Ordering From Essence Of India

1105 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL

Appetizers

Chilli Paneer

Chunks of cottage cheese onions, and bell papers sautéed with chilli garlic sauce

$14.99

Chilli Shrimp

Flour shrimp, onion, and bell papers sautéed with spicy chilli sauce

$15.99

Chilli Chicken

Chunk of chicken, onion, and bell papers sautéed with spicy chilli sauce

$14.99

Chilli Chicken

Chicken 65

Chunks of chicken, onion, and bell papers sautéed with spicy yogurt sauce

$14.99

Baingan Bhajiya

Sliced eggplant dipped in light spicy batter, and deep fried

$7.99

Aloo Tikki

$4.99

Aloo Tikki Chat

Pan grilled spiced potato patties with sweet, and tangy spiced yogurt

$8.99

Crispy Garlic Chicken

Chunks of chicken onion, and bell papers sautéed with spicy chili sauce

$14.99

Gobi Manchurian

Corn battered cauliflower, onion, and bell pepper sautéed with sweet and spicy chili sauce

$12.99

Masala Papadum

Lentil cracker water with chopped tomatoes, onions, and tangy spices

$5.00

Mixed Appetizer Platter

Delicious combination of alu tikki, samosa, baingan shajiya papadum, and onion bhajiya served with house chutneys

$10.99

Mixed Appetizer Platter

Onion Bhajiya

Sliced onion dipped in light spicy batter, and deep fried

$7.99

Papadum

Lentil Crackers

$3.99

Paneer 65

Crispy cottage cheese, onions, and bell papers in spicy yogurt sauce

$11.99

Vegetable Samosa

Seasoned peas, and potatoes in a crispy pastry shell

$5.99

Vegetable Samosa

Samosa Chat

Crispy samosa pieces in yogurt with sweet and tangy spices

$8.99

Aloo Pakora

Aloo pakora, also known as aloo bajji, is a crispy, savory Indian snack of potato fritters coated in spiced gram flour batter.

$7.99

Chicken Speciality

Butter Chicken

Tender boneless chicken pieces simmered with Indian spices in a creamy coconut milk, and butter sauce

$16.99

Butter Chicken

Chicken Tikka Masala

Tender boneless chicken pieces broiled in tandoor, cooked in a fresh creamy tomato sauce herbs and spices with diced onions, and green papers

$16.99

Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Bhunna

Succulent pieces of chicken cooked with sliced onions, bell peppers, herbs, and tomato sauce, fresh herbs, and spices

$16.99

Chicken Chettinad

Tender pieces of chicken cooked in rich coconut gravy

$16.99

Chicken Korma

Boneless pieces of chicken cooked in a rich almond flavored sauce

$16.99

Chicken Madras

Chicken cooked in south Indian style with fresh coconut, and roasted ground spices

$16.99

Chicken Mango

Boneless pieces of chicken cooked in mango sauce with Indian herbs and spices

$16.99

Chicken Methi Malai

Chicken cooked with fenugreek Indian herbs, and spices in a fine creamy sauce

$16.99

Chicken Vindalo

Chicken cooked in a fiery red-hot curry sauce a goan specialty

$16.99

Chicken Xacuti

Tender chicken cubes cooked in dry coconut, and south Indian spices

$16.99

Chiken Jalfarezi

Juliennes of chicken marinated in fresh spices of sautéed with tomato, and bell papers

