Cardamom Restaurant menu

Achar (Indian Pickle)

Spicy mixed pickle

Mango Chutney

Cucumber Raita

Yogurt sauce with cumin, cucumber, carrot

Papadum

Crisp lentil flour chip with back peppers. Served with housemade tamarind add cilantro mint chutneys.

Soup of the Day

Vegetables Samosa (2)

Spiced potatoes add peas inside a crispy turnover, housemade tamarind, add cilantro-mint chutneys.

Vegetable Pakora

Potatoes, onion, cauliflower, and spanich fried in chickpea-flour batter. Served with housemade tamarind add cilantro-mint chutneys.

Onion Bhaji

Spiced chopped onion, fried in chickpea flour batter, tamarind chutney add cilantro chutney.

Chicken Momos

Choose spiced ground chicken or vegan vegetables cabbage, potato, cauliflower, green onion, roasted tomato-Szechwan pepper chutney

Bharawan Aloo Tikki

Crispy potato patties, stuffed with green peas, sultanas, ginger, spices. Housemade tamarined chutney add cilantro mint chutney.

Papri Chat

White flour crispy papril, potatoes add chickpeas in yogurt add tamarind and mint sauce.

Pan-Seared Shrimp

Spice rubber, pan seared shrimp.

Chicken Tikka

Boneless chicken breast marinated in yogurt add spices, cooked in the tandoor with onions add green peppers. Cilantro mint chutney.

Vegetable Momos

Choose spiced ground chicken or vegan vegetables cabbage, potato, cauliflower, green onion, roasted tomato-Szechwan pepper chutney

Naan

Soft indian bread. Real butter.

Roti

Whole wheat flatbread

Prantha

Whole wheat bread layered with real butter, carom seeds, salt.

Garlic Naan

Aloo Prantha

Prantha stuffed with spiced potatoes

Onion Kulcha

Naan stuffed with fresh chopped onion

Kashmiri Naan

Naan stuffed with almonds, cashews, and mango chutney.

Bread Basket

One each naan garlic naan, onion kulcha, aloo prantha.

Fountain Soda

Coke, diet coke, sprite

Tropical Juice & Sparkline Juice

Sparkling juice in a colorful can or regular juice in juice boxes choose mango, guava or lychee fruit.

Coconut Water

In a juice box

Iced Tea

Freshly brewed fine black tea.

Single Estate Indian Coffee

Zingermans coffee companys current pick from indians coffee crop. or Zingermans detroit street decaf.

Fine Loose Tea

Ceylon single estate sri lanka , organic darjeeling indian, fair trade, coconut Oolong, organic moroccan mint green tea add peppermint white tea rose, rose lime ginger rooibos herbal, organic hibiscu

Nimbu Pani

Fresh squeezed lemon gingerade, pinch of clove, cardamom.

Cardamom Chai

We grind & roast our own chai masala tea spice mix, then combine with indias ubiquitous red label tea and milk.

Aamas Mango Lassi and Sweet Lassi

Indian style yogurt smoothie. Mango or sweet plain.

Cardamom Rice Pudding

Cardamom scented, creamy basmati rice pudding with toasted almonds and sultanas.

Carrot Halwa

Spiced ground carrot cooked in milk & sugar. Served warm

Ras Malai

Ricotta like cheese poached in thick cardamom scented milk syrup. Sprinkled with pistachios.

Pista Kulfi

Thick, indian style pistachio ice cream made in our kitchen.

Gulab Jamun

Small spheres of milky dough are lightly fried and soaked in rosewater scented syrup. Served warm.

Mango Ice Cream

Cardamom Cheesecake

American style cheesecake scented with cardamom, and a touch of almod in the crust.

Side Salad

Chicken Tikka Salad

Chicken tikka marinated boneless chicken breast, greens, cilantro, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, carrot and toasted almonds.

