Temptation Indian Kitchen brings a full Indian restaurant menu to Musselburgh Rise, with a dining room for an evening meal and convenient pickup or delivery when eating at home suits better. Dinner runs throughout the week, while selected weekdays also include a lunch sitting. The combination of dine-in service, bookings and a broad menu makes it more than a quick curry counter.
The meal can begin with crisp vegetable pakora, onion bhaji or samosa, including a chaat version layered with tamarind and mint chutneys. The clay oven gives the non-vegetarian starters a different character: tandoori chicken is marinated with yoghurt and house-pounded garam masala, chicken tikka adds ginger, garlic and lime, and the gentler malai tikka uses cream and cheese. Garlic chicken tikka offers a more aromatic variation on the same charcoal-cooked idea.
Curries range from familiar, mild comfort dishes to recipes with sharper regional signatures. Butter chicken combines tandoor-cooked meat with creamy tomato gravy, while saagwala is built around spinach and kadai chicken brings capsicum into an onion-and-tomato sauce. Lamb rogan josh draws on the Kashmiri wazwan tradition, korma uses cashew, saffron and cardamom, and Madras turns to coconut milk, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Seafood provides another route through the menu, particularly Goan curries pairing scallops with fish or prawns in ginger, palm sugar and coconut. Vegetarian mains, several biryanis and a dedicated naan selection allow a table to build a varied spread rather than settle on one curry each. Accompaniments and desserts round out the format, making Temptation Indian Kitchen workable for both a simple dinner and a shared meal across several dishes.
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Temptation Indian Kitchen Menu
Vegetarian Entree
Onion and Spinach Bhaji
Gluten Free. Vegetarian. Fresh spinach and onions blended in assorted spices and chickpea flour, fried to delightful perfection, served with tangy and tamarind chutney.
Veg Pakora (3 Pcs)
Home-made patty made of cauliflower, onions, potatoes & spinach, served with tamarind chutney.
Samosa (2 Pcs)
Flaky pastry filled with cashew nuts, raisins, potatoes, green peas and fresh herbs, served with tangy tamarind chutney.
Samosa Chaat
Flaky pastry filled with potatoes, green peas and fresh herbs, spiced up with a topping of tangy tamarind chutney and mint chutney. Garnished with fresh coriander and herbs, a must try for the first timer.
Tandoori Non Veg
All dishes are served on a bed of shredded salad, with an accompaniment with freshly pounded mint chutney.
Tandoori Chicken Entree
Most popular tandoori dish in India. Chicken on the bone marinated in natural yogurt and home pounded garam masala, finished in charcoal clay oven.
Chicken Tikka Entree
Charcoal smoked chicken, immersed in a flavoursome marination of yoghurt, fresh ginger, garlic & lime juice (Boneless).
Malai Tikka Entree
Boneless chicken pieces marinated in cream, cheese, yoghurt and grounded spices, perfected in clay oven.
Nawab Seekh Entree
Succulent NZ Beef mince spiced up with exotic spices and cooked in Charcoal Tandoor.
Garlic Chicken Tikka Entree
Boneless chicken spiced up with fresh garlic, herbs and yoghurt and cooked to perfection in clay oven.
Mains – Non Vegetarian
Butter
Tender morsels of boneless chicken cooked in the tandoor, then finished in a mild, creamy tomato-based gravy.
Korma
A Mughlai favorite! Mouth-watering rich gravy made from onions, saffron, and cashew nuts, finished with cardamom.
Mango Chicken
Mildly spiced boneless chicken cooked in mango gravy, tempered with mustard seeds, and finished with fresh cream.
Saagwala
A delicious harmony of pureed spinach with light spices, finished with fresh cream.
Madras
A delightful dish prepared with grated coconut, coconut milk, and tempered with black mustard seeds and aromatic curry leaves.
Tikka Masala
Marinated boneless meat, slow-smoked in the tandoor, then cooked in a rich tomato and onion-based gravy, finished with ginger and fresh peppers.
Kadai Chicken
Boneless chicken tossed in an onion and tomato gravy with capsicum and ground spices.
Jalfarezi
Succulent pieces of Chicken or Lamb cooked with seasonal vegetables in a flavorful onion and tomato-based gravy.
Bhuna Gosht
Guaranteed to spice up your taste buds! Boneless lamb simmered to perfection in a rich onion and tomato-based gravy.
