloo baingan (potato + eggplant), beef nihari, chicken tikka (not pictured) and plain naan. All dishes were cooked to perfection and spice level was very tolerable, didn’t light your mouth on fire. Complimentary raita (yogurt) and salad were a nice touch.

For dessert we tried their falooda (ice cream + noodles + basil seeds + rose...
January 2026
Great place for some Indian/Pakistani food. The staff was very hardworking & attentive. Our waitress explained the menu to us & what was or wasn't available at the time of our visit.

Nice & clean atmosphere. The restaurant is pretty big & open so you're not squished to the table next to you. We got a variety of dishes & they were all delicious.

We had samosa chaat, shami kabab, bhindi masala, chicken malai boti,...
January 2026

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Dera

7209 Broadway, Queens, NY 11372
(718) 476-6516