$16.99

Essence Chicken Curry

Boneless chicken pieces cooked in delicately flavored curry sauce

$15.99

Kashmiri Chicken

Mildly marinated chicken breast cooked in almond base curry

$17.99

Murg Shahi Saag

Boneless chicken pieces smothered in a creamy spinach puree, and fresh herbs

$17.99

Murgh Tandoori Masala

Tandoori Chicken prepared in tomato creamy sauce

$19.99

Delightful Veg

Aloo Gobi

Cauliflower, potatoes, and peas cooked with herbs, and spices

$13.99

Aloo Gobi

Aloo Mutter

Potatoes cooked with green peas, fresh herbs, and spices

$14.99

Peshavari Chole

Aka chana masala: chickpeas cooked in dry spices, onion, and tomato sauce

$13.99

Aloo Palak

Potatoes cooked with green peas, fresh herbs, and spices

$13.99

Cabbage Foogath

Potatoes cooked with green peas, fresh herbs, and spices

$13.99

Cabbage Foogath

Dal Makhani

Creamed black lentils, delicately seasoned with fresh ground spices

$14.99

Dal Tadka

Yellow lentil splits cooked in Indian spices

$13.99

Dal Tadka

Eggplant Bharta

Roasted eggplant chopped and blended with herbs, and fresh ground spices

$13.99

Eggplant Bharta

Veg. Malai Kofta

Small vegetable patties cooked in a fine creamy nut sauce

$14.99

Veg. Malai Kofta

Subz Shahi Korma

Fresh vegetables in rich creamy sauce

$15.99

Paneer Shahi Korma

Homemade cheese cubes cooked in mild creamy sauce with nuts and raisins

$14.99

Hydrabadi Baghare Baingan

Stuffed baby eggplant cooked in roasted whole spices, and coconut sauce

$14.99

Kadhai Bhindi

Stir-fried okra cooked with tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, and ground spices

$13.99

Kadhai Bhindi

Kadhai Paneer

$14.99

Palak Chole

Aka chana masala: chick peas cooked in dry spices, onion, and tomato sauce

$13.99

Mutter Methi Malai

Green peas cooked with fenugreek, and Indian spices in a creamy sauce

$14.99

Mix Vegetable Curry

$14.99

Mutter Paneer

Homemade cheese cubes cooked with fresh peas, herbs, and spices

$14.99

Mutter Paneer

Paneer Tikka Masala

Clay oven cheese cubes, and herbs in rich tomato creamy sauce

$14.99

Paneer Tikka Masala

Palak Paneer

Homemade cheese cubes cooked with spinach and fresh herbs, and spices

$14.99

Palak Paneer

Veg. Mango

$14.99

Tandoori Paneer Masala

Cottage Cheese grilled in our clay oven and prepared in creamy tomato gravy

$17.99

Rice & Biryani Pulaos

Beef Biryani

Beef cubes cooked with onion, raisins, nuts, and ground spices along with rice

$16.99

Paneer Biryani

Rice cooked with tender pieces of cottage cheese, flavored with herbs and ground spice

$16.99

Chinese Fried Rice

A basmati rice cooked with aromatic seasonings, and vegetables

$13.99

Essence Chicken Biryani

Tender pieces of chicken cooked with onions, nuts, raisins ground spices along with rice

$15.99

Essence Chicken Biryani

Goat Biryani

Goat meat cooked with saffron rice, and aromatic Indian herbs

$17.99

Hakka Noodles

Noodles made from unleavened dough boiled & stir fried with sauces, and vegetables

$13.99

Jeera Fried Rice

Long grain basmati rice cooked with herbs, and cumin seeds

$5.99

Lamb Biryani

Rice cooked with tender pieces of lamb, flavored with herbs, nuts, and ground spice

$16.99

Peas Pulav

Fried rice sautéed with green peas

$10.99

Plain Yellow Rice

Long grain basmati rice cooked with herbs

$5.99

Saffron Rice

Aromatic spice with fried onions, almonds, cashews green peas, and raisins

$7.99

Saffron Rice

Schezwan Fried Noodles

Noodles sautéed with freshly cut vegetables, and chilli paste

$14.99

Schezwan Fried Rice

A basmati rice cooked in spicy chilli sauce, and vegetables

$14.99

Shrimp Biryani

Rice cooked along juicy shrimp, onions, ground spices, herbs, nuts, and raisins

$17.99

Special Nawabi Biryani

Rice cooked along with lamb, chicken, beef, shrimp, vegetables, onions, nuts, raisins, and fresh ground spices

$19.99

Vegetable Biryani

Garden fresh vegetables cooked along with rice, ground spices, nuts, and raisins

$14.99