Kastoori

Name: Kastoori
Address: 188 Upper Tooting Rd.
Telephone: 020-8767-7027

188 Upper Tooting Rd., London, , UK

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Cuisine: East African, Indian, Vegetarian
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Dress Code: Casual
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STARTERS

1* ONION BHAJIA

ONIONS, SPICES AND FLOUR: THE THANKI FAMILY’S VERSION OF A CLASSIC SAVOURY (5 PIECES)

2* MOGO BHAJIA

AN UNFUSSY INDIAN FAVOURITE. CASSAVA MIXED WITH SPICES AND FLOUR (5 PIECES)

3* SAMOSA

THE THANKI’S TRADEMARK CRISPY, TRIANGULAR PASTRIES FILLED WITH VEGETABLES (3 PIECES)

4 MASALA KACHORI

THE SWEET AND SPICY ONE – A MUST FOR CINNAMON LOVERS. MASHED KACHORI TOPPED WITH AN EXOTIC BLEND OF SAUCES

5* BHEL

MIXTURE OF PUFFED RICE, SEV, POTATOES, ONIONS COVERED IN A THANKI SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

6* CORN BHEL

SPECIALLY PREPARED CORN SAVOURY WITH DICED POTATOES, ONIONS AND TOMATOES SERVED WITH THE FAMILY’S SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

7* PANI PURI

DAHI PURI’S GENTEEL COUSIN FROM UTTAR PRADESH. CRISPY PURIES WITH POTATOES, CHICK PEAS AND MOONG BEANS SERVED WITH A SPECIAL PANI PURI SAUCE (5 PIECES)

8 DAHI PURI

THE KASTOORI’S FAMOUS TASTE BOMB – TO BE EATEN IN ONE! CRISPY PURIES FILLED WITH DICED POTATOES, CHICK PEAS, PUFFED RICE, ONIONS, PANI SAUCE, SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE AND TOPPED WITH YOGHURT SAUCE (5 PIECES)

9* SEV PURI

CRISPY PURIES FILLED WITH DICED POTATOES, CHICK PEAS, ONIONS, PUFFED RICE, PANI PURI SAUCE, SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE AND TOPPED WITH SEV (5 PIECES)

10 DAHI VADA

MILD SPICED BLACK MATPE BALLS IN SPECIAL YOGHURT SAUCE (2 PIECES)

11 CHILLI PANIR

PANIR CHEESE IN A RICH, SPARKY CHILLI SAUCE GENTLED BY GREEN PEPPERS AND SHREDDED LETTUCE

CHAPATIES

12 CHAPATI

THIN BAKED INDIAN BREAD TOPPED WITH GHEE (2 PIECES)

13* PURI

DEEP-FRIED FLUFFY WHEATFLOUR BREAD (2 PIECES)

14 PARATHA

SHALLOW-FRIED MEDIUM-THIN BREAD

15* STUFFED PARATHA

AS ABOVE BUT STUFFED WITH LIGHT SPICY POTATO MIXTURE

16 KASTOORI BHATURA

HARD TO FIND AND NEVER AS TASTY AS THIS: PLAIN FLOUR EXOTIC BREAD FRIED WITH FENNU AND SESAME

17* ROTLO

MILLET LOAF | (SUNDAYS ONLY)

CURRIES

18* POTATO CURRY

POTATO COOKED IN CHEF’S SAUCE. | A CUSTOMER FAVOURITE SINCE WE OPENED IN 1987

19* VEGETABLE CURRY

CHEF’S CHOICE OF THE DAY | (DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM YOUR WAITER)

20 PANIR PASSANDA

PANIR CHEESE POCKETS, STUFFED WITH MINT, CORIANDER AND A HINT OF COCONUT, IN A CASHEW AND MELON SEED SAUCE. QUITE RICH, SO SHARE A PORTION WITH A FRIEND

21 MUTTER PANIR

FRESH PEAS IN A RICH AND SPICY, MILD-TO-MEDIUM TOMATO SAUCE OFFSET BY SAVOURY BITES OF FRIED INDIAN COTTAGE CHEESE

22* C HANA BATETA

CHICK PEAS WITH POTATO IN TRADITIONAL SAUCE

23* ORO

TRADITIONAL ROASTED AUBERGINE CURRY | (SUNDAYS ONLY)

