Punjabi Dhaba - Cambridge

Name: Punjabi Dhaba - Cambridge
Address: 225 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA, 02139, US
Telephone: +16175478272
Price range: under $10

Punjabi Dhaba is an Indian restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Order takeout online for pickup or delivery.

225 Hampshire St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: +16175478272

Price range: under $10

Hours

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 11:45–22:30

Punjabi Dhaba - Cambridge Menu

Halka Khanna (Light Food) (APPS)

Punjabi Chole Poori — $8.85
2 pieces of fried bread with chickpea curry.
Tikki Chole — $7.09
2 Potato patties with chickpeas curry and onions on top.
Sambar Vada — $4.10
Donut made from black beans served in sambar.
Dahi Vada — $4.10
Patty made from black beans served in yogurt.
Mix Veg Pakora — $3.35
4 pieces veg. fritters made w/ spinach, onion, cauliflower, and chickpea batter.
Veg. Samosa — $1.95
1 Veg turnover stuffed with potatoes and peas.
Papadam — $1.69
Spicy chips made of lentil flour.
Samosa Chole (2 piece) — $9.35
2 Vegetarian Samosa topped with chickpeas curry, chopped onions, tomatoes, and tamarind sauce.
Punjabi Omelet Sandwich — $8.85
Eggs, spinach, onions, coriander, tomatoes, herbs and spices.
Anda Bhurji — $8.85
Scrambled, cooked with onion, ginger, chili, tomatoes, cilantro, peas and spices.
Plain Dosai — $7.79
Indian pancake served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Masala Dosai — $9.35
Indian crepe filled with potatoes and onions, served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Uttapam — $9.15
Large, thick patty made from rice and beans topped with vegetables.

Chatt Corner (A tangy, sweet and sour, spicy snack)

Potato Chatt — $7.25
Cubes of potato, onions, tomatoes, yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Bhel Puri Chatt — $7.79
Puffed rice, gram crisps, onion, tomato, peanuts mixed with mint and tamarind.
Pakori Chatt — $7.25
Fried mixed vegetables topped with onions, tomatoes, yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Paneer Chatt — $7.79
Cubes of paneer cheese topped with onions, tomatoes, yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Murgha Chatt — $8.29
Cubes of tandoori chicken with onions, tomatoes, yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Dahi Papri Chatt — $7.79
Lentil + wheat crisps, cubed potatoes and onions covered with yogurt and tamarind sauce.

House Special Combos

Special Curry Platter — $14.89
Chicken curry, mixed veg curry, 1 nan-bread. 1 samosa, chutney and basmati rice.
Tandoori Platter — $15.59
Half a tandoori chicken, mixed veg curry, 1 nan-bread, 1 samosa.
Vegetable Platter — $13.85
Mixed veg curry, vegetable biryani, 1 samosa, 1 pakora, 1 nan-bread and raita.
Mixed Platter (For Two) — $27.05
Half a tandoori chicken, chicken curry and mixed veg curry, 1 samosa, 1 pakora, 1 nan-bread and basmati rice.
Veggie Special (For Two) — $25.99
Mixed veg curry, dal, chole, vegetable biryani, and 2 samosa, 2 pieces of tandoori roti.

Sabji Bhandaar (Vegetable Entrees)

Mutter Paneer — $13.49
Homemade cheese cooked with fresh garden peas and spices. Served with rice.
Anda Paneer — $13.49
Homemade cheese cooked with boiled eggs, spices and herbs. Served with rice.
Saag Paneer — $13.49
Homemade cheese cooked with spinach purée and light cream. Served with rice.
Anda Palak — $13.49
Spinach puréed cooked with boiled eggs, spices and herbs. Served with rice.
Dal Punjabi — $12.79
Creamed lentils delicately tempered and seasoned with exotic spices. Served with rice.
Aloo Gobi — $13.49
Cauliflower cooked with potatoes and spices. Served with rice.
Chole Masalewala — $12.79
Chickpeas cooked with tomatoes and exotic spices. Served with rice.
Aloo Mutter — $12.79
Fresh garden peas and potatoes, cooked with traditional Punjabi spices. Served with rice.
Aloo Saag — $12.79
Fresh potatoes cooked with spinach purée. Served with rice.
Mixed Vegetable Curry — $12.79
Mixed vegetables cooked in an onion gravy with tomato. Served with rice.

Tandoori Delight (Tandoor Oven Specialties)

Half Tandoori Chicken (4pc) — $13.85
4 pieces. Marinated 24 hours in a special spice recipe and tandoor roasted. Served with Nan or Rice.
Chicken Tikka (Roasted) — $13.85
Boneless chicken pieces marinated 24 hours and roasted in the tandoor. Served with Nan or Rice.
Seekh Reshmi Kebab — $14.05
Spiced ground lamb & chicken formed on skewers and roasted in the tandoor. Served with Nan or Rice.
Full Tandoori Chicken (8pc) — $25.50
8 Pieces. Marinated 24 hours in a special spice recipe and tandoor roasted. Served with Nan or Rice.

