Saffron restaurant - contemporary Indian cuisine

The Saffron offers top quality Indian cuisine providing a range of contemporary and traditional Indian dishes. Choose from our extensive set menu or design your own meal from our deluxe A la carte menu.

Every Thursday night enjoy our Fantastic Feast! from a selection of six set menus for just £10 per person. (Normal set menu prices up to £20.90)

Take home service is also available with free home delivery within a 3 mile radius

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Connoisseur Starters

1 Maharaja Special (Min. two persons, price per person.) £6.95Medium
Combination of four delicacies: Suculent Tandoori Chicken pieces, Lamb Tikka, Sheek Kebab, Samosa garnished
2 Tandoori Chicken (quarter) £3.25Mild
Tender chicken, marinated in yoghurt and spices, cooked in the charcoal oven
3 Channa Puri £3.75Medium
Chic peas cooked in medium hot sauce & served with Puri
4 Champ-e-Peshwari £5.90Medium
Lamb chops marinated in special blend of spices, cooked in the Tandoor
5 Harra Bhara Kebab £4.00Medium
Aromatic lamb mince, infused with herbs and spices, skewered and barbecued
6 Tandoori Duck £6.95Mild
Mildly spiced duck marinated in yogurt and roasted in Tandoor
7 Chicken / Lamb Tikka £3.95
Chicken or lamb pieces marinated in yogurt and roasted in Tandoor

Appetizers/Starters

10 Mushroom Pakora £2.80Mild
11 Bharwan Baigan £4.00Medium
Aubergine slices, packed with spinach, cheese and herbs, served with stuffed chilli
12 Onion Bhaji £2.45Mild
Fried dumpling of onions with gram flour, herbs and spices
13 Aloo Chat £2.90Mild
Finely chopped potatoes cooked with special Saffron spice served on a puree
14 King Prawn Puree £6.00Mild
Sweet'n sour spiced prawns served on a puree
15 Goan Chicken Kathi £5.50Medium
Flakes of fresh chicken meat, garnish, rolled in chapatti and cooked with medium spicy sauce
16 Samosa £2.45Medium
Meat or vegetable (2pcs per portion)

Saffron Special

With Basmati Pilau Rice
21 Saffron Ala King £13.95Mild
Boneless chicken pieces with King Prawns marinated in Saffron spices
22 Malabari King Prawns £13.50Mild
King Prawns simmered in coconut curry
23 Kadhai Jheenga £12.50Medium
Stir fried King Prawns with assorted bell peppers
24 Chicken or Lamb Tikka Massala £9.95Mild
Chicken or Lamb Tikka cooked in a specila mild sauce
25 Tandoori King Prawn Massala £12.90Medium
King Tandoori Prawns cooked in a specila mild sauce
26 Chicken Tikka Dry Fry £8.90Mild
Diced chicken pieces of the bone in coriander sauce

Contemporary Main Dishes

30 Maharaja Special Thai (Non veg. Chef recommendation) £16.90Medium
Murg Tikka Massala Lamb Shahi Korma, Malabaro Seafood, Aloo Ghobi, riata, nan and rice
31 Mangalore Chicken £6.50Mild
Chicken cubes simmered in coconut milk and curry leaves
32 Murg Dalcha £7.50Mild
Hyderabad's speciality of chicken and lentils cooked together with tamarind
33 Murgh Kesari Naxaqut £8.95Mild
Chicken cooked in rich cashew gravy, with blend of Saffron and cream
34 King Prawns Lajawab £10.95Mild
Mild cooked with fruits and creamy thick sauce
35 Lamb Jardaloo £9.90
Thinly sliced in apricot and creamy thick sauce
36 Aachari Gosht £6.90Medium
Spring lamb pieces cooked on yogurt and tingling mix of pickled spices
37 Chicken Dilkash £8.00Mild
Heart shaped boneless chicken marinated in special masala with ginger and garlic, lightly fried
38 Kashmiri Roganjosk £7.00Medium
Kashmiri's favourite spring lamb delicacy
39 Lamb Shahi Korma £8.90
Spring lamb cooked in typical Mughlai (lychee) style
40 Methi Gosht £7.00Medium
Spring lamb pieces cooked along with fresh fenugreek leaves
41 Chicken Korma £7.60
42 Butter Chicken £8.00Medium
Boneless chicken cooked in Saffron special sauce in butter
43 Lamb or Chicken Dopiazza £7.50Medium
Cooked with onions
44 Lamb or Chicken Bhunna £7.50Medium
45 Jeera Lamb / Chicken £7.50Medium
Cooked in cumin seed sauce