24* COBI BATETA

FOR YEARS FRIENDS URGED THE THANKIS TO ADD THIS FAMILY FAVOURITE TO THE MENU. THE HUMBLE CABBAGE AND POTATO SURPRISINGLY TRANSFORM INTO A TASTY, FRIENDLY CURRY WITH A SWEETISH EDGE ALL ITS OWN | (FRIDAYS ONLY)

25* KASTOORI KOFTA

UNIQUELY THANKI. MIXED VEGETABLE BALLS FRIED IN HERBS AND SPICES AND THEN COOKED IN AN ONION AND VEGETABLE CURRY SAUCE

26 ALU PALAK

SPINACH WITH POTATO IN A RICH EXOTIC SAUCE

27 CAULIFLOWER WITH CREAM

CAULIFLOWER IN MILD, CREAMY SAUCE. ANOTHER LONG-STANDING CUSTOMER FAVOURITE

28* SPECIAL TOMATO CURRY

HOT, SPICY AND TASTY BEYOND BELIEF. THE CLASSIC TRADITIONAL DISH FROM THE FAMILY’S ROOTS IN EXOTIC KATIA WAHD

29* BEANS CURRY

CHEF’S CHOICE OF THE DAY | (DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM YOUR WAITER)

30 PALAK PANIR

SPINACH WITH INDIAN COTTAGE CHEESE IN MEDIUM-SPICED CURRY SAUCE

THALI

31* GUJARATI THALI

THREE CHAPATIES OR FOUR PURIES, TWO CURRIES, RICE, DAL, PAPADAM AND PICKLES

32 KASTOORI SPECIAL THALI

ONE SNACK – CORN BHEL, A DRINK (LASSI – SWEET OR SALTED), THREE CHAPATIES OR FOUR PURIES, THREE CURRIES, DAL, RICE, PAPADAM, PICKLES AND KHIR DESSERT

33 SUNDAY SPECIAL

ROTLO, ORO (BEGAN BHARTHA), KHICHDI AND KADHI | (MILLET LOAF, ROAST AUBERGINE CURRY, SETTLED MOONG RICE WITH YOGHURT SOUP)

THANKI FAMILY SPECIALS

34* KONTOLA CURRY

A CRUNCHY MOUNTAIN VEGETABLE WITH AN UNEXPECTED, CREAMY FINISH. LIGHT AND DARK FLAVOURS COMBINE BEAUTIFULLY IN A GARLIC SAUCE. A FAVOURITE WITH CONNOISSEURS.

35 MUSTARD LEAF CURRY

WARM, DARK AND GREEN WITH A SERIOUS UNDERTONE THAT OPENS UP INTO A GENTLY INTENSE FINISH

36* METHIRINGAN

FENNU AND AUBERGINE COOKED TOGETHER IN A CORIANDER AND GARLIC SAUCE. DARK, DELICIOUS AND A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS WITH A DISTINCTLY LONG, SAVOURY FINISH ON THE TONGUE.

37* CHILLI BANANA

STUFFED BANANA WITH STUFFED MILD CHILLIES COOKED IN A SPICY TOMATO SAUCE. ANOTHER AFRICAN-INSPIRED THANKI FAMILY RECIPE

38 MATOKI

GREEN BANANA CURRY. AN ORIGINAL RECIPE DEVELOPED DURING THE THANKI FAMILY’S YEARS IN AFRICA

39* KASODI

KASODI IS A SWAHILI WORD FOR CORN. THIS THANKI FAMILY RECIPE PREPARES SWEET CORN IN COCONUT MILK WITH A GROUND PEANUT SAUCE

40 DRUMSTICK CURRY

AN UNUSUAL AND POPULAR ASIAN VEGETABLE EATEN MUCH IN THE MANNER OF ARTICHOKE LEAVES. TASTY AND WELL WORTH THE FIDDLE

41* KARELA BHARELA

A STUFFED, BITTER VEGETABLE AND AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC FOR THOSE WHO PREFER THE SAVOURY OVER THE SWEET

42* GREEN PEPPER CURRY

THE CLEAN, GREEN TASTE OF CAPSICUM WITH SUBTLE HINTS OF AFRICA IN ITS SESAME AND PEANUT SAUCE

43* SPRING ONION CURRY

TAKE AWAY THE BITE BUT LEAVE THE TANG. SPRING ONION CUSHIONED IN A CORIANDER, SEV, TOMATO AND KASTOORI MASALA SAUCE.

