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.

$6.99

Mixed Pakora

6 pieces. Assorted chopped vegetables coated in a chickpea batter and deep-fried to golden perfection.

$6.99

Chaat Papri

A mixture of crisps, potatoes, and chickpeas in a yogurt, chat masala tamarind, and cilantro sauce.

$9.99

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.

$7.99

Vegetable Platter

Combination of your favorite vegetable samosa, mixed pakora, and paneer pakora.

$9.99

Gobi Manchurian

Fresh cauliflower pieces are slightly sauteed and tossed with a spicy Manchurian sauce and garnished with fresh cilantro.

$9.99

Samosa Chaat

Vegetable samosas plated with mildly spiced chickpeas, potatoes, onion, tomato, and garnished with chat masala, yogurt, tamarind, and cilantro sauce.

$10.99

Paneer Pakora

Slices of Cottage cheese dipped in gram flour batter with Indian spices and deep-fried to perfection.

$10.99

Meat Samosa

2 pieces. Crispy triangular pastry turnovers filled with minced marinated meat and vegetables.

$9.99

Chicken Pakora

Tender pieces of chicken dipped in mildly spiced lentil batter and fried to perfection.

$9.99

Chili Fish

Indo-Chinese style slices of fried-fish sauteed with chili paste, soy sauce, onions, bell pepper, herbs, and exotic spices.

$11.99

Masala Shrimp

Fresh shrimp tossed in exotic Indian spices and herbs.

$11.99

Chicken Malabar

Batter fried coconut-flavored filet of chicken served with mango chutney.

$10.99

Mixed Non-Veg Platter

Combination of your favorite meat samosa, chicken pakora, and chicken Malabar.

$13.99

Appetizer Non - Vegetarian

Soup and Salad

Lentil Soup

Traditional split peas and lentils soup, subtly flavored with Indian spices, garnished with cilantro.

$9.98

Tamatar Soup

Flavorsome soup made with fresh tomatoes, ginger, onions, and garlic.

$8.99

Chicken Soup

Traditional soup made with small pieces of chicken, cilantro, and Indian spices.

$10.99

Katchumber Salad

Cucumber, tomato, onion, and cilantro tossed with olive oil.

$7.99

Pappadum

3 pieces. Thin crisp lentil flour baked in the clay oven. Delicious pop of flavor with any dish.

$2.99

Salad

Mixture of sliced onion, green chili, and lemon.

$3.99

Raita

Yogurt with cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, red onions, and herbs.

$5.99

Plain Yogurt

Indian style homemade yogurt.

$4.99

Mixed Achar

Indian mixed pickles.

$4.99

Mango Chutney

Sweet and sour tangy mango extract.

$3.99

Mint Chutney

Fresh homemade spiced-mint sauce made with jalapenos, ginger, garlic, and lemon.

$4.49

Imli Chutney

Tamarind chutney. Sweet and sour tamarind sauce.

$4.49

Sides

Beverages

Mango Lassi

$5.99

Mithi Lassi

Plain yogurt drink served sweet.

$4.99

Loon Lassi

Plain yogurt drink served salty.

$4.99

Shikanjabeen

Lemonade. Fresh squeezed sweet lime drink.

$4.49

Mango Juice

A homemade drink made with fresh mango pulp.

$3.99

Soda

Your choice of refreshing Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta, ginger ale, or Dr Pepper.

$2.49

Masala Chai

Hot Indian tea made with fresh herbs.

$4.99

Ice-Cream

Your choice of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or mango.

$4.99

Kulfi

Your choice of kesar, mango, or malai kulfi drizzled with an optional layering of rose syrup, and garnished with crushed pistachios.

$4.99

Rasmalai

Sweet Cottage cheese dumpling flavored with saffron and cardamom.

$5.99

Gulab Jamun

A lightly fried cheese ball composed of milk and soaked in sweet syrup.

$4.99

Kheer

Rice pudding. Homemade rice pudding garnished with pistachios and raisins.