Tandoori Roasted Vegetable Salad

A whole skewer full of grilled veggies and panner indian cheese on farm fresh greens. Add chicken tikka $2.00

Grilled Salmon Salad

Indian spice marinated grilled salmon, fresh greens, red onion, cilantro, cucumber, tomatoes, carrot and fresh ,mango

Tandoori Chicken

Four pieces

Chicken Kali Mirch

Boneless chicken breast marinated in yogurt, cream cheese, spices, cookes in the tandoor. Covered with a generous dose of back peppercorn, kali mirch.

Chicken Tikka

Boneless chicken breast marinated in yogurt add spices, cooked in the tandoor with onions add green peppers. Cilantro mint chutney.

Achari Paneer Tikka

Homemade cheese cubes marinated in indian pickle spices and cooked in the tandoor.

Seekh Kabab

Minced lamb, fresh ginger, garlic, bell pepper, onion, cumin, coriander, and garam masala. Cooked on askewer in the tandoor.

Angaarey Shrimp

Shrimp marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic, cilantro and spinach pasta, and cooked in the tandoor

Aloo Gobi

Potatoes add cauliflower, tomato based curry sauce.

Chana Pindi

Chickpeas, tomato based curry sauce

Dal Makhni

Black lentils, tomato, cream and butter.

Palak Paneer

Homemade cheese, add spinach, creamy curry sauce with distinctive leaves.

Matar Paneer

Housemade cheese add peas, creamy tomato sauce with fenugreek.

Baigan Bartha

Fresh eggplant, roasted, finely chopped and cooked with green peas in a tomato based curry sauce.

Bhindi Masala

Okra, tomato based curry sauce.

Vegetable Korma

Carrot, potato, zucchini, cauliflower, green beans, peas, creamy almond cashew sauce.

Paneer Makhni

Homemade cheese, creamy tomato add cashew curry sauce.

Karahi Paneer

Homemade cheese cooked with fresh onion, tomato spices.

Malai Kofta

Kofta patties ground cheese, carrot, zucchini, potatoes, cauliflower, bread crumb, creamy tomato add cashew paste curry sauce.

Varanasi Aloo

Potatoes stuffed with cheese, almonds, raisins, onions and fresh cilantro, in tomato fennel yogurt sauce.

Chicken Curry

Boneless chicken breast, tomato based curry sauce.

Chcken Tikka Masala

Chicken tikka tender tandoori roasted, marinated boneless breast, creamy tomato curry sauce.

Chicken Makhni

Chicken tikka, creamy tomato add cashew paste curry sauce.

Chicken Korma

Boneless chicken breast, creamy yogurt add almond sauce.

Chicken Hydrabadi

Chicken tikka tender, tandoor roasted, marinated boneless breast, creamy, cashew and poppy seed curry sauce.

Karahi Chicken

Boneless chicken cooked with fresh onion, tomato, fresh mint, ginger, garlic, whole cardamom and cloves.

Vegetable Biryani

Chicken Biryani

Goat Biryani

Shrimp Masala

Shrimp, tomato based curry sauce.

Bengali Fish Curry

Mahi mahi, tomato mustard onion sauce.

Kerala Shrimp Curry

Shrimp, coconut tamarined poppyseed curry sauce.

Seafood Korma

Shrimp, scallops and fish, creamy almond cashew sauce.

Lamb Vindaloo

Boneless lamb add potatoes, onion tomato vinegar sauce.

Lamb Saag

Braised boneless lamb add fresh spinach, tomato curry sauce with a touch of yogurt.

Rogan Josh

Braised boneless lamb, yogurt tomato curry sauce with aromatic spices.

Chettinad Lamb

Braised boneless lamb, coconut add poppy seed curry sauce.

Karahi Goat

Braised goat meat pieces cooked with fresh onion, tomato, fresh mint, garlic, ginger, whole cardamom and cloves.

Goat Dhansak

Braised Goat meat pieces, red lentils, butternut squash.

Grilled Masala Salmon

Marinated in ginger, garlic and spices

Bihari Kabab

Boneless lamb pieces marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic, onion and papaya paste with garam masal. Cooked in the tandoor

Bapu's Goat Chops

Meaty flavor like lamb, but leaner and so tender. Center loin chops marinated overnight.