Dawat Menu and Prices

4.6 (407 reviews)112 menu items · 19 categoriesUpdated May 15, 2026

Dawat is a place where Indian food is eaten. The menu is quite positive, with curries, scones, talis, etc. Suitable for people who want a change of taste or are a little curious about Indian spices. The environment is also okay. It is not a particularly formal restaurant. It is suitable to eat casually or meet friends.

Madhur Jaffrey's Exclusive Lunch Specials

  • Tandoori Lunch Special

    $16.75

    includes tandoori chicken, reshmi kebab, lamb boti kebab, paneer tikka (cottage cheese), tandoori roti (whole wheat), and tomato raita.

  • Chef's Recommended Lunch Special

    $0.00

    chef's recommended special: chicken tikka masala, lamb rogan josh.

  • Madhur Jaffrey's Vegetarian Lunch Special

    $0.00

    naan, roti or paratha option: naan, roti, paratha.

  • Seafood Lunch Special

    $0.00

    seafood special options: tandoori shrimp, tandoori fish.

  • Homestyle Lunch Special

    $15.50

    inlcludes chicken makhani, farasvi bhaji, yellow dal, steamed basmati rice, and tandoori paratha.

Starters

  • Aloo Tikkyas With Red Peshawari Chutney

    $6.75

    the best curry leaf-flavored potato cakes you will ever eat, served with a special red pepper chutney with almonds and mint. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipies and unique to dawat.

  • Keema Samosa

    $6.95

    spicy seasoned mince lamb wrapped in light pastry.

  • Paneer Kulcha

    $6.95

    tandoori bread stuffed with seasoned homemade cheese.

  • Onion Fritters Aka Onion Pakora

    $6.75

    crisp light, chickpea flour batter dipped onion fritters.

  • Vegetable Samosa

    $6.75

    spicy seasoned potatoes and peas wrapped in light pastry.

  • Baghari Jhinga

    $11.95

    succulent shrimp, flavored with garlic. mustard seeds and curry leaves. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipies and unique to dawat.

  • Hyderabadi 'Lamb Pathar' Kebab

    $10.95

    spicy seasoned thin slices of lamb browned on a very hot griddle. an excellent starter. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipies and unique to dawat.

  • Vegetable 'Harra Bhara' Kebab

    $6.95

    delicious green vegetables, potatoes & indian cottage cheese patties delicately spiced. served w/pear chutney.

Madhur's Snack Cart $6.95

  • Bhel Poori

    $0.00

    a melange of assorted crisps and noodles, smothered in sweet, sour, and spicy chutneys.

  • Dahi Aloo Poori

    $0.00

    a mouth watering mixture of crisps, potatoes and chickpeas in yogurt and tamarind sauces.

Soups & Salads

  • Ginger Cauliflower Soup

    $6.75

    a silken pureed spicy ginger flavored soup.

  • Dawat Kachumber Salad

    $6.45

    mixed greens, cucumber, tomato, salad topped w/ sliced almonds & raisins along w/ chef's special dressing.

  • Muligatawny Soup

    $6.75

    a spicy favorite of anglo-india, made with split peas, vegetables and chicken.

Kebabs

  • Lamb Seekh Kebab

    $18.95

    minced lamb with aromatic herbs, wrapped around a skewer.

  • Chicken 'Silken' Kebab

    $18.50

    mildly spiced skewered minced chicken rolls.

  • Chicken 'Malai' Kebab

    $18.50

    succulent cubes of boneless chicken marinated in yogurt & ginger toasted in clay-oven tandoor.

Vegetarian Specialties

  • Paneer Makhani

    $14.25

    fresh homemade cheese, folded into creamy tomato sauce.

  • Mattar Paneer

    $14.75

    fresh homemade cheese cubes cooked with green peas.

  • Maharashtrian-Style Farasvi Bhaji

    $13.95

    green beans cooked with freshly grated coconut. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Malai Kofta

    $14.75

    mixed vegetable croquette in a savory sauce.

  • Vegetable Jal Frazie

    $14.25

    mixed vegetables with cottage cheese, mildly spiced.

  • Zeera Aloo

    $13.95

    spicy potatoes flavored with whole and ground cumin seeds. an all-time favorite of our staff and friends.

  • Smoked Eggplant Bharta

    $13.95

    roasted puréed eggplant, ginger, onions, tomatoes & fresh coriander. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Sauteed Shiitake Mushrooms

    $14.95

    we flavor our mushrooms with fresh curry leaves and green coriander.

  • Saag Paneer

    $14.75

    fresh homemade cheese cubes in a spicy spinach puree.