$4.99

Desserts

Vegetarian Entrees

Paneer Tikka Masala

Cottage cheese cubes baked in a clay oven with green peppers and onions with a creamy sauce.

$15.49

Mixed Vegetable

Seasoned vegetables cooked and sauteed with spices.

$14.99

Sarson Da Saag

Dish made of mustard leaves cooked with spices and butter.

$14.49

Punjabi Chole

Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked in a special blend of traditional spices.

$14.49

Bhindi Masala

Special preparation of cut-tossed okra with diced onions, tomatoes, and traditional spices.

$14.49

Dal Tadka

Yellow lentils tempered with butter, whole red chilies and cumin, and mustard seeds.

$13.99

Dal Makhani

Black lentils cooked overnight on a very slow fire flavored with butter, creamy sauce, and spices.

$14.99

Baingan Bhartha

Eggplants roasted over charcoal with fresh tomatoes, green peas, ginger, garlic, and onions seasoned with herbs.

$15.49

Navaratan Korma

A medley of 9 vegetables cooked with a mild creamy sauce with cashews and raisins.

$14.99

Aloo Palak

Spinach cooked with potatoes and spices with thick gravy and creamy sauce.

$15.49

Chana Saag

Spinach and chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked with thick gravy and creamy sauce.

$15.49

Palak Paneer

Cottage cheese cubes cooked in creamy gravy of spinach and house special sauces.

$15.49

Paneer Makhani

Cottage cheese cubes lightly fried and sauteed in special buttery tomatoes and rich creamy and house special sauces.

$15.49

Malai Kofta

Homemade mix vegetable balls cooked in mildly spiced creamy sauces with cashews and raisins.

$15.49

Mixed Vegetable Curry

Combined seasonal vegetables cooked in-house blended curry sauce.

$14.49

Mutter Paneer

Cottage cheese cubes cooked with green peas, onions, tomatoes cooked in rich creamy, and house special sauces.

$15.49

Karahi Paneer

Cubes of Cottage cheese sauteed with tomato, onion, bell peppers, and herbs.

$15.49

Mushroom Curry

Fresh mushrooms and green peas cooked with creamy sauce with herbs and spices.

$15.49

Shahi Paneer

Cubes of Cottage cheese cooked in a delicately spiced creamy sauce, cashews, and raisins.

$16.49

Aloo Gobi

Cubed potatoes and cauliflower cooked with house special sauce, spices, and herbs.

$13.99

Kadhi Pakora

Flavorful deep-fried pakoras (fritters) dunked in a tangy yogurt-based curry.

$15.49

Tikka Masala

Cooked in a tomato and rich creamy sauce with cubes of bell peppers and onions.

$16.99

Makhani

Butter. Cooked in a special buttery tomato and rich creamy sauce.

$16.99

Curry

Cooked in a house-special curry sauce and freshly ground spices.

$16.99

Vindaloo

Cooked with potatoes in a spiced and vinaigrette sauce.

$16.99

Palak Saag

Sauteed with Indian herbs cooked in spinach and rich creamy sauce.

$16.99

Korma

Cooked in a creamy sauce with cashews and raisins with a hint of cardamom flavor. A true Moghulai delight!

$16.99

Karahi

Cooked with special ginger sauce, bell peppers, onion, and fresh tomatoes along with herbs, and spices.

$16.99

Coconut

Cooked with roasted coconut, cream, cashews, raisins herbs, and spices.

$16.99

Rogan Josh

Cooked with traditional Indian spices and homemade yogurt.

$16.99

Dopiaza

Cooked with fresh onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, and house spices.

$16.99

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.

$14.99

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.

$15.99

Karahi Fish

Fresh fresh cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, ginger, spices, and herbs.

$19.99

Salmon Fish Masala

Salmon fish cooked in a hearty blend of tangy tomatoes, onions, bell peppers with aromatic herbs, and spices.

