Shehnai Restaurant

447 Main St W, Hamilton
(905) 577-0002

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Buffet Salad and Kabab and Naan
Chicken Tikka Masala
Pakoras and Samosas
Beef Curry and Rice
Gulab Jamin Pakoras
Vegetable Jalfrezi
Kashmiri Chicken
Kashmir Chicken
Butter Chicken
Onion Pancakes

Menu

Suggested Combinations
Combination A
Mixed appetizers, onion bhaji, butter chicken, chicken dansak (mild or hot), aloo gobi or sag paneer, paloo rice, nan bread, pappadum, and dessert.
Combination B
Vegetable pakora, vegetable samosa, shrimp masala or, tandoori chicken, chicken or lamb sizzling, vegetable korma, kashmiri rice, nan bread, pappadum, and dessert.
Combination C
Vegetarian combinaton. Two dal soup samosa, vegetable korma, sag paneer, kashmiri rice, or vegetable rice, nan bread, pappadum, and dessert.

Soups
Dal Soup
Yellow lentil soup.
Mulligatawny Soup
A traditional Anglo Indian spicy soup.

Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa
Vegetables stuffed in triangular shaped thin pastry and deep fried.
Vegetable Pakora
Chopped vegetables dipped in delicate lentil batter and deep fried.
Mixed Appetizers
Two small pieces of onion bhaji, two pieces of samosa and two pieces of pakora. Comes with green salad.
Onion Bhaji
Sliced onions dipped in batter and deep fried.
Tandoori Chicken Wings
Marinated in yogurt, garlic, ginger and fresh ground spices, roasted to perfection.
Papadam
India's answer to the giant potato chip. A thin, crisp fried wafer made from ground lentils.
Sheek Kabab
Chicken marinated with herbs and spices and grilled in tandoor.
Bhel Puri
Bhel puri is a scrumptious melange of puffed rice, peanuts, fine crispy noodles, potatoes and onions mixed together in our tamarind sauce and garnished with fresh coriander.

Chefs Special Sizzling Platters
Paneer Masala
Cubes of fresh homemade cheese marinated in tandoori masala and cooked with the chefs special sauces.
Vegetable Sizzling
Mushrooms, tomato, carrot, peas, cauliflower, beans, broccoli and spices cooked together.
Chicken Sizzling
Slices of chicken with tomato, pimento, onions, and spices.
Shrimp Masala
Shrimp cooked in chefs special sauce.
Lamb Sizzling
Slices of lamb with tomato, pimento, onions, and spices.
Paneer Sizzling
Cottage Cheese cooked with green peppers and spices.

Chicken
Butter Chicken
Boneless chicken breast marinated and grilled in a special clay oven & finished in a sauce of butter, cream, ginger, fresh coriander and black cumin seeds.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Diced chicken cooked in tandoor, cooked with chef's special sauce.
Chicken Korma
Boneless pieces of chicken, mildly spiced and cooked with yogurt, cashownut onion
Chicken Vindaloo
A fiery specialty from Goa, with fresh lemon, garlic, bay leaves, crushed mustard seeds & ground red pepper. Very hot, but can be made milder for you. Garnished with pickled baby onions and small potatoes.
Chicken Chilli
Well-spiced curry with a rich sauce and green chili.
Madras Chicken Curry
Chicken curry prepared with extra hot chilies and other spices in the Southern Indian style.
Chicken Curry
Chicken cooked with tomato, pimento, onion, and spices.
Chicken Dansak
Hot, sweet and sorce sauce. This dish is blended with cooked lentils, herbs, lemon juice and various aromatic spices to enhance flavour.
Chicken karai
Chicken karai cooed with onion and ginger
Kashmiri Chicken
A mildly spiced curry cooked in fresh cream, with pineapple slices and leches.
Sag Chicken
Medium-cooked, chicken mixed with spinach.
Chicken Mushroom
Boneless chicken cooked with slices of mushroom served in thick chefs special sauce.

Lamb
Lamb Vindaloo
A fiery specialty from Goa, with fresh lemon, garlic, bay leaves and crushed mustard seeds, in addition, ground red pepper dominates this piquant dish. Very hot, but can be made milder for yo. Garnished with pickled baby onions and small potatoes.
Lamb Karahi
Lamb cooked in highly flavoured moist sauce with coriander, garlic, ginger, green pepper, mustard & diced onions.
Bhoona Lamb
Cubes of lamb cooked with tomato, pimento, onion, and spices. Served in its own rich, thick sauce.
Lamb Korma
Cubes of lamb mildly spiced and cooked with yogurt and garnished with raisins and almonds.
Lamb Curry
Cubes of lamb with tomato, pimento, onion & spices.
Lamb Dansak
Boneless pieces of lamb with hot, sweet & sour taste with cooked herbs, lentils, lemon juice & various spices.
Sag Lamb
Cubes of lamb medium spiced and cooked with spinach.
Achar Lamb
Cubes of lamb marinated in authentic pickling spices and served in its own rich, thick sauce.

Rice Dishes
Palo Rice
The most refined and aromatic best quality Basmati rice, cooked with some spices to give a distinctive mild flavour.
Chicken Biryani
Long grained Basmati rice cooked with succulent pieces of chicken, lamb or beef in a delicate blend of spices and herbs that include cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves.
Lamb Biryani
Long grained Basmati rice cooked with succulent pieces of chicken, lamb or beef in a delicate blend of spices and herbs that include cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves.
Vegetable Biryani
Best quality long grained Basmati rice cooked with succulent vegetables in a blend of spices and herbs that include cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves.
Kashmiri Rice
Basmati rice cooked with almonds, pistachio nuts and died fruits.
Vegetable Rice
Basmati rice cooked cooked with fresh vegtables, onions and other spices.
Beef Biryani
Long grained Basmati rice cooked with succulent pieces of chicken, lamb or beef in a delicate blend of spices and herbs that include cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves.
Shrimp Biryani
Best quality long grained Basmati rice cooked with succulent shrimp in a blend of spices and herbs that include cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves.

