Prices Valid From October 2017

Established 2002 Menu “Award Winning Indian Vegetarian Restaurant & Takeaway”

Tel: 02920 238222 www.vegetarianfoodstudio.co.uk

115-117 Penarth Road | Cardiff | Wales | CF11 6JU Open: Tuesday to Saturday: 11am to 10pm (last orders strictly by 9.30pm) Sunday: 11am to 8.00pm (last orders strictly by 7.30pm) A 10% service charge will be applied when dining in We offer home delivery (call for availability) - minimum spend & £3.50 delivery charge applicable For dine in customers, a £1 charge will be applicable for takeaway containers provided for any surplus food. Proceeds of this as well as the 5p carrier bag charge all go to charity. Appetisers Traditionally served to welcome guests in an Indian home after a tiresome journey! Roasted Papadum £1.05 Home-Made Rice Papadum £1.45 Traditional dry roasted papdum (1 pc) Dry roasted, crispy, rice papdum infused (1 pc) GV with chilli, cumin and GV Chilli (new) £2.45 Far Far (new) £1.35 A sharing bowl of our famous Bombay mix with NH A bowl of fried, puffed up, coloured street VG cheese, chilli, onions & lemon juice made of wheat flour and starch. Served similar to mini poppadums Add our home made Tray for £2.95

Starters - Traditional and modern starters, many of which can be found in the street cafes of Vegetable Somosas £2.50 Chilli £1.95 Mixed vegetables & spices in a (2pc) Large jalapeno pepper filled with fiery masala (1pc) crispy , served with tamarind chutney V HV Paneer Somosas £3.95 Paneer Pakora £5.25 Homemade cheese (paneer), mixed vegetables (3pc) Fried, soft battered strips of home made cheese (5pc) & spices in a crispy pastry, served with (paneer) with tamarind chutney V tamarind chutney Onion £3.95 Somosas (new) £3.75 Onions, spinach, peppers, chillies & spices (3pc) Pizza sauce, vegetables, cheese and spices in a (3pc) cooked in crispy beson flour, served with traditional somosa pastry, served with tamarind GV tamarind chutney. chutney Bateta Wada £3.95 £3.25 Muttar Soft mashed potato balls blended with chilli & (3pc) Mixed vegetables & spices in a round crispy (3pc) spices, served with tamarind chutney GV pastry, served with tamarind chutney V

Daal Kachori £3.25 Extra Hot Chilli Pakoras £3.50 Small, lightly battered birds eye chillies, served (8pc) Round crispy pastry filled with split mung beans (3pc) with tamarind chutney. Mouth wateringly hot! & spices, served with tamarind chutney. V HV

Spring Rolls £3.25 Crispy Potato Bhajia £3.95 Lightly battered potato slices with chilli & spices, (10pc) Oriental stir fried vegetables filled in a crispy (3pc) served with tamarind chutney pastry, served with tamarind chutney. V GV Paneer Spring Rolls £3.95 Onion Ring Pakoras £3.35 Paneer (cottage cheese) & oriental vegetables (3pc) Onions rings lightly battered in a spicy gram (6pc) filled in a crispy pastry, served with tamarind flour . Served with tamarind chutney GV chutney. Atom Bombs £3.95 Masala Mogo £5.25 Baby potatoes filled with a fiery garlic chutney, (3pc) Marinated cassava fried with onions, garlic, bell GV served with tamarind chutney GHV peppers & tamarind sauce Can’t Decide? Try our... £5.25 Fried Mogo £3.95 VFS Platter Mix per person Fried cassava lightly seasoned with salt & chilli GV A selection of our most popular starters, (Min 2 powder, with tamarind chutney including: Vegetable Somosas, people) Crispy Bhajia, Kachori, Onion Pakoras, Hot Garlic Chilli Mogo £5.25 Atom Bombs & Bateta Wada. V Fried cassava cooked with spices in a fiery GHV garlic sauce. Served with tamarind chutney. Chilli Chips £3.95 G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) Potato chips in a fiery masala sauce GHV V - Suitable for Vegans N - High nut content Breads & Rices Ideal accompaniments to our traditional Indian & Oriental Dishes. Tomato Rice £2.95 £2.80 Steamed basmati rice blended with fresh G Fried bread made from wheat flour (4pc) tomatoes and butter V Lemon Rice £2.95 Bhatura £2.80 Steamed basmati rice blended with lemon G Deep fried bread, made from wheat flour (3pc) and butter and yeast V Cashew Nut, Cinnamon & £3.65 Rotli £2.80 Jeera Rice GNV Gujarati bread made from wheat flour (3pc) Steamed basmati rice blended with fried cashew nuts, cinnamon and cumin V Onion Jeera Rice £2.95 Corn Rotlo £2.95 Steamed basmati rice blended with onions GV Traditional bread made of maize flour & (1 pc) and cumin spices GV Jeera Rice £2.95 Bajra No Rotlo £2.95 Steamed basmati rice blended with cumin GV (Gluten Free) Millet flour blended with salt, (1pc) water and cooked on clay tawa topped with GV Plain Rice £2.65 butter Steamed basmati rice GV Pudla £3.65 Almond, Jeera & £3.65 Gluten-free bread made with chick pea flour, (2pc) garlic, spices & vegetable oil (like ) GV Cinnamon Rice GNV Steamed basmati rice blended with fried almond nuts, cinnamon and cumin Aloo £3.65 Bread stuffed with potatoes, onions & spices (3pc) Rice £2.95 V Steamed basmati rice blended with G unsweetened plain yogurt Methi Paratha £3.65 Bread made with methi () & (3pc) spices. V Plain Paratha £2.80 Bread made with wheat flour & spices. V VFS - GROUP MENU If you are in a group of 6 or more, we offer a group menu. Something Extra Leave it in our hands to take £15 care of you. We’ll give you an per Plain Yoghurt V £0.95 ample 4 course meal in which person you’ll get a variety of Salad of the day GV £1.95 authentic Indian specialities. Green Chillies GV £0.85 Please ask for more details