  • Baked Eggplant

    $13.95

    thin slices of eggplant coated with a mild sweet and sour tamarind sauce and baked. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Labdharay Aloo

    $13.95

    potatoes with ginger and tomatoes in a thick sauce.

  • Tadka Dal

    $11.95

    slow-simmered matpe beans and red kidney beans, sauteed with tomatoes, ginger, cumin and onion.

  • Yellow Dal

    $11.95

    split lentils sauteed with onions, ginger and spices. perhaps the most popular north indian daal.

  • Sindhi Karhi

    $13.95

    a specialty of the community of western india, this vegetarian stew is made with chickpea flour and vegetables & seasoned with tamarind & fenugreek seeds. this home favorite is best eaten with plain

  • Sarson Ka Sang

    $13.95

    fresh mustard greens & spinach cooled in a punjabi village style.

Vegan Dishes

  • Bhuni Gobi

    $14.50

    cauliflower stir-fried with ginger and cumin seeds.

  • Channa Masala

    $0.00

    spice levels: mild, medium, spicy.

  • Bhindi Masala

    $14.95

    okra blended with browned onion and dried mango.

Chicken Dishes

  • Chicken Saag

    $17.95

    chicken pieces smothered in a spicy spinach puree.

  • Chicken Tikka Masala

    $18.25

    chunks of chicken, roasted in a clay oven and then folded into a mildly spiced tomato sauce.

  • Chicken Jai Frazie Entrée

    $17.95

    marinated chicken, sauteed with fresh vegetables.

  • Chicken Makhani

    $18.95

    white meat chicken pieces roasted in a clay over and then folded into a creamy tomato sauce.

  • Kashmiri-Style Dhaniwal Korma

    $18.75

    chicken pieces cooked in a mild sauce of yogurt and fresh green coriander. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Cornish Hen With Green Chilies

    $18.95

    a very hot specialty of kerala's baghdadi jews. this dish is flavored with spicy green chilies and sour tamarind. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

Goat & Lamb Dishes

  • Kashmiri Rogan Josh

    $19.50

    succulent pieces of baby goat (with bone), in a cardamom flavored sauce. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Kofta Masala

    $18.95

    delicately spiced mince lamb roundal, spiced with ginger and garlic, folder in a gravy of onions, tomatoes, and cilantro. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Boti Kebab Masala

    $18.50

    cubes of lamb roasted in a clay oven then folded in a spiced sauce.

  • Lamb Vindaloo

    $18.95

    lamb in a hot, tangy sauce.

  • Saag Gosht

    $18.95

    cubes of lamb delicately blended in spinach puree.

Seafood Dishes

  • Scallops Caldin

    $23.50

    crusty scallops with a green coriander chilli sauce-a goan specialty. we suggest you eat it with our lemon rice. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Kerala-Style Konju Pappaas

    $24.75

    shrimp in a coconut sauce, flavored with aromatic curry leaves and smoked tamarind. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Fish In A Mustard Sauce

    $22.95

    chunks of seasonal fish in a spicy sauce of crushed mustard seeds and mustard oil.

  • Shrimp Bhuna

    $24.75

    shrimp cooked in herbs and spices with a touch of garlic and ginger.

Specialties From Tandoor Oven

  • Tandoori Shrimp

    $24.95

    king-size shrimp marinated in mild spices.

  • Tandoori Chicken

    $19.50

    chicken marinated in mild spices.

  • Murgh Jehangiri

    $18.75

    chicken pieces marinated in yogurt and roasted in a tandoor oven with lavish bastings of chilli-coriander.

  • Raan

    $26.95

    a whole small, tender leg of lamb braised with ginger and whole spices, then roasted in the tandoor oven until it is crisp outside and meltingly tender inside.

  • 'Chilean Sea Bass' Fish Tikka

    $26.95

    chunks of chilean sea bass fish, marinated in an aromatic herb mixture.

  • Chicken Tikka

    $18.75

    boneless chunks of chicken marinated in yogurt and mild spices.

  • Muradabadi Boti Kebab

    $20.95

    skewered boneless cubes of lamb marinated in yogurt, garlic and ginger.

  • Whole Tandoori Fish

    $24.75

    whole seasonal fish is marinated in yogurt and flavored with dill-like ajwain seeds before it is roasted. from madgur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

Special Dinners

  • Vegetarian Thali

    $26.95

    saag paneer, farasvi bhaji, gobi aloo, sindhi karhi, pulao rice, poori breads, chutneys & relishes. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipies and unique to dawat.

  • Seafood Special Platter

    $33.95

    assortment of lobster, shrimp, scallops & fish. served w/naan & cucumber raita. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipies and unique to dawat. served with bread.

