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Tamarind Indian Cuisine

Item: Tamarind Indian Cuisine
Author: A.D. Thompson

Cuisine: Indian

Price Range: $

10Best Says

Not all of Winter Park's great restaurants are ensconced in tony digs. Many are hiding in plain sight. That's the case with Tamarind, where great South and North Indian cuisine surmounted the obstacles of strip-mall obscurity to become a local favorite. Open for lunch and dinner – it closes in between – regulars and those soon-to-be revel in the flavors and textures of tandoor meats, delicious masalas, chewy naan, massive dosas and a wide array of vegetarian selections for those who forgo the meat. Waits are not uncommon during peak evenings, but that's because Tamarind's following knows precisely what it's hanging around for. The Indian classics are done right.

Address:

501 N. Orlando Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
(321) 207-0760

Hours:

Sun-Thu: 11:30am-3pm,; 5pm-10pm
Fri-Sat: 11:30am-3pm,; 5pm-10:30pm

Website:

tamarindfl.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: A.D. Thompson
Orlando Local Expert

Winter Park's Best Restaurants, Asian: "Tamarind is a sister restaurant to Orlando Indian favorites Bombay Cafe and Aashirwad. They're clearly doing something right."

Best for Winter Park's Best Restaurants Because: With fine flavors and a menu that pleases the adventurous, the tame and the vegetarian, Tamarind suits any palate on the prowl for quality Indian cuisine.
Best for Asian Because: Nan to roti, tikka to tandoor, Tamarind is one to try if you're a fan of Indian food or want to be.

Dinner Menu
- Soup/salad
  
  Rasam
  
  Clear lentil soup flavored with tamarind and spices ($3.50)
  
  Tamarind Chicken Soup
  
  Chicken in sour and spicy lentil broth ($4.90)
- Appetizer
  
  Samosa
  
  Pastry stuffed with seasoned potatoes and peas ($4.00)
  
  Hariyali Tikki
  
  Cutlet made of potato, mint, dianto & green chilli ($4.00)
  
  Paneer Tikka
  
  Cubes of paneer marinated with spices and cooked in a clay oven ($8.00)
  
  Tandoori Stuffed Mushroom
  
  Baby Bella Mushrooms stuffed with spices and cooked in a clay oven ($8.00)
  
  Chicken Pepper Fry
  
  Strips of chicken marinated and sauteed with onion and pepper ($11.00)
  
  Fish Chop
  
  Tilapia cooked on grill with freshly ground spices ($12.00)
- Naan
  
  Naan/butter Naan
  
  Leavened Indian bread of Mote flour baited in the tandoor ($2.25)
  
  Garlic Naan
  
  Soft white flour bread topped with fresh minced garlic ($3.25)
  
  Onion Naan/bullet Naan
  
  Cubes of paneer marinated with spices and cooked in a clay oven ($3.25)
  
  Cheese Naan
  
  Soft bread stuffed with cheese ($3.95)
  
  Kheema Naan
  
  Naan stuffed with spiced minced lamb ($3.95)
  
  Kashmiri Naan
  
  Stuffed soft bread with cashews, raisins & coconut ($3.95)
  
  Tandoori Roti
  
  Thin whole wheat bread baked in the Landow ($2.25)
  
  Paratha
  
  Thick layered whole wheat bread brushed with butter ($3.45)
  
  Aloo Paratha
  
  Whole wheat bread stuffed with spiced potatoes ($3.95)
- Tandoor
  
  Machli Tikka
  
  Fillet of wild Atlantic salmon with fresh spices,cooked in tandoor ($16.95)
  
  Jhinga Tandoor
  
  Jumbo shrimp marinated in yogurt, chilies, cilantro and flavored with oregano seeds ($16.95)
  
  Chicken Tikka
  
  Chicken breast pieces marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic and spices, cooked in clay oven ($13.95)
  
  Nara Kebab
  
  Pieces of chicken marinated in a mixture of green herbs and cooked in clay oven ($13.95)
  
  Boti Kebab
  
  Australian lamb pieces cooked in clay oven with fresh spices ($16.95)
  
  Masaledar Chop
  
  Australian lamb chop flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon and aromatic herbs ($19.95)
  
  Tandoori Chicken
  
  Spring chicken marinated and cooked in clay oven ($13.95)
- Chicken
  
  Chicken Shahi Koorma
  
  Chicken cubes cooked in a mild curry ($13.00)
  
  Onion Naan/bullet Naan
  
  Cubes of paneer marinated with spices and cooked in a clay oven ($13.00)
  
  Chicken Nizami
  
  Cubes of chicken cooked in fresh ground spices with seasame seeds ($13.00)
  
  Chicken Vindaloo
  
  Chicken cooked with fresh ground spices & simmered in a grawy vary with cocktail onions and potatoes ($13.00)
  
  Chicken Xacuti
  
  Chicken cooked in a rich gravy with fresh spices and a dash of roasted coconut powder ($13.00)
  
