Taj Palace Indian cuisine Menu
Welcome to Taj Palace Indian Cuisine, a true haven for Indian food enthusiasts in Warrenton, VA. This charming eatery offers a delightful blend of traditional and contemporary Indian dishes, ensuring a memorable dining experience.
From savory appetizers like the crispy Vegetable Samosa and flavorful Pickled Peanuts to hearty lamb delicacies such as Lamb Rogan Josh and Lamb Korma, every plate is crafted with authentic spices that transport your taste buds straight to India. The menu also features many vegetarian options, making it a perfect spot for everyone.
Desserts like Gulab Jamun and traditional Nepali Kheer provide a sweet finale to your meal. With a relaxing ambiance and exceptional service, Taj Palace is not just a restaurant; it's an experience that keeps diners coming back for more. Whether you're looking for lunch, dinner, or takeout, Taj Palace has you covered.
Appetizers
Vegetable Samosa
Fried triangular pastry stuffed with steam potatoes and peas, delicately seasoned with Indian spices and herbs served with mint chutney and tamarind sauce.
Pickled Peanuts
Marinated peanuts mildly spiced with chopped onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and cilantro leaves.
Veggie Spring Roll
Crispy fried mix veggie roll and served with mint chutney.
Vegetable Pakora
Mix vegetables dipped in mildly spiced gram flour batter, deep fried and served with mint chutney.
Taj Trio Platter
A trio of samosa, veggie roll and aloo tikka served with mint chutney.
Aloo Tikki Chat
Seasoned potatoes and peas fried in chickpea batter, served mashed, with cooked chickpeas, yoghurt sauce, tamarind, diced raw onions and scallion.
Samosa Chat
Samosa mashed with cooked chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind, mint sauce, raw onion and herbs.
Chana Chat
Cooked chickpeas with yoghurt sauce, tamarind, raw onions, tomato and cilantro.
Paneer-Pakora
Slices of homemade cottage cheese dipped in mildly spiced gram flour batter and served with mint chutney.
Cauliflower Manchurian
Crispy fried cauliflower tossed in special chef sauce.
Fish Pakora
Cat fish filet dipped in mildly spiced chickpeas batter, deep fried and served with mint chutney.
Nepalese Momo
Originally from tibet, these dumpling shaped delicacies have reined Nepalese culinary scene in recent times. Served with homemade sesame and tomato sauce. Steamed or fried.
Pepper Chicken
Black pepper crusted boneless chicken cubes and sauteed to perfection.
Chicken 65
Marinated boneless chicken cubes, deep fried and then sauteed in spicy sauce.
Kathmandu Chili Chicken
This is a special recipe from Himalayan nation, Nepal thinly sliced chicken cubes coated with corn starch flash fried and then sauteed with bell peppers, onions, tomato and red chili powder.
Taj Tomato Soup
Gently spiced tomato broth, garnished with scallions and finished with a hint of cream.
Taj Lentil Soup
Mildly spiced slow cooked soup of mixed lentils with herb garnishments.
Taj Chicken Soup
Chicken stock cooked in house prepared with blend of herbs and spices.
Nature's Garden
Garden fresh vegetables ( romaine lettuce, sliced cucumber, sliced tomato, carrot julienne, soaked chickpeas and red onion) tossed in lemon, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Mulligatawny Soup
Traditional tangy and curry flavored soup from south India.
Soups and Salads
Tandoori Delicacies
Tandoori Chicken Wings
Marinated with garam masala (special blend of Indian spices) and yoghurt and finished in tandoor oven, served with special zesty taj sauce.
Chicken Tikka
Chunks of boneless white chicken meat marinated with yogurt and freshly ground spices, grilled to perfection in clay oven.
Chicken Malai Tikka
Cubes of chicken breast marinated in mixture of cashew nut paste cream, with a hint of black pepper grilled in the clay oven.
Taj Tandoori Chicken
Bone-in leg and leg quarters marinated in a mixture of yogurt, lemon juice and Indian herbs and spices.
Seekh Kebab
Tender rolls of succulent minced lamb, mixed with ginger, garlic, green chilies, spices and cumin seeds, finished in clay oven.
Lamb Boti Kebab
Tender cubes of boneless lamb, marinated with a blend of spices, perfected under intense heat in tandoor oven.
Warrenton Lamb-Chops
Juicy lamb chops marinated in lemon juice and tandoori spices and grilled in tandoor.
Salmon Tikka Kabob
Fresh salmon, lightly marinated in lemon juice and spices cooked artfully on skewer over tandoor.
Tandoori Shrimp
Jumbo size black tiger prawn, marinated in a mixture of the yogurt and tandoori spices.
Taj Tandoor Platter
An assortment of tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, seekh kebab and shrimp.
Paneer Tikka
Mildly spiced cottage cheese over a brochette of pepper, onion and tomatoes perfected in tandoor oven.
Taj Butter Chicken
Town of warrenton special - cubes of B.B.Q chicken cooked in rich tomato creamy sauce finished off with fenugreek leaves crumbs.
Chicken Tikka Massala
Tandoor chicken breast cooked in onion and tomato sauce with cream and bell peppers.
Saag Chicken
Boneless chunks of chicken cooked with freshly chopped spinach and spices.
Agra Kadhai Chicken
Boneless white and dark meat chicken cooked with bell-peppers and a blend of spices.
Chicken Mughlai Korma
Chicken cooked in cashew nut creamy sauce.
