Menu

"Indian Tanpura" is a charming Indian restaurant located on the Upper West Side, known for its delicious and affordable dishes. With a cozy and intimate setting, this spot offers a variety of options for both meat lovers and vegetarians. Customers rave about the flavorful dishes such as vegetable samosas, chicken tikka masala, and Rogan Josh. The attentive and friendly service adds to the overall dining experience, making it a go-to spot for a relaxed dinner. With a diverse menu that includes beef, lamb, goat, vegetarian, and seafood dishes, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Don't miss out on their Chai and free pappadum to start your meal off right. Discover the wonderful flavors and welcoming atmosphere of "Indian Tanpura" for yourself on your next visit to New York City.

Cold Appetizers

Cold Appetizers

Chana Chat

Chick peas, onion, sweet chutney, mint chutney, tomato and cucumber.

$6.95

Green Salad

Indian salad of cucumber, tomatoes and lettuce.

$6.95

Chicken Chat

Pieces of chicken and cucumber tossed in tamarind sauce with herbs and spices.

$7.95

Papadum

Thin bean wafers. 4 pieces.

$2.00

Vegetable Samosa

Crispy pastry turnover filled with vegetable. 2 pieces.

$6.95

Vegetable Pakoras

Patties of mildly spiced vegetables. 4 pieces.

$6.95

Meat Samosa

Crispy pastry turnover filled with minced meat. 2 pieces.

$7.95

Chana Poori

Indian deep fried bread with spiced sauteed chick peas.

$11.95

Vegetable Platter

A tasty vegetarian platter consisting of vegetable samosa, vegetable pakora and crispy lentil wafers served with a special tamarind chutney. For 2 people.

$9.95

Calcutta Kabab

Diced lamb sauteed with fresh ginger, garlic, green pepper, onion and tomatoes served with fluffy poori bread.

$12.95

Fresh Shrimp

Shrimp cooked in Bengal style served with fluffy bread.

$12.95

Crab Bombay

Crab meat sauteed with onions and tomatoes flavored with spiced and herbs and served with light poori.

$12.95

Hot Appetizers

Hot Appetizers

Soups

Soups

Mulligatawny Soup

Traditional lentils soup.

$6.95

Coconut Soup

Delicious coconut with coconut cream in hot milk.

$6.50

Chicken Curry

Chicken in a mild curry sauce.

$16.50

Chicken Shaag

Boneless chicken simmered in cream spinach and fresh ginger.

$16.95

Chicken Vindaloo

Spiced chicken cooked in a sharp and pungent curry sauce.

$16.95

Chicken Kurma

Chicken cooked in a creamy coconut sauce.

$16.95

Chicken Makhni

Tandoori chicken simmered in mildly spiced tomato and butter sauce.

$16.95

Chicken Tikka Masala

Pieces of boneless chicken from the tandoori oven cooked in fine spices.

$16.95

Chicken Kasmir

Chicken in a creamy sauce with pineapple, almond and raisins.

$17.95

Chicken Specialties

Chicken Specialties

Lamb and Beef

Lamb and Beef

Beef Curry

Beef cooked in mild curry sauce.

$16.95

Lamb Curry

Lamb cooked in mild curry sauce.

$16.95

Lamb Bhuna

Lamb cooked with tomatoes and onions, spiced medium.

$17.95

Beef Bhuna

Beef cooked with tomatoes and onions, spiced medium.

$17.95

Lamb Vindaloo

Spiced lamb cooked in a sharp and pungent curry sauce.

$17.95

Beef Vindaloo

Spiced beef cooked in a sharp and pungent curry sauce.

$17.95

Rogan Josh

Tender juicy lamb pieces cooked in spicy sauce, garnished with fried onion, tomato and green pepper.

$17.95

Keema Mutter

Minced meat cooked with green peas and exotic spices.

$17.95

Lamb Moglai

Lamb simmered in creamy curry sauce with almonds.

$17.95

Beef Moglai

beef simmered in creamy curry sauce with almonds.

$17.95

Lamb Shaag

Lamb cooked with spinach and blended with spices.

$17.95

Beef Shaag

Beef cooked with spinach and blended with spices.

$17.95

Shrimp Curry

Fresh shrimp in a mild curry sauce.

$16.95

Shrimp Vindaloo

Fresh shrimp cooked in a very hot sauce, Madras style.

$17.95

Shrimp Shaag

Fresh shrimp cooked with spinach in a thick spiced sauce.

$17.95

Shrimp Patia

Fresh shrimp cooked with lentil and hot spices.

$17.95

Shrimp Muglai

Fresh shrimp sauteed with fresh ginger and garlic in a creamy curry sauce with almond.

$17.95

Seafood Muglai

Fresh scallops, shrimp and crab meat in Muglai sauce.

$17.95

Fish Masala

Delicate fish fillets sauteed Bengali style with onions, tomatoes, chilies and fresh herbs.

$18.95

Crab Meat Curry

Fresh crab meat in a mild curry sauce.

$17.95

From the Sea

From the Sea

Goat Specialties

Goat Specialties

Goat Curry

Goat meat in a mild curry sauce.

$18.00

Goat Vindaloo

Baby goat cooked in a spicy curry sauce.

$18.00

Goat Bhuna

Medium spiced goat cooked with tomatoes and onions.

$18.00

Goat Dhansak

Goat cooked with lentils, spinach and hot spices.

$18.00

Vegetable Biryani

Fresh vegetables blended with fragrant basmati rice, raisins and almonds. Served with rice.