  Chicken Tikka Masala/butter Chicken
  
  Grilled chicken breast cooked in a tomato,fenugreek based sauce ($13.00)
  
  Awadhi Murg
  
  Spiced minced chicken ball stuffed with grated paneer and herbs, then cooked in a saffron curry sauce ($13.00)
  
  Tamarind Special Chicken
  
  Lollipop shaped chicken cooked in the Chef's special curry sauce with fresh herbs ($13.00)
- Dosa
  
  Masala Dosa
  
  Thin rice and lentil crepes filled with seasoned potatoes and peas ($8.00)
  
  Mysore Masala Dosa
  
  Dosa with layer of spicy chutney, potatoes and peas ($8.50)
  
  Paneer Bhurjee Dosa
  
  Rice crepes stuffed with grated Paneer and Seasonings ($10.00)
  
  Rawa Masala Dosa
  
  Crispy crepes made with semolina and rice flour and filled with potatoes and peas ($9.00)
  
  Spring Dosa
  
  Rice crepes stuffed with potatoes and mixed vegetables ($9.00)
  
  Vegetable Utthpam
  
  Indian style pancake with fresh chopped vegetables ($8.00)
- Vegetarian
  
  Tadka Dal
  
  Yellow Lentils cooked with onion, tomato and cumin ($10.00)
  
  Dal Makhni
  
  Mixed black, lentils and kidney beam cooked with tomato, onion and ginger ($11.00)
  
  Kashmiri Aaloo
  
  Baby potatoes cooked within a yogurt curry sauce flavored with cardamorn and fennel ($11.00)
  
  Bhindi Anardana
  
  Fresh okara cooked with onion, tomato, ginger and dry pomegranate ($12.00)
  
  Malai Kofta
  
  Mixed Vegetable dumplings cooked in a cashew curry sauce ($12.00)
  
  Bhagara Baingan
  
  Baby eggpiant cooked in a sauce of sesame seed, tamarind, coconut, red chilli and coconut ($12.00)
  
  Paneer Makhni
  
  Cottage cheese in a creamy tamato based sauce flavoured with fenugreek ($12.00)
  
  Palak Paneer
  
  Cottage cheese cookedin a SpInach gravy ($12.00)
  
  Vegetable Jalfrezi
  
  Medley of fresh vegetables with onion, pepper and curry sauce ($12.00)
- Lamb
  
  Roganjosh
  
  Lamb pieces cooked in red curry flacoured with fennel and saffron ($16.00)
  
  Lamb Pasanda
  
  Lamb cooked in onion,cashew paste and tomato curry ($16.00)
  
  Lamb Xacuti
  
  Lamb cooked in coconut curry ($16.00)
  
  Lamb Vindaloo
  
  Spicy curry made of lamb, red chili, vinegar, ginger and potatoes ($16.00)
  
  Lamb Porichathu
  
  Lamb sauteed with onion, coconut, curry leaves and red chili ($16.00)
- Seafood
  
  Goan Shrimp Curry
  
  Shrimp cooked in coconut based curry sauce ($16.00)
  
  Shrimp Chettinad
  
  Shrimp cooked in fennel flavored thick curry sauce with pepper ($16.00)
  
  Macher Jhol
  
  Fish of the day, cooked in mustard flavored curry ($15.00)
  
  Konkani Fish Curry
  
  Fillet of fish cooked in a tamarind and coconut sauce ($15.00)
  
  Kerala Fish Curry
  
  fillet of fish in sour and spicy curry ($15.00)
- Rice Specialties
  
  Lamb Biryani
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Clicken Biryani
  
  ($14.00)
  
  Peas Pulao
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Lemon Rice
  
  ($7.00)
- Dessert
  
  Mango Ice Cream
  
  Freshly churned homemade mango ice cream ($2.95)
  
  Kheer
  
  Indian rice pudding made frorn milk, raisins & nuts flavored with cardamom ($2.95)
  
  Gulab Jamun
  
  Fried cheese balls in rose flavored syrup ($3.95)
  
  Ras Malai
  
  Cheese balls in a thick rich creamy sauce ($3.95)
  
  Pistachio Kulfi
  
  Indian ice cream garnished & flavored with pistachio nuts ($4.95)
  
  Khawaja
  
  Dryfruit and meva stuffed roll ($5.00)
  
  Falooda Kulfi
  
  ($5.95)
- Drinks
  
  Soda
  
  Pepsi Diet Pepsi, Sprite,Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Lemonade. Orange ($1.95)
  
  Falooda
  
  Sundse made with ice cream. rose syrup and mik ($3.75)
  
  Lassi (Sweet, Masala or Mango)
  
  Flavoured yogurt drink ($3.25)
  
  Juice (Orange, Mango or Apple)
  
  ($2.25)
  
  Fruit Punch
  
  ($2.25)
  
  Lime Soda
  
  Indian style soda with fresh lemon juice and mint ($2.95)
  
  S. Pellegrino Sparkling Water/still Water
  
  ($2.95)

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