Murgha & Mutton Di Rasoi (Meat Entrees)

Chicken Tikka Masala — $14.55
Chicken tikka cooked in rich creamy tomato sauce. Served with rice.
Dhaba Special Chicken Curry — $14.05
Spring chicken cooked in punjabi stew with herbs. Served with rice.
Chicken Saagwala — $14.05
Boneless chicken cooked with spinach purée. Served with rice.
Dhaba Special Lamb Curry — $15.59
Pieces of lamb cooked with herbs and spices in a curry sauce. Served with rice.
Lamb Saagwala — $15.59
Tender cubes of lamb cooked with spinach purée. Served with rice.
Keema Matar Masalewala — $15.59
Minced lamb cooked in a tomato-cream sauce with green peas. Served with rice.

Machlee (Seafood)

Fish Vindaloo — $16.99
Pieces of haddock with potatoes in an onion ginger gravy with vinegar. Served with rice.
Fish Masala — $16.99
Pieces of haddock cooked in a tomato cream sauce with fenugreek. Served with rice.
Shrimp Masala — $16.59
Shrimp cooked in a tomato cream sauce with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice.
Shrimp Saagwala — $16.59
Shrimp cooked in spinach purée with light cream and fresh herbs. Served with rice.

Basmati (Rice Specials)

Lamb Biryani — $16.15
Basmati rice cooked with tender cubes of lamb, mixed veg, herbs and spices.
Chicken Biryani — $15.09
Basmati rice cooked with tender cubes of chicken, mixed veg, herbs and spices.
Vegetable Biryani — $14.09
Basmati rice cooked with mixed veg, raisins and cashew nuts.
Mattar Pullow — $8.65
Basmati rice cooked with green peas with a touch of cumin seeds.
Plain Boiled Basmati Rice — $3.65
Basmati rice cooked with a touch of cumin.

DHABA SPECIALS (NON-VEG) (Goat/Lamb/Chicken)

Goat Masala Curry — $17.49
Bone-in goat pieces cooked in a tomato & onion curry with herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Goat Vindaloo Curry — $17.49
Bone-In goat pieces cooked in a piquant onion-ginger gravy with potatoes and vinegar. Served with nan and rice.
Goat Saag Curry — $17.49
Bone-in goat cooked with spinach purée and a touch of light cream. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Dal Masala — $17.49
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with chickpeas in a tomato-cream sauce. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Mushroom Masala — $17.49
Lamb cubes cooked with mushrooms in a tomato-cream sauce. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Korma — $17.49
Chicken pieces in a creamy sauce with fenugreek, nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Karahi — $17.49
Chicken cooked with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and herbs in a tangy sauce. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Vindaloo — $17.49
Chicken cooked with cubed potatoes in a piquant onion-vinegar gravy. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Dal Masala — $17.49
Chicken masala cooked with chickpeas, tomatoes and herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Mushroom Masala — $17.49
Chicken masala cooked with mushrooms and herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Bhartha — $17.49
Chicken cooked with roasted eggplant, green peas, bell peppers and herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Chicken Coconut — $17.49
Boneless chicken cooked with ginger, coconut and mustard seeds. Served with nan and rice.
Dhaba Jerk Chicken — $17.49
Our take on West Indian jerked chicken in a spicy curry. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Karahi — $17.49
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and herbs in a tangy sauce. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Korma — $17.49
Tender pieces of lamb cooked in a creamy sauce with fenugreek, nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Vindaloo — $17.49
Tender lamb pieces cooked with cubed potatoes in a piquant onion-vinegar gravy. Served with nan and rice.
Lamb Roganjosh — $18.55
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with exotic spices, paprika and yogurt. Served with nan and rice.
Meat Kofta Masala — $18.55
Savory cutlets made of ground lamb and chicken sautéed in a delectable tomato-cream sauce with nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.
Spicy Chicken Chili — $17.49
A Spicy Indo-Chinese specialty. Tender chicken cooked with 3 types of chilies, bell peppers, onions and herbs. Served with nan and rice.

Special Breads

Mulli Paratha (w/Raita) — $5.75
Whole wheat bread stuffed with Indian radish served with raita.
Methi Paratha (w/Raita) — $5.75
Whole wheat bread stuffed with fresh green fenugreek leaves, served with raita.
Keema Paratha (w/Raita) — $6.19
Whole wheat bread stuffed with spiced ground lamb and green peas with raita.
Onion Nan — $3.75
Tandoori-baked white bread stuffed with spices and onions.
Aloo Nan — $5.15
Tandoor-baked white bread stuffed with spices potatoes, peas and cumin seeds.
Keema Nan — $5.40
Tandoor-baked white bread stuffed with spiced ground lamb.
Batura — $5.15
2 pieces. 2 deep-fried white flour bread.

