Taste of Punjab Menu
Introducing the Menu: Taste of Punjab
Taste of Punjab, nestled in Philadelphia, offers a vibrant introduction to Indian cuisine. This eatery combines authentic flavors with a welcoming ambiance, ensuring every visit is memorable. The menu features delectable appetizers like crispy Vegetable Samosas and assorted Mixed Pakoras, each crafted to perfection. For a hearty meal, the Punjabi Thali showcases a variety of dishes. The Vegetarian Thali presents aloo gobi and dal makhani, while the Non-Vegetarian Thali includes mouthwatering chicken curry and lamb karahi, paired with fragrant rice and naan.
Utilizing fresh ingredients, Taste of Punjab delivers bold spices and comforting flavors. Whether dining in, taking out, or enjoying the lovely outdoor seating, the restaurant’s offerings cater to all. With happy hour specials, free Wi-Fi, and even dog-friendly areas, it’s a cherished spot for locals. Indulge in the essence of Punjab, where every dish invites you to savor the rich culinary heritage.
Appetizer Vegetarian
Vegetable Samosa
2 pieces. Crispy triangular pastry turnovers filled with seasoned potatoes and green peas.
Mixed Pakora
6 pieces. Assorted chopped vegetables coated in a chickpea batter and deep-fried to golden perfection.
Chaat Papri
A mixture of crisps, potatoes, and chickpeas in a yogurt, chat masala tamarind, and cilantro sauce.
Gol Gappe
6 gol gappe. Hollow, bite-size crispy-fried puffs with a mildly spiced potato, chickpea, and onion filling. Served with a delicious Indian-spiced, mint, and tamarind water mixture.
Vegetable Platter
Combination of your favorite vegetable samosa, mixed pakora, and paneer pakora.
Gobi Manchurian
Fresh cauliflower pieces are slightly sauteed and tossed with a spicy Manchurian sauce and garnished with fresh cilantro.
Samosa Chaat
Vegetable samosas plated with mildly spiced chickpeas, potatoes, onion, tomato, and garnished with chat masala, yogurt, tamarind, and cilantro sauce.
Paneer Pakora
Slices of Cottage cheese dipped in gram flour batter with Indian spices and deep-fried to perfection.
Meat Samosa
2 pieces. Crispy triangular pastry turnovers filled with minced marinated meat and vegetables.
Chicken Pakora
Tender pieces of chicken dipped in mildly spiced lentil batter and fried to perfection.
Chili Fish
Indo-Chinese style slices of fried-fish sauteed with chili paste, soy sauce, onions, bell pepper, herbs, and exotic spices.
Masala Shrimp
Fresh shrimp tossed in exotic Indian spices and herbs.
Chicken Malabar
Batter fried coconut-flavored filet of chicken served with mango chutney.
Mixed Non-Veg Platter
Combination of your favorite meat samosa, chicken pakora, and chicken Malabar.
Appetizer Non - Vegetarian
Soup and Salad
Lentil Soup
Traditional split peas and lentils soup, subtly flavored with Indian spices, garnished with cilantro.
Tamatar Soup
Flavorsome soup made with fresh tomatoes, ginger, onions, and garlic.
Chicken Soup
Traditional soup made with small pieces of chicken, cilantro, and Indian spices.
Katchumber Salad
Cucumber, tomato, onion, and cilantro tossed with olive oil.
Pappadum
3 pieces. Thin crisp lentil flour baked in the clay oven. Delicious pop of flavor with any dish.
Salad
Mixture of sliced onion, green chili, and lemon.
Raita
Yogurt with cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, red onions, and herbs.
Plain Yogurt
Indian style homemade yogurt.
Mixed Achar
Indian mixed pickles.
Mango Chutney
Sweet and sour tangy mango extract.
Mint Chutney
Fresh homemade spiced-mint sauce made with jalapenos, ginger, garlic, and lemon.
Imli Chutney
Tamarind chutney. Sweet and sour tamarind sauce.
Sides
Beverages
Mango Lassi
Mithi Lassi
Plain yogurt drink served sweet.
Loon Lassi
Plain yogurt drink served salty.