44 G REEN LEAF CURRY

A BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF GREEN LEAF FLAVOURS. CORIANDER, FENNU, SPINACH (AND OTHER SEASONAL LEAF PLANTS) IN A YOGHURT, ONION AND CHILLI SAUCE

45 THANKI européenne

BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE FAMILY’S SENSATIONAL EUROVEG SPECIAL. LEEK, SPRING ONION, AUBERGINE, SPINACH, CAPSICUMS, RHUBARB (!), STAR ANIS AND MUCH MORE

MAIN DISHES

46 KASTOORI SPECIAL CHAT

AN EXOTIC KASTOORI COMBINATION WITH MIXED SPICES AND MILD SAUCE

47 CHANA BHATURA

A WINNING COMBINATION FROM THE PUNJAB. CHICK PEAS AND POTATO CURRY WITH A PAIR OF KASTOORI BHATURA

48* PLAIN DOSA

THIN CRISPY PANCAKE SERVED WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY

49* PAPER DOSA

A LARGE PAPER-THIN PANCAKE SERVED WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY

50* MASALA DOSA

THIN PANCAKE FILLED WITH POTATOES AND ONIONS SERVED WITH SAMBHAR

RICE

51* PLAIN RICE

52* FRIED RICE

FRESHLY PREPARED YELLOW RICE WITH ONION

53 KHICHDI

MOONG RICE | (SUNDAYS ONLY)

SUNDRIES

54* PAPADAM PLAIN/SPICY

55* CHUTNEY

56* PICKLE

57 RAITA

58 PLAIN YOGHURT

(HOME MADE)

59* SAMBHAR

RICH YET SUBTLE AT THE SAME TIME. LENTIL SOUP WITH AUBERGINE, CARROT, PUMPKIN AND ONIONS

60* KASTOORI DAL

61 KADHI

YOGHURT SOUP | (SUNDAYS ONLY)

62* ONION SALAD

63* GREEN SALAD

LETTUCE, CUCUMBER, TOMATO AND CARROT

64 HOT SAUCE

FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR CURRIES EXTRA LIVELY. TOMATO, CORIANDER AND OIL WITH PLENTY OF GARLIC AND CHILLI

DRINKS

COKE AND DIET COKE

PASSION JUICE

MANGO JUICE

ORANGE JUICE

SALTED LASSI

MANGO SHAKE

FALOODA

SWEET LASSI

| THE BEST SWEET LASSI IN TOWN, THANKS TO A SECRET THANKI RECIPE

MILK

DESSERTS

KHIR

AROMATIC RICE PUDDING LIKE GRANNY NEVER MADE IT

GULAB JAMBU

MILKBALLS IN SUGAR SYRUP NATURALLY FLAVOURED WITH NUTMEG AND CARDAMON

SHRIKHAND

A SWEET SENSATION. CURD CHEESE NATURALLY FLAVOURED WITH NUTMEG, CARDAMON, SAFFRON AND SUGAR

RAS MALAI

SOLID CURDLED MILK IN CONCENTRATED MILK NATURALLY FLAVOURED WITH CARDAMON AND NUTS

KULFI

MANGO/PISTACHIO

FRESH FRUIT

HOT DRINKS

MASALA TEA

TRADITIONAL MILKY TEA WITH MASALA SPICES

HERBAL TEAS

CAMOMILE, CRANBERRY, RASPBERRY AND ELDERFLOWER

COFFEE

WHITE/BLACK FILTER COFFEE