Chutney Tray (3 types) GHV £2.95 We cater for vegans, gluten free diets and other Cucumber G £1.95 special requirements (Jain/no onion/no garlic).

Pickle of the day (1 type)G V £1.65 Whilst we aim to cater for nut allergies, our food is made in a kitchen where nuts are present and therefore G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) food may still contain nut traces. V - Suitable for Vegans N - High nut content North Indian (Gujarati) Dishes Tradition dishes cooked n the curry pot and are rich with the flavours of spices & vegetables. G V Sukhi Bhajee G V £4.65 Daal Makani £4.65 Mild, dry potato curry cooked with cumin Black urud in a mild gravy and freshly ground spices Daal Tarka G V £4.65 Gujarati Red Daal G V £2.75 Sauce of two lentils cooked with south Indian spices Traditional daal () made of red lentils, tomatoes, ground chilli & spices

All the following dishes are priced £5.95... Masala Bateta Nu Saak Desi Channa Potato curry cooked in a sauce of Black chick peas cooked with onions onions, peppers & spices GV in a rich and spicy masala sauce GV

Katyavadi Undiyu Muttar Various Indian vegetables cooked in Channa Masala Tofu cooked with peas in a spicy Chef’s special sauce topped with Chick peas cooked in a tomato based tomato sauce with onions and garlic methi pakora (fenugreek) and patra sauce GV GV (curried leaf) V Ringan No-Oro Spinach Tofu Ringan Nu Saak Barbeque roasted aubergine cooked Tofu cooked with spinach in a spicy Cubes of aubergine cooked in ca rich with onions, , tomatoes and tomato sauce with onions and garlic masala sauce G V chillies GV GV Muttar Paneer Mix Veg Saak Tofu Capsicum Paneer (cottage cheese) cooked with Malay style— peas, sweetcorn & Tofu cooked with peppers, chilli, green beans cooked in an onion & peas in a spicy tomato sauce G onion and garlic in a rich sauce GV garlic sauce GV Paneer Capsicum Black Eye Bean Curry Paneer (cottage cheese) cooked with Masala Black eyed beans cooked with onions peppers and chillies in a rich tomato A mild curry of fresh potatoes, green in a thick spicy tomato sauce GV sauce G peas and spices GV Spinach Paneer Aloo Palak Mung Bean Curry Paneer (cottage cheese) cooked with Fresh spinach & potatoes cooked with Mung beans cooked with onion, garlic spinach, garlic and onions G onions, garlic & spices GV in a mild tomato sauce GV Sweetcorn & Paneer Bhinda Bateta Nu Saak Paneer (cottage cheese) cooked with Sweetcorn & Patra A dry curry made of bhinda (okra), sweetcorn, garlic & onions G Nu Saak potatoes and onions GV Tender sweetcorn cooked in a tomato Ringan Muttar and gravy topped with spicy Green Bean Curry Aubergine pieces cooked with peas, patra (curried leaf) GV Green beans cooked with garlic & sweetcorn & green beans in an spices GV onion & garlic sauce GV Banarasi Baby potatoes cooked in a thick onion Masala Mushroom garlic gravy with chillies HGV Nu Saak Mushrooms cooked in a mild curry Kidney Bean Saak sauce GV Kidney beans cooked with onions in a thick tomato sauce GV Channa Daal lentils cooked in a rich Tomato onion, ginger and tomato gravy GV Sev ( sticks) cooked in a sweet & sour tomato curry with G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) onions and spices GV V - Suitable for Vegans Bombay Snacks & Traditional snacks normally eaten in India as a light lunch or as a complement to a main meal.