Shikanjabeen
Lemonade. Fresh squeezed sweet lime drink.
Mango Juice
A homemade drink made with fresh mango pulp.
Soda
Your choice of refreshing Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta, ginger ale, or Dr Pepper.
Masala Chai
Hot Indian tea made with fresh herbs.
Ice-Cream
Your choice of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or mango.
Kulfi
Your choice of kesar, mango, or malai kulfi drizzled with an optional layering of rose syrup, and garnished with crushed pistachios.
Rasmalai
Sweet Cottage cheese dumpling flavored with saffron and cardamom.
Gulab Jamun
A lightly fried cheese ball composed of milk and soaked in sweet syrup.
Kheer
Rice pudding. Homemade rice pudding garnished with pistachios and raisins.
Desserts
Vegetarian Entrees
Paneer Tikka Masala
Cottage cheese cubes baked in a clay oven with green peppers and onions with a creamy sauce.
Mixed Vegetable
Seasoned vegetables cooked and sauteed with spices.
Sarson Da Saag
Dish made of mustard leaves cooked with spices and butter.
Punjabi Chole
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked in a special blend of traditional spices.
Bhindi Masala
Special preparation of cut-tossed okra with diced onions, tomatoes, and traditional spices.
Dal Tadka
Yellow lentils tempered with butter, whole red chilies and cumin, and mustard seeds.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils cooked overnight on a very slow fire flavored with butter, creamy sauce, and spices.
Baingan Bhartha
Eggplants roasted over charcoal with fresh tomatoes, green peas, ginger, garlic, and onions seasoned with herbs.
Navaratan Korma
A medley of 9 vegetables cooked with a mild creamy sauce with cashews and raisins.
Aloo Palak
Spinach cooked with potatoes and spices with thick gravy and creamy sauce.
Chana Saag
Spinach and chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked with thick gravy and creamy sauce.
Palak Paneer
Cottage cheese cubes cooked in creamy gravy of spinach and house special sauces.
Paneer Makhani
Cottage cheese cubes lightly fried and sauteed in special buttery tomatoes and rich creamy and house special sauces.
Malai Kofta
Homemade mix vegetable balls cooked in mildly spiced creamy sauces with cashews and raisins.
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Combined seasonal vegetables cooked in-house blended curry sauce.
Mutter Paneer
Cottage cheese cubes cooked with green peas, onions, tomatoes cooked in rich creamy, and house special sauces.
Karahi Paneer
Cubes of Cottage cheese sauteed with tomato, onion, bell peppers, and herbs.
Mushroom Curry
Fresh mushrooms and green peas cooked with creamy sauce with herbs and spices.
Shahi Paneer
Cubes of Cottage cheese cooked in a delicately spiced creamy sauce, cashews, and raisins.
Aloo Gobi
Cubed potatoes and cauliflower cooked with house special sauce, spices, and herbs.
Kadhi Pakora
Flavorful deep-fried pakoras (fritters) dunked in a tangy yogurt-based curry.
Tikka Masala
Cooked in a tomato and rich creamy sauce with cubes of bell peppers and onions.
Makhani
Butter. Cooked in a special buttery tomato and rich creamy sauce.
Curry
Cooked in a house-special curry sauce and freshly ground spices.
Vindaloo
Cooked with potatoes in a spiced and vinaigrette sauce.
Palak Saag
Sauteed with Indian herbs cooked in spinach and rich creamy sauce.
Korma
Cooked in a creamy sauce with cashews and raisins with a hint of cardamom flavor. A true Moghulai delight!
Karahi
Cooked with special ginger sauce, bell peppers, onion, and fresh tomatoes along with herbs, and spices.
Coconut
Cooked with roasted coconut, cream, cashews, raisins herbs, and spices.
Rogan Josh
Cooked with traditional Indian spices and homemade yogurt.
Dopiaza
Cooked with fresh onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, and house spices.
Non - Vegetarian Entrees
Indo - Chinese Specials
Chili Paneer with Gravy
Indo-Chinese style cubes of Cottage paneer sauteed with chili paste, tomato ketchup, soy sauce, onions, bell peppers herbs, and exotic spices.
