Come enjoy a delightful creation at Light of India Restaurant. Explore a menu offering curry and a brunch menu, priced at 11$ to 25$ and experience their casual ambiance. They happily provide wheelchair-accessible restaurant and are open nightly all week. You can get there by car. Payments by Visa, MasterCard and Interac are recognized.more...See more text
A true product of the British Raj, this soup emerged in response to the demands of the pukka sahib for a soup with which to commence his meal. Made of lentils, red chillies, ginger, tumeric and other spices, it forms a useful appetizer. Includes a warm glow to conteract chilly weather.
DAHL SOUP
Lentil soup, mildly spiced.
CHEFS SPECIAL SOUP OF THE DAY
Appetizers
SHAMI KABAB
Tender, minced beef ground to a fine paste together with various spices, formed into patties and fried. Served with onion rings, tomato and wedge of lemon.
SHEEK KABAB
Minced tender beef spiced with onion, red chillies, etc., coated on to spits and cooked over a charcoal fire in the tandoori oven.
ONION BHAJI
Sliced onion dipped in Indian batter and deep fried.
CHICKEN TIKKA
Mildly marinated diced chicken roasted on skewers in the tandoor.
SAMOSAS
Deep fried vegetables fritters.
BEGUN BHARTA PURI
Eggplant mash with chefs special blended spices and herbs, stuffed in a fluffy crispy bread.
PRAWN PURI
Small prawn cooked with herbs and spices, served on a whole wheat flour deep-fried bread.
Indian Bread MENU - Light of India Restaurant Inc
CHAPATI
Plain whole wheat flour, rolled out very thin and baked on a griddle. Contains no spices.
NAN BREAD
This delicious bread is baked in a clay oven.
MASALLA ROTI
Home-made, cheese-filled with chopped onions and spices. Baked in the clay oven.
MUGLAI PARATHA
Plain whole wheat flour, rolled out, beaten egg, chopped spinach, onions and fried into a butter crisp and flaky flat disc. Contains no spices.
GARLIC NAN
Rice Dishes
POLAO RICE
Top quality Basmati rice.
PEAS POLAO
VEGETABLE RICE
Mixed vegetable rice.
Mixed vegetable rice.
Basmati rice cooked with almonds, pistachio nuts, coconut and dried fruits.
Sundries
PLAIN PAPADUM
A thin, crisp-fried wafer made from ground vegetables.
YOGHURT
Very cooling and an antidote to most spices.
RAITAS (ASSORTED)
Cucumber Raita Yoghurt with grated cucumber and sweet spices.
PICKLES
Onion salad with tomato, pimento and red chilies. b) Mango chutney. Sweet and sour. c) Lime Pickle Sour Hot. d) Mango Pickle Sour Hot.
Vegetarian Dishes MENU - Light of India Restaurant Inc
MIXED VEGETABLE BHAJI
Mixed vegetables fried together with spices as a dry curry.
MIXED VEGETABLE CURRY
Mixed vegetables fried together with spices and served in their own rich gravy.
ALOO PEAS
Cream sauce with potatoes, peas, onions and other spices.
BHINDI BHAJI
A dry curry of bhindi, a tropical vegetable also knowns as okra or ladies fingers.
BEGUN BHAJI
BEGUN BHAJI
SAG ALOO BHAJI
A dry curry of potatoes and fresh-leaf spinach.
SAG PANEER
Spinach with chefs special home-made cheese.
MOTOR PANEER
Cream sauce with garden-fresh peas and homemade sauce,
ALOO GOBI
Potatoes with garden-fresh cauliflower.
CAULIFLOWER BHAJI
A dry curry of cauliflower with onions and tomatoes.
MUSHROOM BHAJI
Fresh mushroom cooked in butter with chefs special blended spices and herbs.
TARKA DHAL
Puree of lentils, cooked with some spices and garnished with fried onions and garlic
Mild Dishes MENU - Light of India Restaurant Inc
KORMA
A mildly spiced curry cooked in yoghurt and fresh cream with sultanas and almonds. Served with your choice of:
PASANDA
Meat cooked in special tandoori sauce with coconuts, dried fruits, cheese and garnished with almonds. Served with your choice of:
KASHMIR
A curry in the Kashmiri style with almonds, sultanas and dry fruits, served with your choice of:
BIRYANI
Basmati rice and meat or shrimp, fried in clarified butter with coconut, sultanas, almonds and garnished with tomatoes, fried onions and cucumbers. Served with vegetable curry sauce and your choice of:
Medium Dishes MENU - Light of India Restaurant Inc
CURRY
Meat or shrimp cooked with onion, garlic and spices, served with lots of sauce.
BHOONA
A special flavoured dish prepared with tomatoes, onions and spices, served in a rich thick sauce.
DUPIAZA
A curry briskly fried with black pepper, coriander and other spices, garnished with extra fried onions and served in a rich thick sauce.
SAG GOSHT
Tender chunks of meat or shrimp and fresh-leaf spinach cooked together with many spices in a rich thick sauce. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
METHI GOSHT
A curry made with special flavoured herbs and fenigreek leaves in a rich thick sauce. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
Hot Dishes MENU - Light of India Restaurant Inc
RAGAN JOSH
A fairly hot curry made with clarified butter, different spices and garnished with fried tomatoes.
DHANSAK
A curry with spiced oil and garlic with a sweet, sour and hot flavour originating from lentils, milk and a touch of sugar. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
MADRAS
A rather hot curry prepared with onions, garlic, hot chilies, fresh lemon juice and other spices. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
SHRIMP PATHIA
A hot and sour shrimp curry cooked with chefs special blended spices. Persian style.
Very Hot Dishes
VINDALOO
A very hot curry prepared with potatoes, tomato purée, lemon juice, extra chilies and other spices. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
Extremely Hot Dishes
BANGALORE PAL
An extremely hot, highly flavoured curry cooked with special green chilies, fresh lemon juice, ginger, black pepper and other spices. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
CEYLON
An extra hot curry dish, cooked with coconut, ginger, many different herbs and special green chilies. CHICKEN, BEEF, LAMB, or SHRIMP
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This is the best Indian food I've had in a restaurant; a an ottawa local I've eaten here dozens of times, and have eaten and dozens of Indian restaurants. Plus you just can't beat Sanjay's smile.