Bhel Puri £3.95 £4.95 blended with sev (crunchy NV layered with sweet and sour (2pc) chickpea flour sticks) , potatoes, chick yoghurt, onion salad & spices peas & onions. Topped with sweet tama- rind sauce Channa Chaat £4.95 Paani Puri (Gol Guppa) £3.95 Chick peas topped generously with G onions, cucumber salad and sev Crisp mini puris filled with potatoes, chick- (8pc) (crunchy chickepea flour sticks) peas and sev (crunchy chickpea flour NV sticks) served with chef’s special sauce Chaat £4.95 £3.95 Crispy steamed rice and , G Crisp puris layered with potatoes, (8pc) layered with sweet and sour yoghurt & tamarind chutney onions, taramind sauce, garnished with NV sev (crunchy chickepea flour sticks) & coriander. Aloo Papdi Chaat £4.95 Crushed puris layered with potatoes, N £3.95 chick peas, onions, sweet yogurt & Crisp puris filled with potatoes topped with (8pc) tamarind sauce sweet yogurt, sev (crunchy chickpea flour N sticks) and chutney Bateta Wada & £4.95 Onion Pakora Chaat (3pc) Masala £4.25 Soft balls of mashed potato, coriander & G Mini potato petis topped with sev (crunchy GNV spices and onion pakoras topped with chickpea flour sticks) & onions comple- sweet and sour yogurt and tamarind mented with cucumber salad chutney Dahi Wada £4.95 Fried lentil balls topped generously with GN sweet & sour yoghurt garnished with coriander

Smaller Plates Made to and share

Channa Bhatura £5.95 Delicious chick pea curry served with three V freshly made bhatura breads

Batata Puri £5.75 Ragada Petis £4.95 Spicy dry potato curry served with three V Fried spicy potato petis topped with pea GV freshly cooked puri breads curry & onions

Plain Chips £2.45 Plain potato chips served with tomato GV Plain Rice and Daal £4.95 ketchup Spicy red daal served with plain rice and GV plain yoghurt Channa Petis £4.95 Special potato cutlets topped with hot GV Bombay Wada Pav £3.95 channa masala (chick pea curry), onions & Mashed aloo wada (potato balls) in a (2pc) tamarind sauce toasted bun with garlic chutney, green V chilli & onions G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) V - Suitable for Vegans N - High nut content Oriental Dishes Popular oriental dishes cooked with flavours of fresh vegetables, spices and oriental sauces.

Chilli Paneer £5.95 Oriental style fried paneer (cottage G H cheese) cubes sauteed with chunky vege- tables and chilli sauce Vegetable Haka Noodles £5.15 Soft noodles stir fried with chunky V vegetables in a sweet & sour sauce

Masala Chinese Mushroom £5.25 Noodles V Soft noodles stir fried with mushrooms & onions in a soya sauce Chilli Mushrooms £5.85 Chilli Idli £5.95 Mushrooms cooked with fresh ginger, VG Steamed rice and lentil pieces fried VGH onions, garlic and peppers in a spicy chilli with oriental vegetables & garlic chilli sauce sauce Vegetable Balls in Garlic £4.95 Paneer Manchurian £5.95 Sauce V Mixed vegetable dumplings & paneer Spicy vegetable balls cooked in a sweet (cottage cheese) cooked in a spicy gravy garlic sauce of Oriental sauces & chunky vegetables Vegetable Manchurian £5.45 Mushroom Fried Rice £4.65 Minced vegetable dumplings cooked in a V Fried basmati rice with mushrooms and VG spicy gravy of Oriental sauces & chunky spiced vegetables vegetables Mushroom Manchurian £5.50 Paneer Schezwan £5.95 Mushrooms cooked in a gravy of hot V Paneer (cottage cheese) stir fried in a hot G H soya sauce with peppers & chunky schezwan sauce with chunky onions vegetables Idli Manchurian £5.50 Mari Mogo (Cassava) £4.95 Steamed rice and lentil cake pieces wok V Fried Mogo stir fried with chillies and VGH fried with vegetable dumplings & chunky onions in a fiery peppery sauce vegetables Tofu Manchurian £5.50 Tofu pieces cooked in a spicy gravy of V Oriental sauces & chunky vegetables

Paneer Fried Rice £5.25 Fried basmati rice blended with small G cubes of fried paneer (cottage cheese)

