Taj-Mahal

925 Bank St, Ottawa
(613) 234-1280

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Mixed Tandoori Platter
Tandoori VegetaðLes
Sag Paneer Tikka
Tandoori Chicken
Egg Plant Bhurta
Chicken Biryani
Prawn Tandoori
Chicken Badam
Tandoori Aloo
Coconut Naan

Soups
Dal Soup
Cream of lentil, homemade, and seasoned with herbs.
Mulligatawny Soup
A traditional soup made with lentils, spices, and subty flavoured with fresh delicate herbs.

Appetizers
Onion Bhajia
Chopped onion, green chilli mixed with chick pea flour, and deep fried.
Chicken Pakora
Juicy chicken fritters with a tangy sauce.
Chicken Tikka
Mildly marinated diced chicken roasted on skewers in the tandoor.
Prawn Puri
Shrimp sauteed with spices and herbs and served over a puri.
Seekh Kabob
Minced tender beef with spiced onions and red chilli coated on to spices and cooked over a charcoal fire in the tandoori oven.
Squid Rings
Tangy squid rings served with coriander and green chilli sauce.

Tandoor Specialties
Mixed Tandoori Platter
A melange of various tandoori items.
Tandoori Chicken
Spring chicken marinated overnight in our special marinade of yogurt with freshly ground spices, skewered, and grilled to your taste over a live flame.
Lamb Chops
Tender lamb chops marinated with ginger, herbs, freshly ground spices grilled over charcoal in a tandoor.
Chicken Badami Tikka
Boneless pieces of chicken soaked in a creamy marinade with cashew and flavoured with spices.
Prawn Tandoori
Ocean tiger prawns marinated and broiled on charcoal flame.
Salmon Tikka
Pieces of fresh salmon, grilled to perfection.

Chicken Specialties
Butter Chicken
A delicious preparation of boneless cubes of tandoori chicken cooked in exquisite creamy sauce, delicately flavoured with smoked fenugreek leaves.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in tandoor and finished with fresh tomatoes and onion.
Chicken Jalfrezi
Boneless chicken marinated with fresh ground spices and sauteed with tomatoes onions, and green peppers.
Chiken Madras
Chicken curry prepared with extra red chillies and other spices in a South Indian style.
Chicken Korma
Lightly spiced, cooked inn a yogurt and cashew sauce with dried fruit.
Murgh Makhani
Chicken pieces cooked with fresh tomato and butter, in a creamy sauce.
Chicken Tikka Lababdar
Broiled chicken pieces, simmered in a creamy tomato, and onion gravy.
Chicken Dhansak
A sweet, sour and hot chicken curry in a Persian style, prepared with lentils.

Lamb and Beef Specialties
Rogan Josh
Chunks of lamb or beef cooked with a blend of fraganc spices, cashews, and onion; a specialty of Kashmir.
Vindaloo
Lamb or beef cooked in a fiery red, hot curry sauce, a speciality of Goa.
Lamb and Beef Pasanda
Lamb or beef marinated in spice, cooked in yogurt, cashews, and onions.
Bhuna Ghost
Tender boneless lamb or beef pieces cooked with ground onion, ginger, garlic, and garam masala.
Saag Ghost
Curried lamb or beef cooked with fresh spinach.
Methi Ghost
A lamb or beef curry made with fenugreek leaves.

Sea-Food Specialities
Prawn Karawari
Prawn sauteed in a spicy aromatic blend of coconut and poppy seed with a dash of coriander; a Bombay specialty.
Prawn Balcho
Goan style prawns cooked with traditional spicy masala.
Prawn Bhuna
Prawn sauteed with onion and ginger-garlic.

Vegetarian Specialties
Saag Paneer (Vegetarian)
Freshly chopped spinach and cubes of homemade cheese.
Daal Makhani (Vegetarian)
Black lentils cooked with style.
Cauliflower Masala
Fresh cauliflower cooked with masala in a steam pot.
Malai Kofta
Homemade cheese balls mixed with vegetables, deep fried, and cooked in creamy curry sauce.
Egg Plant Burta
Eggplant grilled over charcoal pureed and cooked with fresh tomatoes, and onions.
Khumb Matter
Curried mushrooms with peas, cheese, and cashews.
Tandoori Vegetables
Cauliflowers, broccoli, homemade cheese, bell peppers and carrots, and grilled in a clay oven.
Mixed Vegeables
Fresh garden vegetables stir-fried.
Simla Mirch
Green peppers stuffed with cooked mixed vegetables.

Rice and Biryanis
Peas Palao Rice
Basmati rice cooked with sweet peas and aromatic spices.
Biryani
Tender morsels of beef or chicken and aromatic basmati rice baked together with raisins and cashews.
Vegetable Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with garden vegetables, spices, and yogurts.
Lamb Biriyani
Tender morsels of lamb and aromatic basmati rice baked together with raisins and cashews.
Shrimp Biriyani
Basmati rice and shrimps, spiced and steam baked with raisins, and cashews.

Indian Breads
Naan
Light and fluffy, a popular item.
Garlic Kulcha
Fresh baked white bread stuffed with garlic.
Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in a clay oven.
Keema Naan
Fresh baked white bread stuffed with seasoned minced beef.
Coconut Naan
Fresh baked white bread stuffed with coconut.
Lachcha Parantha
Flaky flour bread.
Onion Kulcha
A fluffy white bread stuffed with chopped onions and fresh coriander.
Pudina Parantha
Multi layered flaky whole wheat bread with mint.

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Recent Reviews

Wonderful laid back atmosphere and the food is equally as great. The family who own the restaurant are always friendly and very efficient. We live in the area and eat here about once a month and are never disappointed.
June 2024
Our second visit to a Taj Mahal. The first one, we ate in. The food was excellent, the service was perfect, the cost was extremely reasonable, the decor of the restaurant is a little dated. The second visit, we had take out. The food was excellent, portions were perfect, and the cost wasn't more than we've spent on brunch at other restaurants.If you want to go to a restaurant for the decor, suit yourself, as for us, we'd much rather have great food and amazing...
May 2024
Visited first time , ordered shahi paneer, daal makhni and 2 garlic naan and one plain naanBefore main course, they gave us papad as starter(free)with 3 chutneys1. Daal makhni : ❤️❤️ i never ever get anywhere in ottawa like this2. Shahi paneer: was tasty too..3. Plain naan: it was good4. Garlic : its was ok ok because its stuff garlic naan , the naan sides are too thick(they served into 4-6 smallPieces )Overall, very good experienceMust try
April 2024

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Taj-Mahal

925 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W5
(613) 234-1280