Chili Chicken with Gravy
Indo-Chinese style cubes of chicken breast sauteed with chili paste, tomato ketchup, soy sauce, onions, bell peppers herbs, and exotic spices.
Karahi Fish
Fresh fresh cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, ginger, spices, and herbs.
Salmon Fish Masala
Salmon fish cooked in a hearty blend of tangy tomatoes, onions, bell peppers with aromatic herbs, and spices.
Shrimp Curry
Shrimp cooked onions, garlic and ginger in fresh herbs, and spices.
Shrimp Vindaloo
Shrimp cooked with potatoes in a spiced and tangy vinaigrette sauce.
Shrimp Palak
Shrimp cooked with fresh spinach, spices and ginger, and creamy sauce.
Shrimp Tikka Masala
Shrimp cooked in a clay oven sauteed with tomatoes, green pepper, and onion in a rich creamy sauce.
Shrimp Masala
sauted with green peppers, onions and spices
Seafood Specialties
Tandoori Specialties
Tandoori Paneer
Cubes of Cottage cheese marinated in yogurt, fresh spices, and lemon juice then barbecued in the clay oven.
Tandoori Chicken
Chicken leg quarters marinated in yogurt, fresh spices, and lemon juice then barbecued in the clay oven.
Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken marinated in herbs and spices and charbroiled to perfection.
Chicken Malai Kebab
Cubes of chicken breast marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices then cooked on skewers in the clay oven.
Chicken Seekh Kebab
Ground minced chicken mixed with onion, ginger, and herbs.
Lamb Kebab
Ground minced lamb mixed with onion, ginger, and herbs.
Lamb Boti Kebab
Tender chunks of lamb marinated in yogurt and house special sauce then cooked in the clay oven.
Fish Tikka
Salmon. Chunks of salmon marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices then barbecued in the clay oven.
Tandoori Shrimp
Fresh shrimp marinated in ground spices and grilled in the tandoor.
Tandoori Mix Grill
Combination platter of tandoori chicken tikka, chicken seekh kebab, lamb seekh kebab, shrimp, and fish.
Lamb Chops
Marinated rack of lamb in a mixture of exotic spices broiled in tandoor.
Vegetable Biryani
Mixed vegetables cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.
Chicken Biryani
Boneless chicken cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.
Chicken Tikka Biryani
Boneless barbecued chicken tikka cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.
Goat Biryani
Bone-in goat cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.
Lamb Biryani
Juicy boneless lamb cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.
Chef Special Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with lamb, chicken and shrimp topped with fried onions, and herbs.
Rice Specials
Naan
Plain Naan
Unleavened white bread baked in tandoor clay oven.
Garlic Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh minced garlic and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Onion Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh onions and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Bullet Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh green chilies and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Cheese Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh mozzarella cheese and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Coconut Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh coconut, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Rosemary Naan
Bread cooked in rosemary leaves.
Garlic Cheese Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh minced garlic, mozzarella cheese, and herbs, baked in a tandoor clay oven.
Keema Naan
Bread stuffed with fresh ground meat, baked in tandoor clay oven.
Peshwary Naan
Sweet bread stuffed with coconut, almond, and raisin.
Roti
Baked whole-wheat bread.
Poori
A deep-fried fluffy bread.
Aloo Paratha
Bread stuffed with spiced potatoes and herbs.
Muli Paratha
Bread stuffed with spiced radish and herbs.
Gobi Paratha
Bread stuffed with spiced cauliflower and herbs.
Plain Paratha
Indian flatbread cooked to a crispy perfection.
Bread Basket
Combination of plain, onion, and garlic naan.
Tandoori Roti
cooked in the clay oven
Makhi Roti
made with corn flower goes well with saag
Vegetarian Thali
A. Includes aloo gobi, dal makhani, and Punjabi cholay served with plain or jeera rice, plain naan, salad, raita, and gulab jamun B. Also, includes your choice of lassi or soda.
Non-Vegetarian Thali
A. Includes chicken curry, chicken tikka masala, lamb karahi served with plain or jeera rice, plain naan, salad, raita, and gulab jamun B. Also, includes your choice of lassi or soda.