Roti (Breads)

Plain Paratha — $3.35
Layered bread made with ghee.
Gobi Paratha — $4.39
Layered bread stuffed with cauliflower and spices
Aloo Paratha — $4.39
Layered bread stuffed with potatoes, green peas and herbs.
Onion Paratha — $4.39
Wheat bread stuffed with onions and spices.
Tandoori Roti (2pc) — $3.35
2 pieces. Wheat bread baked in our tandoor oven.
Tawa Roti (2pc) — $3.35
2 pieces. Wheat bread cooked on the grill.
Nan — $3.25
Tandoor oven baked leavened bread.
Garlic Nan — $3.75
Tandoor oven baked leavened bread seasoned with garlic.
Poori (2pc) — $3.75
2 pieces. Fluffy puffed fried bread.

Mittai (Desserts)

Kheer (3oz) — $2.90
Basmati rice pudding with nuts and raisins flavored with cardamom.
Gulab Jamun (2pc) — $2.69
Fried wheat & milk dumplings soaked in a sweet rose & cardomom infused syrup.
Jalebi (3pc) — $3.85
A popular sweet throughout South and Western Asia, Jalebi are crispy deep fried spirals soaked in a sweet cardamom infused syrup.
Meeta Paan — $3.65
Classic digestive aid to chew on. Gulkand, fennel, coconut, wrapped in a pan leaf.

Condiments

Plain Yogurt (3oz) — $1.99
Homemade Yogurt
Raita (3oz) — $1.99
Our homemade yogurt whipped with cucumber, carrot, & spices.
Mango Chutney (3oz) — $1.99
Achar (Pickle) (3oz) — $1.99
Indian Pickle made from vegetables, mango & lime
Fresh Mint Chutney (3oz) — $1.99
Our homemade mint and cilantro chutney.

Lassi (Refreshing Yogurt Drink) / Soda / Water / Juice

Mango Lassi — $3.55
Made with mango purée and homemade yogurt. (If doing a takeout please pickup in the cooler.)
Pineapple Lassi — $3.55
Made with pineapple and homemade yogurt. (If doing a takeout please pickup in the cooler.)
Salted Lassi — $3.55
Homemade yogurt spiced with black pepper, roasted cumin, and salt. (If doing a takeout please pickup in the cooler.)
Sweet Lassi — $3.55
Homemade yogurt smoothie made with sugar and flavored with rose water. (If doing a takeout please pickup in the cooler.)
Soft Drinks — $1.95
(If doing a takeout, please pickup from the cooler.)
Bottled Water 16.9oz — $1.95
(If doing a takeout please pickup from the cooler.)
Chai — $2.69
Indian tea brewed with milk
Natalie’s Juice — $3.99

DHABA SPECIALS (VEGETARIAN)

Paneer Chili Masala — $16.15
Paneer cheese in a tomato cream sauce with bell peppers and onions. Served with nan and rice.
Baingan Bhartha — $16.15
Smoked, mashed eggplant cooked with green peas, bell peppers and herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Saag Mushroom — $16.15
Spinach purée cooked with mushrooms and fresh herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Malai Kofta Lajawab — $16.15
Vegetable balls cooked in a delicious tomato-cream sauce with nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.
Chole Bature — $16.15
Two pieces of fried bread served with Dhaba's special chickpea curry.
Vegetable Korma — $16.15
Mixed Vegetables in a cream sauce with fragrant fenugreek, paneer, nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.
Spicy Cheese Chili — $16.15
A Spicy Indo-Chinese specialty. Paneer cooked with 3 types of chilies, bell peppers, onions and herbs. Served with nan and rice.
Shahi Paneer Masala — $16.15
Paneer cheese simmered in a spiced tomato-cream sauce with nuts and raisins. Served with nan and rice.

Curbside Pickup

Curbside (Add to Cart for Curbside Pickup)
(for takeout only) Select this item if you'd like us to deliver your order to your car when you are near. Just Call us @617-547-8272 when you are outside. Tell us the name you ordered under, and the make & color of your car. We will bring your order out to you.

Grab & Go... well, almost :)

Non-Vegetarian Entree ASAP — $14.05
Items In this section are generally faster to prepare. If your order is confined to this section, it can often be expedited. You will be able to choose between: Entree: Chicken TIkka Masala or our Special Chicken Curry. (both served with rice) Appetizer: Samosa Bread: Plain Nan or Garlic Nan A beverage: Lassi or Soda (all add-ons are optional)
Vegetarian Entree ASAP — $12.79
Items In this section are generally faster to prepare. If your order is confined to this section, it can often be expedited. You will be able to choose between: Entree: Chole Masalewala or our Special Mixed Vegetable Curry. (both served with rice) Appetizer: Samosa Bread: Plain Nan or Garlic Nan A beverage: Lassi or Soda (all add-ons are optional)

Utensils

Plastic Utensils
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Secret Quick ‘n’ Tasty Lunch

Quick ‘n’ Tasty lunch with rice OR bread — $10.45
1 Quick ‘n’ Tasty entree with your choice of Basmati rice OR Nan. Available 12-4 Mon-Sat (Rest of menu available ALL day) Optional: Add a samosa or beverage if you like.