Tofu Fried Rice £4.95 Fried basmati rice blended with tofu and VG spiced vegetables G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) V - Suitable for Vegans N - High nut content South Indian A selection of famous South Indian dishes, including those served in many of the houses throughout India. Plain Dosa* £4.25 Plain rice and lentil, crispy G * £5.25 Crispy rice and lentil pancake filled with G dry potato curry, served with (red lentil soup) and chutney Chutney Dosa* £5.65 Crispy rice and lentil pancake filled with G dry potato curry, served with a fresh mint, coriander and garlic chutney and Wada Sambar £4.95 sambar (red lentil soup) Deep fried lentil cakes topped with G sambar (red lentil soup), onions, fresh Onion Dosa* £5.65 chilli and yoghurt chutney Rice and lentil pancake, filled with dry G potato curry & crispy fried onions served Plain £3.75 with coconut chutney & sambar (red Soft rice & lentil pancake served with G lentil soup) coconut chutney Cheese Dosa £5.65 Cheese & Onion Uttapam £4.95 Rice and lentil filled crispy pancake, G served with a potato curry topped with Soft rice & lentil pancake topped with G cheese & onion cheese, served with sambar (red lentil soup) and fresh coconut chutney Onion, Pepper & Chilli £4.95 Cheese & Onion Dosa £5.65 Uttapam G H Rice and lentil filled crispy pancake, G Soft rice & lentil pancake topped with served with a potato curry topped with pepper, onion & fresh chilli cheese and fried onions, served with sambar (red lentil soup) and fresh VFS Uttapam £5.45 coconut chutney Soft rice & lentil pancake topped with G H Mint Dosa* £5.65 onions, peppers, chillis, sweetcorn & paneer (cottage cheese) Rice and lentil pancake served with G minted potato curry served with sambar Idli Sambar £5.25 (red lentil soup) and coconut chutney Oriental steamed lentil cakes topped G with sambar (red lentil soup) and yo- Paneer Dosa £5.75 ghurt chutney Rice and lentil pancake filled with dry G potato curry with grated paneer (cottage Pau £5.25 cheese) and green chillies. Served with Mashed mixed vegetables cooked in (3pc) sambar (red lentil soup) and coconut spices and onions to create a richly chutney flavoured filling, served in toasted bread rolls Hot Garlic Chilli Dosa* £5.65 Rice and lentil pancake filled with dry G H Dubo £3.95 potato curry and hot garlic chutney. Toasted bread rolls, stuffed with spicy (2pc) Served with sambar (red lentil soup) & mashed potato topped with onions, N coconut chutney and chutney

G - Gluten Free H - Hot (Chilli) V - Suitable for Vegans N - High nut content

* these can be made vegan, please ask Drinks Soft Drinks (330ml) G V £1.65 Pepsi, Pespi-Max, Diet Pepsi, Coke, Diet Coke, 7-Up, Fanta, Rubicon Mango Juice (fizzy or still), Rubicon Passion Juice (fizzy or still), Tropical Juice & Orange Juice

Still or Sparkling Water (500ml) G V £1.65

Non-Alcoholic Cobra (Beer) (330ml) G £2.95

Ginger Beer (330 ml) G £1.95 - Sweet or Salted G £2.75 Homemade yogurt drink Lassi - Mango G £2.95 Homemade yogurt drink with sweet mango pulp Vegan Lassi G V £3.15 Available in sweet, salted or mango flavour. Made from soya based yogurt Jug of Sweet/Salted or Mango Lassi (approx 5 glasses) G £10.25

Jug of Vegan Sweet/Salted or Mango Lassi (approx 5 glasses) G V £11.95 Faluda G £3.65 A cold Indian sweet beverage made from rose syrup, vermicelli, poppy seeds, ice cream and cream Milkshake £2.95 Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry or Banana G Indian Masala Chai (Tea) £2.95 India’s favourite drink! Milky tea made with VFS’ special chai masala V Indian Disco Coffee G £2.95 Milky coffee fused with VFS’ special blend of light spices English Tea/Coffee G £1.95 Milk G £2.15 Warm milk blended with turmeric & honey (an ancient nutritional antioxidant drink) *We allow patrons to bring their own alcohol for a £1.50 per person corkage charge* Gujarati Thali Special What is included...  The curry of the day  2 starters of the Chef’s choice  Plain steamed basmati rice  Daal (red lentil soup) or (yogurt based lentil soup)  3 x rotli breads (or 4 puri breads, or 3 bhatura breads)  1 sweet dish of the Chef’s choice  1 roasted poppadum  Salad item of the day

A complete meal for one - £8.95