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Wine
Dinner At Spice Route |
Mridula
Baljekar writer, TV presenter and owner of Spice Route in Windsor, is
presenting her new wine list in conjunction with Paul Griffiths from
Select Wines. Experience a carefully chosen 3 course menu with wines
from France, Spain and Chile
9th March,
Thursday, 2006
@ £55.00
per person
Menu
Starters
Lotus Root
Kebabs (V)
Exotic
lotus roots from Kashmir, lightly mashed and blended with Kashmiri
spices, shaped into flat cakes and fried.
or
Chicken
Tikka with Pomegranate Extract (Murgh Anarkali Tikka)
Classic
chicken tikka marinated in traditional spices which is enhanced with
irresistibly exotic pomegranate pureé.
Wine: Muscadet
de Sevre et Maine sur lie - La Griffe, Loire Valley, France
Main Course
Fish in
Ginger-Coconut Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes (Malabari Machi Molee)
Fillets of
tilapia in a coconut sauce with musky ginger, spiced with lemony
cardamom and dotted with plump tomatoes.
or
Kashmiri
Meatballs in Saffron-Cream Sauce (Gushtaba) *
Tender and
succulent lamb meatballs spiced with cardamom and nutmeg and simmered
in a richly spiced stock with puréed almond and toasted,
crushed saffron threads.
or
Stuffed
Potatoes in Spiced Tomato and Cashew Nut Sauce (Benarasi Aloo) *
A classic
dish, using scooped out potatoes filled with a spiced mixture of
minced vegetables blended with grated cheese and simmered in a rich
tomato and onion sauce with cashew nut puree.
White Wine: Rioja
Blanco - Bodegas Muga, Spain
Red Wine: Merlot
Reserva - Tekena, Chile
Side Dish,
Rice & Bread
Baby
Aubergines in Poppy Seed and Peanut Sauce (Baghare Baingan)
Saffron
Pilau (Kesar Pulao)
Plain Naan
Dessert
Rose-Scented
Pannacotta with Saffron Sauce
Pudding Wine: Black
Muscat ' Elyisium ' Andrey Quady, California
* Contains
nuts (V)Vegan
Spice Route
- 18 A Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1PL. Tel: 01753-860720
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