$15.95

Chicken Biryani

Boneless chicken cooked with fragrant basmati rice, sweet spices, almonds, raisins and coconuts.

$16.95

Lamb Biryani

Boneless lamb cooked with fragrant basmati rice, sweet spices, almonds, raisins and coconuts.

$16.95

Shrimp Biryani

Fresh shrimp blended with fragrant basmati rice, raisins and almonds.

$17.95

Tanpura Biryani

Chicken tandoori, minced meat, green peas, dried fruits and eggs with fragrant basmati rice.

$20.95

Biryani Dishes

Biryani Dishes

From the Garden

From the Garden

Dal Makhni

Black lentils sauteed in ghee with ginger and garlic.

$13.95

Mixed Vegetable Curry

Fresh vegetables sauteed in a lightly spiced sauce.

$13.95

Chana Shaag

Chick peas and spinach cooked in a specially flavored sauce.

$14.95

Mushroom Shaag

Mushrooms and spinach cooked with aromatic spices.

$14.95

Dhaal Shaag

Spinach and lentils cooked with specially flavored sauce. Served Rice

$14.95

Alu Mattor Gobi

Potatoes, peas and cauliflower cooked together in a special masala sauce. Served with rice.

$14.95

Okra Masala

Tender young okra braised with onions, tomatoes and spices.

$14.95

Saag Paneer

Cubes of homemade cheese cooked with fresh spinach and aromatic spices.

$15.95

Mattor Paneer

Fried cottage cheese cooked with green peas and blended with tomatoes.

$14.95

Began Bharta

Baked eggplant blended with herbs, sauteed onion and tomatoes.

$14.95

Vegetable Jalfrezi

Fresh vegetables sauteed with green pepper, onion and tomatoes.

$14.95

Vegetable Vindaloo

Cooked in a very hot sauce, Madras style.

$14.95

Vegetable Malai Kofta

Rounded minced fresh vegetable cakes cooked with spices and served in a velvety, coriander-scented cream sauce.

$15.95

Vegetable Makhni

Fresh vegetables simmered in mildly spiced tomato and butter sauce.

$14.95

Vegetable Korma

Mixed vegetables cooked in cream with almonds and sweet spices.

$14.95

Tandoori Chicken

Spring chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and cooked in a special oven.

$16.95

Chicken Tikka

Marinated boneless chicken breast flavored with spiced cooked in a special oven.

$16.95

Seekh Kebab

Marinated minced meat with onions and herbs, toasted on skewers.

$16.95

Boti Kebab

Chunks of lamb marinated in mild spices and cooked in special oven.

$19.95

Tandoori Mixed Grill

Chicken tandoori, shrimp tandoori, chicken tikka, boti kebab and seekh kebab.

$21.95

Tandoori Shrimp

Jumbo shrimps marinated in lemon, ginger, garlic and broiled over mild charcoal heat.

$20.95

Tandoori and Grill

Tandoori and Grill

House Specials

House Specials

Vegetable Korai

Fresh vegetables, curried in lightly spiced gravy with spring onion, tomato and green peppers. Served on a hot platter.

$16.95

Lamb Korai

Lamb cubes carried in lightly spiced gravy with spring onion, tomato, green pepper, coriander leaf and mild spices. Served on a hot platter.

$18.95

Balti Malaya

Lamb cooked with coconut, creamy sauce and banana.

$21.95

Balti Shrimp

Mildly spiced king shrimp grilled in oven. Cooked with red wine.

$21.95

Chapati

Unleavened, freshly baked bread.

$3.00

Roti

Whole wheat bread.

$3.00

Poori

White flour bread puffed up and deep fried.

$3.00

Nan

Leavened bread, freshly baked.

$3.95

Paratha

Multi-layered, grilled white flour bread topped with melted butter.

$4.95

Garlic Nan

Nan seasoned with garlic butter.

$4.50

Aloo Paratha

Stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes.

$5.95

Onion Kulcha

Nan stuffed with spiced onions.

$4.95

Spinach Nan

Nan with spinach.

$5.95

Keema Nan

Nan bread stuffed with spiced flavored minced meat.

$6.95

Muglai Paratha

Stuffed with meat, egg, chopped onion and pepper.

$7.95

Breads

Breads

Side Dishes

Side Dishes

Hot Sauce

$3.00

Mango Pickle

Hot and spicy.

$4.95

Mango Chutney

Sweet mango relish.

$4.95

Raita

Cucumber and yogurt with a cooling effect,

$4.95

Spinach with Chick Peas

$8.95

Baby Okra with Tomato

$8.95

Bombay Potato

$8.95

Tarka Dal

Lentils cooked with herbs and spices.

$8.00

Rasmalai

Homemade cottage cheese sweetened with condensed milk and flavored with rosewater and nuts.

$6.95

Kher

Rice pudding cooked with coconuts, raisins and almonds. Flavored with rosewater and nuts.

$6.95

Gulab Jamun

Milk ball fried in honey syrup.

$6.95

Kulfi

Indian ice cream flavored with nuts and saffron.

$5.95

Mango Ice Cream

$6.95

Desserts

Desserts

Beverages

Beverages

Lassi

Yogurt and sweetened rose water.

$5.50

Mango Lassi

Mango flavored yogurt rose water.

$5.95

Juice

$4.50

Soda

$1.95

S. Pellegrino

750 ml.

$5.95

Tea

$2.00