Indian Bread
Garlic Naan
A bread made out of self raising flour baked on the tandoor walls garnished with garlic. Made in self raising all purpose flour.
Naan
All of our breads are made from scratch. They are freshly baked to order in our tandoor, giving the bread a beautiful flavour and texture similar to flatbread.
Tandoori Roti
A thick flaky pancake made in our clay oven from whole what flour.
Chapathi
Plain whole wheat flour rolled out very thin and baked on a griddle.
Lacha Paratha
Flaky layers of whole wheat bread brushed with butter then baked.

Beef
Vindaloo
Beef, Cooked with potatoes in a hot tangy sauce.
Beef Roganjosh
Beef pieces cooked in traditional Kashmir spices with tomato.
Goat Curry
Bone in and cooked with onion tomato natural Indian spice.
Beef Balti
Cooked with gramasala, freshly ground herbs and spices.
Beef Madras
Beef curry prepared with extra hot chillies and other spices in a southern Indian style.
Bhoona Gosht
Beef dish with tomatoes, onions, green peppers and spices served in rich thick sauce.
Achar Beef
Cubes of beef marinated in authentic pickling spices and served in its own rich, thick sauce.
Beef karai
Beef karai cooked with onion and ginger
Beef Jhalforezi
Julienne of broiled beef stir-fried with fresh vegetables.

Tandoori Dishes
Tandoori Chicken
Spring chicken marinated in yogurt, garlic, ginger and fresh ground spices and barbequed to perfection.
Paneer Tikka
Chef special, cooked onion, tomatoes, green pepper and cottage cheese.
Mixed Grill
Chef special chicken tandoori, chicken, tikka, lamb tikka, and sheek kabab.
Green Chicken Tikka
Cubes of chicken marinated with yogurt, fresh mint, fenugreek and green chilies, grilled in tandoor.
Tandoori Shrimp Prawn
Prawn marinated with carom seeds (ajwain) and grilled in tandoor.
Chicken Tikka
Marinated in a special yogurt sauce.

Vegetables
Aloo Gobi
Potato and cauliflower cooked in mild special spices.
Sag Paneer
Fresh spinach cooked with homemade cheese and delicately spiced.
Butter Paneer
Cheese with butter cream sauce, ginger and black cumin seed.
Dal Makhni
Boiled black lentils tempered with butter, ginger, fresh tomatoes and coriander.
Chickpeas Masala
chickpeas, cooked with onion tomatoes, and chef's special sauce.
Vegetable Korma
Mixed vegetables cooked with yogurt and garnished with almonds and onions.
Paneer Karahi
Cooked in slivers of ginger, onions, green peppers and tomatoes simmered in a rich sauce.
Matar Paneer
A curry of peas and cheese.
Tarka Dal
Puree of lentils, cooked with some spices and garnished with fried onions and garlic.
Bhindi Bhaji
A dry curry of Bhindi, a tropical vegetable known as okra.
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji
Mixed vegetables cooked together with spices.
Eggplant Bhaji
A dry curry eggplant chopped then garnished with spices.
Mushroom Bhaji
Sliced mushrooms prepared with tomato, onion and spices.
Soya chap masala
vege soya bean cooked with Indian spice
Matter Aloo
green Pease cooked with potato
Sag Aloo
A dry curry of potato and fresh leaf spinach.
Aloo Bagan
potato cooked with egg plant
Bombay Potato
A dry curry potato and cooed with onion ginger garlic fresh tomato.

Shrimp and Fish
Shrimp Curry
Fresh shrimp cooked with tomatoes, green peppers and onions. A real delight.
Fish Bhoona
Boneless fish, cooked with a rare combination of chefs special sauce and almonds.
Bhoona Shrimp
Fresh succulent shrimp, delicately spiced, served in its own thick sauce.
Shrimp Phatia
A hot sweet sour shrimp curry in a Parsee (Persian) style.
Shrimp Korma
Pieces of shrimp mildly spiced and cooked with yogurt and garnished with raisins and almonds.

Sundries
Cucumber Raita
Yogurt with grated cucumber and spices.
Mango Chutney
Sweet and sour.
Mixed Pickle
Sour, very hot.
Onion Salad
With tomato, cucumber and red chillies.
Green Salad
With tomato, lettuce and cucumber.
Plain Yogurt
Very cooling and an antidote to most spices.

Dessert
Gulab Jamun
Fried milk balls in cardamom flavoured syrup.
Rasmalai
Cheesecake soaked in sweet, thickened milk and garnished with pistachios.
Barfi
A dessert made from fresh coconut and Indian flavored cream.
Mango Kulfi
Homemade Indian style ice cream with pistachio, saffron, and mango flavour.

Non Alcoholic Beverages
Soft Drinks
Mango Lassy
Mango Juice
Iced Tea
Perrier Water
Orange Juice
Water

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Recent Reviews

Always fantastic food, great service and ambiance. We have been eating here regularly for over 20 years and have never been disappointed. This has to be your go-to for Indian food in Hamilton!
December 2025
Shehnai Restaurant is a gem! Great ambiance, delicious food, and wonderful service. Highly recommend it for anyone looking for a top-notch dining experience! One of the best Indian Restaurant in Hamilton.Definitely a place I’ll be returning to.
December 2025
Food always exceeds expectations, generous portions excellent variety. Be cautious if ordering the takeout beer cans – that was very expensive at $17.50 for two!
Dinner for two very generous, definitely enough for three people
September 2025

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Shehnai Restaurant

447 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1K5
(905) 577-0002