  • Tandoori Mixed Grill

    $27.95

    tandoori chicken, lamb chop, tandoori shrimp reshmi kebab and naan. served with tadka dal.

  • Dawat Special Dinner

    $29.95

    a soup, tandoori chicken, seekh kebab, fish tikka, saag gosht, a vegetable, naan and vegetable pillau.

Madhur Jaffrey Presents Dawat's Special Menu

  • Crab Nazakat (Starter)

    $13.45

    exotic crab salad combined with mustard seeds, kokum, honey, coconut milk, and fresh curry leaves served with a spicy potato croquette.

  • Chicken Tikka Naan (Starter)

    $7.45

    our fresh from the oven tandoor naan bread stuffed with seasoned chicken that has also been first roasted in the same oven.

  • Sarson Ka Saag

    $13.55

    fresh mustard greens and spinach cooked in a punjabi village style.

  • Baghari Paneer (Main Dish)

    $16.50

    fresh homemade cheese cubes in mustard seeds & curry leaves, flavored in savory sauce.

  • Kebab Platter-For The Best Of Kebabs

    $19.45

    shrimp, chicken silken, murg malai & lamb boti.

  • Lobster Shehnaz (Main Dish)

    $28.95

    chef's special marinade of lobster folded into delicious tomato sauce. we suggest that you eat it with our lemon rice.

  • Tandoori Grilled Vegetables (Side Dish)

    $15.50

    a delightful plate of marinated seasonal vegetables grilled in our tandoor and served with chick peas.

Rice Specialties

  • Lemon Rice

    $7.95

    very aromatic rice perfumed with the juice and rind of lemons, curry leaves and mustard seeds.

  • Chicken Biryani

    $18.75

    baked casserole of basmati rice and chicken richly flavored with saffron, buts and raisins.

  • Goat Biryani

    $18.95

    baked casserole of basmati rice and mea, richly flavored with saffron, nuts and raisins.

  • Steamed Basmati Rice

    $7.45

    naturally aromatic long grain rice brought to you from the foothills of the himalayas.

  • Vegetable Pillau

    $8.95

    baked casserole of rice and vegetables, flavored with nuts and raisins.

Breads

  • Onion And Black Pepper Kulcha

    $6.45

    crisp, pizza-like flat bread from the tandoor oven, filled with carmelized onions and dusted with coarse black pepper.

  • Keema Naan

    $6.95

    a naan stuffed with minced lamb and baked in a clay oven.

  • Naan E-Dawat

    $6.95

    a rich flat bread stuffed with nuts and dried fruit and baked in a clay oven.

  • Ajwain Paratha

    $4.35

    whole-wheat layered bread topped with aromatic ajwain seeds.

  • Poori

    $4.95

    whole-wheat puffed bread, deep fried.

  • Naan

    $3.95

    leavened indian bread of white flour baked in a clay oven.

  • Garlic Naan

    $4.75

    a special naan bread from the tandoor flavored with garlic.

  • Tandoori Roti

    $3.95

    whole wheat bread baked in a clay oven.

  • Pudina Paratha

    $4.35

    whole-wheat layered bread topped with mint.

Accompaniments

  • Papadum

    $1.25

    light, airy lentil wafer.

  • Timatar Raita

    $4.95

    yogurt with tomato and mint.

  • Kheera Raita

    $4.95

    yogurt and grated cucumber.

  • Boondi Raita

    $4.95

    yogurt with tiny chick pea flour dumplings.

Desserts

  • Gajarela

    $5.95

    carmelized grated carrots, studded with pistachios and served with whipped cream.

  • Special Kheer

    $5.75

    cooling rice pudding, flavored with cardamom and garnished with pistachios. from madhur jaffrey's personal recipes and unique to dawat.

  • Ice Cream

    $6.75

    ice cream options: mango, coconut

  • Rasmalai

    $6.75

    sweet, spongy cottage cheese dumplings, flavored with cardamom and rose water.

  • Gulab Jamun

    $6.75

    a light pastry made from milk and honey.

  • Kulfi

    $6.95

    traditional indian ice cream.

Beverages

  • Darjeeling Tea

    $3.45
  • Masala Tea

    $3.45

    tea with aromatic spices.

  • Espresso

    $3.95
  • Lassi

    $4.75

    a refreshing cold yogurt drink, sweet or salty, as desired.

  • Soda

    $1.50

    soda options: coke, diet coke, sprite.

  • Coffee

    $3.45

    coffee options: regular, decaf.

  • Herbal Tea

    $3.45

    herbal tea options: chamomile, mint, lemon.

  • Cappuccino

    $3.95
  • Mango Lassi

    $4.95

Prices may vary by location. Confirm with the restaurant before ordering.