Chicken Vindaloo
Chicken cubes and potatoes cooked in hot chili onion sauce. Spicy.
Chicken Madrash
South Indian style chicken cooked with coconut, chilies and spices.
Mango Chicken
Boneless chicken cooked in freshly ground Himalayan spices and tomato broth and cooked with mango.
Himalayan Chicken Curry
Bone-in chicken curry cooked in freshly ground Himalayan spices and tomato broth finished off with chopped cilantro leaves.
Chicken Entrees - Savory Curries
Lamb and Goat Delicacies Hearty Plates
Lamb Rogan Josh
Succulent bone-in lamb curry cooked with a blend of Indian spices.
Lamb Saag
Boneless lamb cooked with freshly chopped spinach.
Lamb Curry
Tender boneless lamb simmered with garlic, ginger and spices.
Lamb Korma
Tender pieces of cooked in a almond and cashew nuts based on creamy sauce.
Lamb Kadhai
Tender boneless lamb cooked with bell-peppers and special blend of spices.
Lamb Vindaloo
Lamb and potatoes prepared in hot chili onion sauce. Spicy.
Seekh Kabob Masala
Succulent pieces of seekh kabob (ground lamb) sauteed with peppers and onions, flavored with special blend of spices.
Annapurna Goat Curry
Bone-in goat meat cooked with nepalese spices perfect company to rice or naan.
Annapurna Fish Curry
Cat fish cooked in coconut milk and blend of chili and touch of tamarind.
Fish Tikka Masala
Cubes of grilled salmon cooked with mustard seeds, red chilies, ginger and cumin and coriander powder finished off with creamy tomato sauce.
Shrimp Kadhai
Jumbo shrimp cooked in cilantro flavored tomatoes gravy with bell-peppers.
Taj Shrimp Curry
Grilled shrimp cooked in the tomato based creamy sauce.
Shrimp Tikka Masala
Jumbo shrimp cooked with bell-peppers and a special blend of spices.
Seafood Entrees
Vegetable Entrees
Aloo Saag
Chunk of potato cooked with fresh spinach puree and Indian spices.
Dal-Makhni
Blend of lentils simmered over-night and finished with cream, butter and spices.
Baigan Bharta
Baked eggplant delicacy, cooked with onion and tomatoes.
Southern Vegetable Korma
Garden Fresh vegetables and chunks of homemade cheese in rich sauce and garnished with cashews and raisins.
Malai Kofta
Cottage cheese and vegetables dumplings cooked in coconut based saffron and almond creamy sauce with fresh fruits.
Palak Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked with fresh spinach puree.
Shahi Paneer
Chunks of homemade Indian cottage cheese cooked in light creamy sauce, garnish with cashews and raisins.
Mutter Paneer
Cottage cheese and green peas cooked in rich nut creamy sauce flavored with fenugreek leaves.
Paneer Makhani
Soft and mellow paneer cubes cooked in spicy and rich gravy of tomato, cashew nuts, milk cream and butter.
Chana Masala
Garbanzo beans sauteed with flavorful spices in kadhai.
Tadka Dal
Shimmered yellow lentil tempered with ginger, garlic and cumin seeds.
Nepali Aalu Gobi
White cauliflower and fingerling potatoes cooked with blend of spices and tomato garnished with fresh cilantro leaves.
Chana Saag
Chickpeas cooked with fresh spinach puree and Indian spices.
Okra Masala
Fresh cube of okra cooked with Indian spices and tomato.
Chicken Biryani
Cubes of boneless chicken simmered in gravy and basmati rice.
Vegetable Biryani
Aromatic saffron rice cooked with fresh mixed vegetables and herbs tossed with fried onions.
Lamb Biryani
Pieces of boneless lamb marinated in herbs and spices and cooked with saffron basmati rice.
Shrimp Biryani
Shrimp marinated in lemon juice and spices and cooked with basmati rice.
Taj Special Biryani
Pieces of boneless lamb, chicken and jumbo shrimp marinated in herbs and spices and cooked with saffron basmati rice.
Plain Rice
Basmati rice with a hint of butter.
Rice Plates
Bread Specialties
Butter Naan
Leavened soft fine flour bread with a touch of butter.
Garlic Naan
Traditional soft white bread garnished with garlic.
Aloo Paratha
Stuffed with potatoes, green peas and spices.
Onion Kulcha
Delicious bread stuffed with mildly spiced onions.
Lachha Paratha
Oven Fresh Bread Basket
Combination of our savory breads right from the oven (naan, garlic naan, aloo paratha).
Tandoori Roti
Healthy whole wheat bread fresh from the tandoor.
Peshawari Naan
Freshly baked stuffed bread with coconut, cashew nuts and raisins.
Gulab - Jamun
Milk powder golden fry soft bolls, soaked in honey and cardamom flavored syrup. Served warm.
Rasmalai
Steam cheese dumpling soaked in saffron-rose flavored creamy sauce.
Nepali Kheer - Traditional Rice Pudding
Long grain rice and almonds simmered in saffron and cardamom flavored milk.
Ice Cream
flavors vary
Gajar Halwa
Grated carrots cooked in sweetened milk.
Desserts
Beverages
Sweet Plain Lassi
Refreshing whipped yogurt drink with a hint of rosewater and garnished with chopped almond.
Mango Lassi
Refreshing whipped mango and yogurt drink.
Soft Drinks
Fruit Juice
Masala Chai Tea
Indian tea brewed with aromatic spices- cardamom, cinnamon and cloves and milk.