Our Menu
Mala was hormone-free, all-natural chicken and lamb from clean, green New Basland, and wild Atlantic anima. Mela uses local and organic ingredients whenever possible.
Gluten Free - GF | Vegetarian - V
Aagaz - Appetizers

Crispy chicken or paneer with ginger and garlic (contains soy).
Handmade pastry triangles stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas. Served with tamarind and mint chutney.

Potato patties topped with curried chickpeas, tamarind, and mint chutneys. Garnished with cilantro and raita.


Vegetable fritters made with spring onions, cilantro, and peppers in a spiced chickpea and rice batter.

Strips of boneless chicken marinated with ginger, garlic, chili paste, and spices. Deep fried and served with mint and tamarind chutneys.


Samosas topped with masala chickpeas, mint, and tamarind chutneys, garnished with onions, cilantro, and raita.
Shorba - Soup

A mild lentil stew finished with cream, spinach, herbs, and spices.


Butternut squash soup with spices.


Salads
Spring mix topped with tandoori roasted salmon, garnished with cherry tomatoes and tossed with balsamic vinaigrette.


Spring mix, cilantro, and tandoori chicken breast with balsamic vinaigrette.

Baby spinach leaves, bell pepper, and onion, tandoori grilled homemade paneer cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette.

Large tandoori grilled shrimp served atop a bed of spring mix, cherry tomatoes, and tossed with balsamic vinaigrette.

Murg - Chicken

Boneless chicken cooked in an almond and cashew sauce, topped with nuts and raisins.


Marinated boneless chicken breast simmered in a creamy, slightly spicy sauce made with tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and spices.

Boneless chicken cooked with potatoes in a very spicy and tangy curry sauce.

Boneless chicken cooked in a spicy sauce made with tomatoes, onions, garlic, black pepper, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.


Chicken cooked in an aromatic onion and ginger curry with cilantro and okra.

Subzi - Vegetarian

Homemade cheese cubes with spinach and ground spices.

Chickpeas cooked in a tomato base with coriander, paprika, and chilli.


Tandoor-roasted eggplant mashed, seasoned, and sautéed with onions, tomatoes, and peas.


Peas and paneer cheese in a mildly spiced creamy gravy.

Fresh okra in a spicy sauce of onions, cilantro, coriander, and cumin seeds.


Fresh vegetables cooked in a mild coconut and curry leaf gravy.

Potatoes and cauliflower in a spicy sauce of ginger, garlic, and turmeric.

Fresh paneer cheese cubes cooked in a rich tomato cream spiced sauce.

Punjabi Chole, Madras Vegetables, Lentil Dal, Bhindi Masala, mixed pickled vegetables, served with pappad and naan.


Fresh vegetables cooked in a spicy sauce made with onions, garlic, black pepper, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.


Tandoori Oven
Tender pieces of bone-in chicken marinated and roasted in the tandoori oven.

Chicken marinated in a cashew, yoghurt, saffron, cream, and cardamom sauce cooked in a clay oven.

Boneless pieces of lamb marinated lightly in spiced sauce and roasted in the tandoori oven.

Salmon marinated in ginger, garlic, yoghurt, and tandoor spices and cooked in the tandoori oven.
Shrimp marinated in ground spices and grilled in the tandoori oven.
Gosht - Lamb
Lamb cooked in almond and cashew sauce, topped with nuts and raisins.

Boneless pieces of lamb cooked in a very spicy and tangy curry sauce.

Boneless tender pieces of lamb cooked in a traditional onion and ginger curry sauce with cilantro and okra.

Boneless lamb cooked in a masala with tomatoes, onions, garlic, black pepper, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.

Sumundri Moti - Seafood
Mahi-mahi lightly cooked in a coconut curry leaf and tamarind sauce.

Mahi-mahi cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, onions, garlic, black pepper, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom.

Shrimp, shelled and deveined, cooked in a sauce made with onions, ginger, garlic, cumin, turmeric, tamarind, mustard seeds, coconut, and spices.

Shrimp simmered in a very spicy and tangy curry sauce. A classic dish originating from Goa.

Roti - Breads

A light bread baked in the tandoor oven.
A multi-layered bread flavored with garlic and cilantro.
Naan filled with nuts, dried fruit, and raisins.
Naan stuffed with fresh mint.
Naan stuffed with onions.
Whole wheat multi-layered bread baked in the tandoor oven.
Whole wheat, deep-fried puffed bread.
Desserts

Classic mango cheesecake.

Caramelised basmati rice, almonds, pistachios, and raisins in a sweet milk pudding.


A North Indian treat—deep-fried homemade cheeseballs served in rose-flavoured syrup.

Homemade Indian ice cream flavored with mango and pistachios.


Homemade Indian coconut cashew ice cream flavored with pistachios.


Sides
Basmati rice flavored with spices.
Made with yogurt and cucumbers, mildly spiced.
Mint-cilantro, tamarind, coconut and tomato chutneys.
To Start
Crispy Fried Cauliflower in ginger and garlic sauce.
Entrees

Boneless chicken thighs grilled in the tandoor oven, simmered in a tomato cream and mild spice sauce.
Tofu marinated in ginger and garlic, cooked in an onion and bell pepper sauce.
New Zealand Lamb Chops marinated in fresh-ground spices, and herbs served with Mela's special curry sauce. Grilled in the tandoori oven.
Mahi, Shrimp, & Scallops cooked in a coconut lime leaf & galangal ginger curry.
Chicken breast marinated in indian spices, cooked in a coconut, ginger, garlic, cashew & bell pepper sauce.
New Zealand Lamb Chops marinated in fresh-ground spices, and herbs served with Mela's special curry sauce. Grilled in the tandoori oven.

Potato dumpling with paneer cheese, mild herbs, and spices in anaromatic cream and cashew sauce, a classic north indian dish.
Lamb in a rich pistachio, Cardimom infused curry, with raisins and nuts.
Breads
Naan stuffed with chilli, mint, & garlic.