Lamb Rogan-Josh
A star dish of Kashmiri cuisine! This Wazwan favorite is cooked in a brown onion gravy, enhanced with aromatic Indian spices.
Scallop and Prawn Goan Curry
A tangy delicacy from West India, prepared with ginger, palm sugar, grated coconut, and coconut cream.
Fish Goan Curry
A tangy delicacy from West India, prepared with ginger, palm sugar, grated coconut, and coconut cream.
Seafood Delight of Fish, Mussels, Prawns & Scallops
A tongue-tingling combination of fish, mussels, prawns, and scallops, featuring toasted coconut, kaffir lime, and yellow mustard, like you’ve never tasted before!
Vindaloo
Succulent overnight marinated pieces of meat cooked with onion, peppercorns, mustard, chilli and vinegar. Go ahead tickle your taste buds.
Goat Nawabi
A mild curry, meat firstly marinated in natural yoghurt then sauteed with onion, tomatoes and dry fruit and finished with fresh cream.
Biryani
Biryani
Traditional Mughlai delicacy of rice with spices, delicately layered with your choice of marinated protein served with raita.
Biryani Family Pack
Traditional Mughlai delicacy of rice with spices, delicately layered with your choice of marinated protein served with raita.
Mains – Vegetarian
Malai Kofta
Homemade cottage cheese and potato dumplings stuffed with array of nuts, cooked in an aromatic sauce of cashew nuts.
Tadka Dal
Yellow lentils cooked until tender in a tempering of cumin seeds and turmeric, finished with a drizzle of chilli oil.
Shahi Paneer
Home made cottage cheese cooked in roasted tomatoes, onions and cashew nut gravy and finished with fresh cream.
Palak Paneer
Cubed cottage cheese cooked in pureed spinach, tomatoes and finished with a tempering of crushed cloves.
Vegetable Korma
Seasonal vegetables cooked in cashew nut gravy and finished with an array of spices and cream.
Dal Makhani
Creamy and buttery Dal Makhani is one of India’s most loved dal! Black lentils cooked with butter and cream and simmered on low heat for that unique flavour.
Subz Bahar
Mixed seasonal vegetables made delightful with touch of honey roasted onions, fresh tomatoes and bay leaf.
Kadai Paneer
Cottage cheese tossed in onion and tomato gravy with capsicum and whole spices.
Aloo Gobhi
Potatoes and florets of cauliflower cooked in onion and tomato gravy.
Paneer Jalfrezi
Paneer pieces tossed with seasonal vegetables, onions and tomato based gravy.
Naan Breads
Plain Roti
Wholemeal flour bread.
Plain Naan
Refined flour bread.
Butter Roti
Refined flour bread.
Butter Naan
Refined flour bread.
Garlic Roti
Finished in tandoor with a hint of garlic.
Garlic Naan
Finished in tandoor with a hint of garlic.
Cheese Naan
Stuffed with freshly grated cheese & herbs.
Peshawari Naan
Stuffed with finely chopped dry fruits nuts.
Cheese and Garlic Naan
Stuffed with freshly grated cheese, garlic and crunchy capsicum.
Chilli and Cheese Naan
Stuffed with chilli, spices and grated cheddar.
Chicken Naan
Stuffed with mildly spiced grated chicken
Potato Kulcha
Stuffed with mashed potato and herbs
Accompaniments
Plain Rice
Poppadums
Mango Chutney
Mint Chutnety
Mix Pickle
Tamarind Chutney
Raita
Chilli on the Side
Spicy Onion Salad
Chutney Platter
Mango Chutney, Tamarind Chutney and Raita
Kachumber Salad
Diced cucumber, tomatoes and carrots served on a bed of shredded lettuce and made zingy with a dressing of lime juice
Desserts
Hot Chocolate Naan
Hot & soft naan filled with dark chocolate served with French vanilla bean ice cream
Gulab Jamun
Sweet dumplings cooked in raw sugar, rose water and cardamom syrup, rolled in fine desiccated coconut, served warm with French vanilla bean ice cream.
Mango and Pistachio Kulfi (GF)
A traditional Indian ice cream slow-cooked thickened milk is flavoured with pistachio and mango and let to freeze for your delight. A must-try for the first-timers.
Mango Lassi
Drinks
Soft Drink (330ml Can)
Soft Drink (600ml Bottle)
Soft Drink (1.5L Bottle)
Bundaberg Ginger Beer
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