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Brighten you palate with a taste of fine Indian cuisine at Taj-Mahal in Ottawa. We carry a full menu of Indian food that's sure to please all members of your family, as well as your friends. To make a reservation, please call us today.
Cream of lentil, homemade and seasoned with herbs.
Mulligatawny Soup
A tranditional soup made with lentils, spices and subtiy flavoured with fresh coconut and delicate herbs.
APPETIZERS MENU - Taj-Mahal
Samosa
Flaky pastry stuffed with lightly spiced peas and potatoes.
Onion Bhajia
Chopped onion, green chilli mixed with chick peas deep fried.
Chicked Pakora
Juicy chicken fritters with a tamgy sauce
Prawn Puri
Shrimps sauteed with spices and herbs and served over a tiny puri.
Squid Rings
Tangy squid rings served with coriander and green chilli sauce.
Tandoori Specialities MENU - Taj-Mahal
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.
Chicken Badami Tikka
Boneless pieces of chicken soaked in a creamy marinade flavoured with almonds and cardamoms.
Reshmi Kabab
Boneless chicken mixed with onions, green pepper and cooked on skewers in our Tandoor oven.
Prawn Tandoori
Ocean tiger prawns marinated and broiled on a coal flame.
Lamb Chops
Tender lamb chops marinated with ginger, herbs, freshly ground spices; grilled over charcoal in a tandoor.
Salmon Tikka
Pieces of fresh salmon, grilled to perfection.
Mixed Tandoori Platter
A melange of various tandoori items.
CHICKEN SPECIALITIES MENU - Taj-Mahal
Chicken Tikka Masala
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in tandoor and finished with fresh tomatoes and sundried chillis.
Chicken Jalfrezi
Boneless Chicken marinated with fresh ground spices and sauteed with tomatoes, onion and green pepper.
Chicken Korma
Lightly spiced, cooked in an almond sauce with dried fruit.
Butter Chicken
A delicious preparation of boneless cubes of tandoori chicken cooked in an exquisite creamy tomato sauce, delicately flavored with smoked fenugreek leaves.
Chicken Madras
Chicken curry prepared with extra red chillis and other spices in South Indian style.
Chicken Dhansak
A sweet, sour and hot chicken curry in the Persian style, prepared with lentils.
Chicken Tikka Lababdar
Broiled Chicken Pieces, simmered in a creamed tomato gravy with a subtle flavor of coconut.
LAMB/BEEF SPECIALITIES MENU - Taj-Mahal
Rogan Josh
Chunks of lamb/beef cooked with a blend of fragrant spices; a speciality from Kashmir.
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Vindaloo
Lamb/beef cooked in a fiery red, hot curry sauce; a speciality of Goa.
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Bhuna Gosht
Tender boneless lamb/beef pieces cooked with ground onion, ginger, garlic and garam masala.
Saag Gosht
Curried lamb/beef cooked with fresh spinach.
Methi Gosht
A beef curry made with Fenugreek leaves.
SEA-FOOD SPECIALITIES MENU - Taj-Mahal
Prawn Balcho
Goan style prawns cooked with traditional spicy masala.
Prawn Karawari
Prawns sauteed in a spicy aromatic blend of coconut and cumin with a dash of coriander; a Bombay speciality.
VEGETARIAN SPECIALITEIS MENU - Taj-Mahal
Simla Mirch
Green peppers stuffed with cooked mixed vegetables.
Tandoori Aloo
Stuffed potatoes with raisin and cashewnuts.
Cauliflower Masala
Cauliflower fresh cooked with masala in a steam pot.
Tandoori Vegetables
Cauliflower, broccoli, homemade cheese, bell peppers and tomatoes, grilled in a clay oven.
Egg Plant Bhurta
Eggplant grilled over charcoal pureed and cooked with fresh tomatoes, onions and cayenne pepper.
Khumb Mattar
Curried mushrooms with cashewnuts and ground peas
Saag Paneer
Freshly chopped spinach and cubes of homemade cheese.
Mixed Vegetables
Fresh garden vegetables stir-fried.
Daal Makhani
Black lentils cooked with style.
RICE AND BIRYANIS MENU - Taj-Mahal
Steamed Basmati Rice
Naturally fragrant long grain rice from the foothills of the Himalayas,
Peas Palao Rice
Basmati rice cooked with sweet peas and aromatic spices.