Biryani Dishes

Complete meals cooked with Basmati rice, spices and served with vegetable curry
51 Avardi Murg Basmati Biryani £9.90Mild
Lucknow's speciality of dum cooked, layered Chicken Biryani
52 Hyderabadi Gosht Biryani £9.90Medium
Dum cooked, layered, traditional Lamb Biryani
53 Mushroom Biryani £6.50Medium
54 Vegetable Biryani £6.50Medium
55 Lamb or Chicken Biryani £8.90Medium
56 Chicken and Mushroom Biryani £8.90Medium
57 King Prawn Biryani £11.95Medium

Jalfrezi Dishes

A fairly hot dish prepared with green chillies, onions, tomatoes and capsicum
57 Tandoori Mixed Jalfrezi £13.95Very Hot
Marinated Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Tiikka, Lamb Tikka, Sheek Kebab
58 Chicken or Lamb Tikka Jalfrezi £8.95Very Hot
Chicken or Lamb Tikka grilled and cooked with fresh green chilli
60 King Prawn Jalfrezi £11.90Very Hot
61 Vegetable Jalfrezi £6.95Very Hot

Shashlick Speciality (Dry and Sizzling)

Pieces of chicken, lamb or vegetarian ingredients cooked in clay oven with capsicum, onions, herbs and spices
62 Paneer Sashlik (Vegetarian) £6.90Mild
63 Chicken Sashlik £9.90Mild
64 Lamb Sashlik £9.90Mild

Tandoori Main Dishes

71 Sizzling Mixed Grill £14.95
Lamb Tikka, Chicken Tikka, Shish Kebab, King Prawn & Lamb Chop
72 Kyberi Jheenga £15.90Mild
Full meal of six King Prawns, marinated in yogurt and spices, grilled in the Tandoor, with one nan and one chapatti
73 Murg Tikka £6.95Mild
Pieces of chicken breast, marinated in special blend of spices and glazed golden in the tandoor
74 Tandoori Chicken (half) £6.10Mild
Tender half chicken marinated in yogurt and spices, cooked in the charcoal oven
76 Malai Chicken Tikka £7.90
Boneless chicken breast pieces, dipped in cream and home made cottage cheese marination and baked in the tandoor

Karai Special

Cooked with eastern herbs, fresh tomatoes, onions and green peppers
77 Paneer Karai (Vegetarian) £6.95Medium
Cottage cheese marinated in special spices
78 Chicken or Lamb Tikka Karai £8.50Medium
79 King Prawn Karai £11.95Medium
79 Mixed Vegetables Garlic Karai £5.95Medium

Vegetable Dishes

89 Dall Makhani £2.95
90 Vegetable Massala £4.25
91 Vegetable Korma £3.75
92 Mixed Vegetable Special £4.50
93 Sag Bhajee spinach (spinach) £3.00
94 Mushroom Bhajee £3.00
95 Bringle Bhajee (Aubergine) £3.25
96 Bindi Bhajee (Okra, mild/medium) £3.50
97 Tarka Dall £3.00
98 Mater Paneer (chick peas and cheese) £4.00
99 Bombay Aloo £3.50
100 Sag Aloo (spinach and potatoes) £3.90Medium
101 Aloo Ghobi £3.75Very Hot
102 Cauliflower Bhaji £3.75Medium

Curry Dishes

102 Chicken Curry £5.25Medium
103 Lamb Curry £5.95Medium
104 King Prawn Curry £9.95Medium
105 Vegetable Curry £3.95Medium

Madras

Medium hot, fairly spicy
106 Chicken Madras £5.50Very Hot
107 Lamb Madras £5.95Very Hot
108 King Prawn Madras £9.95Very Hot
109 Vegetable Madras £3.70Very Hot

Sundries

S1 Basmati Plain Rice £1.95
S2 Basmati Pilau Rice £2.25
S3 Egg Fried Rice £2.25
S4 Mushroom Rice £2.80
S5 Special Fried Rice £2.45
S6 Nan (plain) £1.85
S7 Nan (Keema, Peshwari, Garlic, Kulcha) £2.25
S8 Tandoori Paratha £1.80
S9 Tandoori Stuffed/Egg Paratha £2.25
S10 Tandoori Roti £0.95
S11 Papadam (plain or spiced) £0.50
S12 Chutney Pickle (per portion) £0.45
S13 Chips £1.35

Deserts & Soft Drinks

Royal Kulfi £2.10
Lassi Selection (plain, sweet, salty) £1.50
Mango Lassi £1.95
Vanilla Ice Cream £2.20
Lychee & Ice Cream £2.80
Fruit Juice Selection £1.25
Soft Drinks (Coca Cola, 7up, mineral water) £1.25
Mineral Water (large) £3.10