$21.49

Shrimp Curry

Shrimp cooked onions, garlic and ginger in fresh herbs, and spices.

$19.99

Shrimp Vindaloo

Shrimp cooked with potatoes in a spiced and tangy vinaigrette sauce.

$20.99

Shrimp Palak

Shrimp cooked with fresh spinach, spices and ginger, and creamy sauce.

$20.99

Shrimp Tikka Masala

Shrimp cooked in a clay oven sauteed with tomatoes, green pepper, and onion in a rich creamy sauce.

$20.99

Shrimp Masala

sauted with green peppers, onions and spices

$21.49

Seafood Specialties

Tandoori Specialties

Tandoori Paneer

Cubes of Cottage cheese marinated in yogurt, fresh spices, and lemon juice then barbecued in the clay oven.

$16.50

Tandoori Chicken

Chicken leg quarters marinated in yogurt, fresh spices, and lemon juice then barbecued in the clay oven.

$20.49

Chicken Tikka

Boneless chicken marinated in herbs and spices and charbroiled to perfection.

$19.49

Chicken Malai Kebab

Cubes of chicken breast marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices then cooked on skewers in the clay oven.

$19.49

Chicken Seekh Kebab

Ground minced chicken mixed with onion, ginger, and herbs.

$18.99

Lamb Kebab

Ground minced lamb mixed with onion, ginger, and herbs.

$19.99

Lamb Boti Kebab

Tender chunks of lamb marinated in yogurt and house special sauce then cooked in the clay oven.

$19.99

Fish Tikka

Salmon. Chunks of salmon marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices then barbecued in the clay oven.

$20.99

Tandoori Shrimp

Fresh shrimp marinated in ground spices and grilled in the tandoor.

$20.99

Tandoori Mix Grill

Combination platter of tandoori chicken tikka, chicken seekh kebab, lamb seekh kebab, shrimp, and fish.

$28.99

Lamb Chops

Marinated rack of lamb in a mixture of exotic spices broiled in tandoor.

$23.99

Vegetable Biryani

Mixed vegetables cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.

$14.99

Chicken Biryani

Boneless chicken cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.

$18.49

Chicken Tikka Biryani

Boneless barbecued chicken tikka cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.

$18.99

Goat Biryani

Bone-in goat cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.

$20.99

Lamb Biryani

Juicy boneless lamb cooked with basmati rice and traditional spices.

$20.99

Chef Special Biryani

Basmati rice cooked with lamb, chicken and shrimp topped with fried onions, and herbs.

$24.99

Rice Specials

Naan

Plain Naan

Unleavened white bread baked in tandoor clay oven.

$3.49

Garlic Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh minced garlic and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$4.49

Onion Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh onions and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$4.49

Bullet Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh green chilies and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$4.99

Cheese Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh mozzarella cheese and herbs, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$5.49

Coconut Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh coconut, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$5.49

Rosemary Naan

Bread cooked in rosemary leaves.

$5.49

Garlic Cheese Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh minced garlic, mozzarella cheese, and herbs, baked in a tandoor clay oven.

$6.99

Keema Naan

Bread stuffed with fresh ground meat, baked in tandoor clay oven.

$6.99

Peshwary Naan

Sweet bread stuffed with coconut, almond, and raisin.

$6.99

Roti

Baked whole-wheat bread.

$2.99

Poori

A deep-fried fluffy bread.

$4.49

Aloo Paratha

Bread stuffed with spiced potatoes and herbs.

$5.49

Muli Paratha

Bread stuffed with spiced radish and herbs.

$5.49

Gobi Paratha

Bread stuffed with spiced cauliflower and herbs.

$5.99

Plain Paratha

Indian flatbread cooked to a crispy perfection.

$4.49

Bread Basket

Combination of plain, onion, and garlic naan.

$11.99

Tandoori Roti

cooked in the clay oven

$3.49

Makhi Roti

made with corn flower goes well with saag

$4.49

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.

$39.99

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.

$59.99

Punjabi Thali Special