Zara’s Indian Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Zara’s Indian Restaurant, a hidden gem located at 216a Crookes, Sheffield. This unclaimed dining destination excels in traditional Indian cuisine, offering a delightful array of dishes that transport your taste buds straight to India.
Among the standout features of Zara’s is its commitment to quality and convenience. With options for delivery and takeout, you can enjoy your favorite meals in the comfort of your home. Plus, the restaurant is kid-friendly, perfect for family outings.
Patrons rave about the tranquil atmosphere, ideal for a quiet meal or a gathering with loved ones. Zara’s also accepts debit cards, making it accessible for everyone.
Whether you’re a fan of creamy butter chicken or fragrant biryanis, Zara’s Indian Restaurant offers a diverse menu that promises to please every palate. Discover genuine flavors, and indulge in a culinary journey that is both satisfying and enriching.
Starters
Poppadom
Chutney Tray
Assorted pickle tray
Aloo Chop
Potatoes with onions light spices fried served with salad
Onion Bhaji
Crispy spiced onions, deep fried
Paneer Mushroom Puree
Homemade cheese cooked with mushrooms, served in a puree
Garlic Mushrooms Puree
Kakra Chop
Minced crab meat mixed with onions, mashed potato aromatic spices
King Prawn Bhaji Puree
King size prawns cooked in a medium strength, dry sauce, served with puree salad
Machli Tikka Starter
Chunks of monkfish marinated in ginger fresh lemon juice, cooked on skewers in the tandoori oven
Mixed Machli Tikka
Chunks of marinated monkfish, fried basa fish tandoori king prawn
Vegetable Samosa
Meat Samosa
Tandoori King Prawns Starter
Tandoori Chicken Starter
Mixed Kebab Starter
Onion bhaji, seekh kebab chicken tikka
Chicken Chaat
Finely chopped chicken cooked with chaat masala served in a puree
Vegetable Starter
Aloo chop, vegetable samosa onion bhaji
Kashmiri Puree
Spicy lamb mince balls cooked in a medium sauce with capsicum tomatoes. Served in puree
Seekh Kebab Starter
Lean minced lamb, delicately spiced with fenugreek leaves, special herbs charcoal grilled in the tandoor, served with a salad
Chicken Tikka Starter
Chicken marinated in specially prepared sauce cooked in tandoor, served with salad
Lamb Tikka Starter
Lamb marinated in specially prepared sauce cooked in tandoor, served with salad
Prawn Puree
A feather light shell of Indian bread filled with lightly spiced prawns fresh cream sauce
Fish Pakora
Basa fish fried with herbs spices
Paneer Tikka
Homemade cheese cooked in tandoor with onions, tomatoes capsicum
Chicken Shashlik Kebab
Chicken marinated in yoghurt, spices skewered along with onions, capsicum tomatoes
Tandoori King Prawns
Tandoori Chicken Half
Tandoori Mixed Grill
Lamb Hasina Kebab
Chunks of lamb marinated in yoghurt, spices skewered along with onions, capsicum tomatoes
Chicken Tikka
Pieces of chicken marinated in our own recipe cooked in the tandoor
Lamb Tikka
Pieces of lamb marinated in our own recipe cooked in the tandoor
Sizzler Fish
Monk fish king prawn basa cooked with mixed peppers, onions, mushrooms, spices served sizzling
Tandoori Dishes
Chefs Special
Shatkora Manso
Fresh lamb cooked in yoghurt, cinnamon, bay leaves garam masala, flavoured with shatkora. Tangy aromatic from Bangladesh
Siraje Shashlik Bhuna
Tender pieces of chicken or lamb infused overnight with mustard paste mustard seeds, onions, peppers tomatoes, then grilled gently cooked Goan style. A medium hot flavour
Special Murgh Masala
Tandoori chicken off the bone, grilled fried with mince lamb in spicy thick curry sauce
Nizami Gosht
A fairly hot stew dish, prepared with chunks of grilled lamb, gently simmered in yoghurt pickling spices. A superb lamb dish with plenty of strong flavours
Tandoori Butter Chicken
Boneless tandoori chicken cooked in a creamy buttery sauce with almond powder
Chicken Tikka Masala
The famous chicken tikka masala found in most Indian restaurants, prepared with Zaras tandoori special sauce with fenugreek leaves tomatoes onions
Zaras Special
Your choice of chicken, lamb or king prawns or all mixed. Chefs favourite dish. Medium spiced strongly flavoured, very much home style of cooking Medium
Duncan Special
Cooked with garlic, onion, pepper, mustard seeds, bay leaf green chillies Spicy
Hariyali
Cooked with garlic, onion, pepper, mustard seeds, bay leaf green chillies Spicy