Shrimp Biryani
Basmati rice and shrimps, spiced and steam baked.
Vegetable Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with garden vegetables, spices and yogurt.
Lamb/Beef/Chicken Biryani
Tender morsels of lamb/beef of chicken and aromatic Basmati rice baked together.
INDIAN BREADS MENU - Taj-Mahal
Naan
Light and fluffy, a popular item.
Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in a clay oven.
Onion Kulcha
A fluffy white bread stuffed with chopped onions and fresh coriander.
Garlic Kulcha
Fresh baked white bread stuffed with garlic.
Lachcha Parantha
Flaky Flour bread.
Pudina Parantha
Multi layered flaky whole wheat bread with mint.
FEW EXTRA DISHES RECOMMENDED BY US MENU - Taj-Mahal
Genghis Khan Chicken
Fresh, Cornish hen in Chef's special marinade,done in the clay oven. A delicacy
Trout Tandoori
Whole Trout Fish marinated with spices and baked to perfection in a clay oven
Kastoori Kebab
Succulent Pieces of boneless breast of corn-fed chicken, marinated with chick peas powder, black pepper and battered with eggs. Cooked in tandoor.
Murgh Makhani
chicken pieces cooked with fresh tomatoes,butter cashew paste, ginger and garlic.
Lamb Pasanda
Lamb marinated in spices and home made cheese, cooked in a creamy sauce.
Prawn Bhoona
Prawns sauteed with ginger-garlic, golden onion and tomatoes.
Sham Savera
Garden fresh spinach dumplings stuffed with home made cheese, served on a bed of velvety tomato gravy.
Malai Kofta
Home made cheese balls mixed with vegetable, deep-fried and then cooked in a curry sauce.
TAJ MAHAL RECOMMENDATIONS MENU - Taj-Mahal
Royal Feast
Soup of the Day, a delicious mixture of Tandoori Chicken Tikka, Reshmi Kebab, Tanadoori Shrimp, Lamb Curry, Naan Bread and Rice. A choice of Indian Dessert For 2 - For 1 -
Vegetarian Meal
Nutritionally well - balanced, this platter is comprised of a variety of the day's vegetarian specialities served with homemade yogurt, a freshly baked Naan and Dessert.
Taj Mahal Thali
A delicious mixture of Tandoori Chicken, Lamb or Beef Curry Lentils, Yogurt, Rice and Naan Bread, a choice of Indian Dessert.
Very disappointed.
I love indian food, and frequently visit another restaurant, but I decided to give this one a try. I don't normally judge places on one experience, but this one was so poor I am hesitant to go again.
I ordered the Chicken Madras because I had heard good things about it, and I like spicy food. The food came in good time, which I was very impressed with, but I was turned off the minute I tasted it. The meal was VERY oily. The chicken pieces were more fat than actual meat. The food was grainy (which I was not expecting) and was NOT spicy at all. It was very tasteless except for the taste of oil. I could not finish even half the meal because I felt sick. I have eaten at many different indian restaurants, and have never tasted anything like that.
Perhaps I just have high expectations because of the other places I go to which are quite good, but I must admit I was very turned off by the food there. I will not be going back.
We have been to this restaurant many times and the food is consistently very good. This is likely one of the best Indian restaurants in the city. If you are in the Glebe, hungry, and in the mood for Indian, this should be your stop.
Firstly, all of the food listed above was not ordered at one time; this is a consolidated review that covers the many tens of times we have enjoyed the food at Taj Mahal. Here is quick run-down on the items:
xcellent/Must Try: Lamb Vindaloo (very spicy), Prawn Balchow (very spicy), Lamb Madras (very spicy), Lamb Passanda (excellent and mild), Tandoori Salmon (nice change from chicked), Tandoori Pomfret
Very Good/Worth Trying: Dahl Mahkni, Saag Paneer, Onion Bhaji, Onion Naan (tasty but a bit spicy)
OK: Butter Chicken, Lamb Bhoona
Standard Fare: Naan, Pulloa Rice
Oh, and they have a local delivery service!
Watch out --- the madras chicken is spicy!!! All...
Watch out --- the madras chicken is spicy!!! All the dishes were tasty, they were generous with a fair amount of big shrimp and nice tasking lamb. We did laugh as we managed to finish the madras chicken with a little helping of raita (cucumber yogurt) to cool our mouths down.
