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✦ Tandoor · dum biryani · slow curries · Harrisburg, PA ✦
Indian foodin Harrisburg, PA.
Hyderabadi dum biryani, butter chicken and tikka masala, korma and kadai, bone-in goat and lamb, paneer, and naan straight off the tandoor wall. Everything cooked to order, mild through hot. Pickup or local delivery.
What makes the biryani dum
Dum means the pot is sealed and finished over low heat, so the rice steams in the aromatics instead of boiling in them. Long-grain basmati is layered with marinated meat, saffron, fried onion and whole spice, then left alone. Open the lid early and you have lost it.
That is why biryani is a made-to-order dish and not something we can hand you in four minutes — give it the extra time, tell us your heat level, and it arrives with raita to cool it down. Chicken, goat, lamb, shrimp or vegetable.
How the curries actually differ
Most Indian menus list twelve curries and explain none of them. The differences are real and they are mostly about the base:
Korma — cashew and cream, barely any chilli. The mildest thing on the menu, and the safe order for a child or a nervous guest. Butter chicken and makhani — tomato, butter and cream. Sweet-ish, rich, mild. Tikka masala — the same family, but the meat is charred in the tandoor first, which is where the smokiness comes from.
Kadai and jalfrezi — no cream. Bell pepper, onion and freshly pounded spice, cooked hot and fast, so they taste brighter and sharper. Saag — slow-cooked spinach, gentle and earthy. Vindaloo — vinegar, garlic and red chilli, Goan and genuinely hot. That is the one to order if you mean it.
Every one is available in chicken, goat, lamb, shrimp, paneer or vegetable, and every one is cooked to the heat level you pick when you add it to the cart.
The Indian side of the menu
A selection — the full menu has the rest, including seafood and tandoor breads.
Veg Fried Rice
$9.99Cabbage, carrot, pepper, scallion and garlic with light soy. Fresh and clean.
Veg
Basmati slow-steamed with marinated chicken, saffron, fried onion and whole spices, sealed dum-style. Served with raita.
Spicy
Bone-in goat layered with saffron basmati and caramelised onion, cooked under a sealed lid. Served with raita.
Spicy
Tender lamb and aged basmati steamed together with mint, saffron and warm spice. Served with raita.
Spicy
Chicken Curry
$14.99Home-style chicken curry simmered with onion, tomato, ginger and garlic — the way it is made in Nepal.
Spicy
Butter Chicken
$14.99Tandoori chicken folded into a silky tomato-butter-cream sauce. Rich, mild and beloved.
Kadai Chicken
$14.99Chicken stir-cooked in an iron kadai with bell pepper, onion and freshly pounded kadai masala.
Spicy
Chicken Vindaloo
$14.99Fiery Goan-style curry with vinegar, garlic and red chilies. For serious heat.
Spicy
Goat Curry
$15.99Bone-in goat slow-simmered in a robust onion-tomato gravy with warm whole spice. The bone is where the flavour lives.
Spicy
Nepali Style Goat Curry
$16.99Khasi ko masu — bone-in goat cooked low and slow with mustard oil, timur and Himalayan spice rather than cream.
Spicy
Kadai Goat
$15.99Bone-in goat in a tomato-onion sauce with green and red bell pepper, curry leaf, ginger and garlic.
Spicy
Nepali Style Lamb Curry
$16.99Lamb simmered Nepali-home-style with onion, tomato and mountain spice.
Spicy
Kadai Paneer
$13.99Paneer seared with bell pepper and onion in a smoky, freshly ground kadai masala.
Veg Spicy
Chana Masala
$12.99Chickpeas simmered in an onion-tomato gravy with ginger, garlic and house spice.
Veg Spicy
Vegetarian and vegan
A large share of India eats no meat at all, so the vegetarian half of this menu is a proper menu and not three afterthoughts. Paneer — fresh pressed cheese that holds its shape in the pan — comes saag, makhani, kadai and matar. Beyond it: chana masala, aloo gobhi, aloo matar, baingan bharta, bhindi masala, dal makhani, veg korma, veg biryani and tofu vindaloo.
Several are vegan or can be made vegan by leaving out the cream or ghee. Ask when you order and we will tell you honestly which ones, rather than guessing on your behalf.
Where to eat Indian food in Harrisburg
6400 Derry St, Harrisburg, PA. Order on this site for pickup or delivery — you pay the restaurant directly, no third-party app in between — or call (717) 565-1414. Order a naan per person if there is curry on the table; the bread is the utensil.
The same kitchen also cooks the Nepali and Newari half of the menu, which is worth the detour — start with momos.