Gosht Kalia
Tender lamb cooked with fresh ginger, onions green chillies, fairly hot spicy with crushed black pepper
Chilli Garlic
Cooked with chopped garlic, onions, tomatoes, green chillies mixed peppers
Jaipuri
Cooked with tomatoes, peppers onion in a thick Punjabi masala sauce
Hyderabadi Bhuna Gosht
Lamb with ginger, black pepper, garlic, whole coriander, red chilli dry mango powder
Balti
Garlic Chilli Balti
Tandoori King Prawn Sag Balti
Chicken Patila Balti
Sweet, sour hot
Zaras Tandoori Special
Chicken, lamb king prawn
Balti
Hot and Spicy Dishes
Arakan Gosht
Arakan people live in the hilly South East of Bangladesh. These people eat lamb using the hottest green chilli calamansi to give a hot flavour
Jhal Jhinga
King prawns cooked with green chillies with tomatoes, onions, black pepper, cumin, ginger, red chillies coriander seeds
Chicken Shobuz Masala
Chicken cooked with a variety of fresh herbs, crushed garlic, fresh green chillies ginger in very hot spices
Murgh Kali Mirch
Pieces of tender chicken breast cooked with onions, tomatoes, ginger, cumin coriander seeds, green red chillies
Tikka Jalfrezi
Chicken or lamb tikka cooked with plenty of sliced green chillies, onions green peppers Fairly hot
Chicken Chilli Masala
Cooked in a thick sauce, onions, green chillies tomatoes Fairly hot
Karahi
Karahi Dishes
Seafood Dishes
Machli Bemisal
Monk fish cooked in a sauce with fresh tomatoes, ginger, lime juice spiced with whole chillies
Tandoori King Prawn Masala
Tandoori king prawns cooked with tomatoes, peppers, spices, onions, almonds cream
Mustard Chingri
King prawns cooked in homemade mustard paste. Mustard seeds fresh yoghurt for distinctive flavour
Machli Sag
Cubes of fish steak marinated for several hours in ginger, red peppers, chilli, lemon juice broiled in the clay oven, then cooked gently with spinach in a medium hot spicy sauce
Tandoori King Prawn Sag
King prawns marinated in fresh spices, cooked in the tandoor then added to fresh spinach balti spices. Popular in Southern India
Dhai Machli
Monk fish marinated with garlic chefs special sauce then cooked with bay leaves cream. Tangy sweet sour
Curry
Medium sauce
Madras
Vindaloo
Bhuna
Cooked with onions, tomatoes green peppers Medium
Korma
Cooked with cream almonds Mild
Dansak
Sweet sour dish cooked with lentils Spicy medium
Masala
Cooked with egg, onions, tomatoes green peppers Medium
Mushrooms
Cooked in a medium strength sauce
Sag
Cooked with tomatoes fresh leaf spinach Medium
Methi
Cooked with fenugreek leaves Fairly hot
Rogan Josh
Garnish of onions, tomatoes green peppers Medium
Dopiaza
Cooked with onions tomatoes Medium
Malaya
Kashmiri
Cooked with cream, almond powder banana Very mild
Pathia
Sweet sour dish Fairly hot
Curry Menu
Biryani Dishes
Vegetable Biryani
Chicken Biryani
Lamb Biryani
Prawn Biryani
Chicken Tikka Biryani
Special Biryani
Aloo Muttar
New baby potatoes peas with tomatoes, garlic crushed coriander seeds
Muttar Paneer
Homemade cheese cooked in a mild creamy sauce with garden peas
Dal Makhani
Lentils slow cooked South Indian style with butter tomatoes fresh cream
Paneer Dopiaza
Chunks of homemade cheese with garlic, ginger, onions green pepper finished with a sprinkle of garam masala
Tarka Sag Dal
Fresh spinach lentils tempered with garlic, fenugreek, roasted cumin dried crushed chillies
Brinjal Bhaji
Sliced aubergines, pan fried Bengal style with turmeric
Kadu Masala
Sweet pumpkin cooked in a tangy medium dry sauce
Sag Paneer
Fresh spinach cooked with homemade cheese in mild spices
Chana Bhaji
Chickpeas cooked the traditional Punjabi way, medium dry tangy sauce
Niramish
An assortment of vegetables of the day tossed in light spices
Tarka Dal
Lentils with fried garlic
Bhindi Bhaji
Spicy fried fresh green okra cooked with onions tomatoes
Dal Masala
Spicy lentils with vegetables
Gobi Aloo
Cauliflower potatoes in spices
Bombay Aloo
Spicy baby potatoes
Sag Aloo
Vegetable Dishes
Rice
Pilau Rice
Peas Pilau
Boiled Rice
Egg Pilau Rice
Mushroom Pilau
Vegetable Pilau
Lemon Rice
Special Pilau
Nuts, raisins egg
Keema Rice
Mince meat
Naan
Garlic Naan
Keema Naan
Mince meat
Peshwari Naan
Coconut sultanas
Cheese Naan
Kashmiri Naan
Chillies onions
Chapati
Thin soft bread
Tandoori Roti
Paratha
Flaky thick butter bread
Special Paratha
Stuffed with vegetables
Bread
Sundries
Fries
Freshly Cut