Varq
Modern Indian in Mansingh Road
Address: Taj Mahal, New Delhi, No. 1, Mansingh Road, New Delhi 110011
Phone: Email: Not published
Menu prices: 250–3375 · £££ · Median main: 1475 · 56/56 with a published price
Modern Indian
Appetizer - Vegetarian
- Palak Patta Chaat — 1275tangy spinach leaves layered with sweet yoghurt and pomegranate
- Corn Ke Kebab — 1275corn delicacy stuffed with mint potato, garlic chutney
- Varqui Khumb — 1275layers of spiced mushroom, masala morel, crisp filo sheet
- Chilled Masala Pot — 1325Old Delhi's signature chaat served with saffron lassi
- Khurmani Chaat — 1325apricot, potato cake, yoghurt, raw mango chutney, stewed apricot
- Dhungar Butternut Galouti — 1775smoked butternut galouti, raw mango chutney
- Shatavar — 1775masala asparagus, green garlic chutney, burratina, pastry parcels
- Gulnar Paneer — 1775seasoned cottage cheese stuffed with morning glory spinach seed, pomegranate
- Khumb — 2200tandoori morel, stuffed portobello, grilled ceps, achari mushroom stuffing
Appetizer - Seafood, Poultry, Meat
- Jhinga — 2800char grilled prawn, peach and vodka butter
- Varqui Crab — 2125layers of crab meat, tandoori shrimp on crisp filo sheet
- Salmon — 2800salmon tikka, yoghurt dill mousse, puffed Amaranth
- Bhatti Murgh — 1725chicken marinated overnight, tomato garlic chutney
- Pepper Chicken — 2125chicken black pepper, beetroot rawa crisp
- Murgh Chandi Kebab — 2125succulent boneless chicken, malai, almond, and cardamom crumble
- Reshiya Shikampuri — 2275minced lamb, saffron yoghurt mousse, coriander gel
- Dhungar Patthar Ke Kebab — 1725lamb cooked over stone served in live smoke
- Lamb Galawat — 2275minced lamb galouti, saffron tart
- Tandoori Nalli — 2425clay oven-cooked lamb shank, tandoori jus, whisky flambé
Soup
- Drumstick Leaf Soup — 850drumstick leaves cooked with Southern spices
- Khumb Nimbu Ka Rassa — 850wild mushroom soup flavoured with lemon
- Kale Channe Ki Cappuccino — 850cappuccino style flavoured black chickpea broth
- Chicken Potli Masala Broth — 925chef's special aromatic clear chicken broth
- Lamb Aash — 925a long-lost recipe of lamb broth cooked overnight with ground spices
Mains - Vegetarian
- Chole Martabaan — 1375chickpeas cooked with pickled chillies in an earthen pot
- Bharwan Mirchi Curry — 1375stuffed peppers, pickled potato, Alleppey gravy
- Gucchi Chilgoza Pulao — 1375mélange of Kashmiri morels tossed with saffron basmati rice
- Dhungar Paneer — 1475homemade cottage cheese, tomato and coriander gravy, green garlic
- Kathiyawadi Baigan Bhartha — 1475smoked brinjals, spring onion
- Chhena Palak — 1475homemade small bocconcini, spicy spinach gravy
- Tadka Subz — 1475seasonal vegetables, fermented garlic, yoghurt gravy
- Paneer Anardana — 1475charred cottage cheese with pounded pomegranate, onion tomato gravy
- Bhindi Two Ways — 1475cashewnut tossed crispy and soft okra served with salan gravy
- Aloo Gobi Broccoli — 1475mélange of potato, broccoli and cauliflower sautéed with Indian spices
Mains - Seafood, Poultry, Meat
- Meen Alleppey — 2225basil crusted sole, Alleppey gravy
- Milagu Chemmeen — 3375prawn, black pepper, coconut, wild black rice, moilee
- Kasundi Jhinga — 3375prawns, malai curry
- Murgh Sirka Pyaz — 2225spiced onion, pickled onions, mustard, chefs special spices
- Dilli-6 Chicken Curry — 2225Old Delhi style tandoori chicken served with aromatic curry
- Martabaan Ka Meat — 2500lamb cooked with pickled chillies in an earthen pot
- Purani Dilli Ghost — 2500lamb nalli, aromatic potli spices
- Safeda Lamb Biryani — 2325juicy lamb cooked with aromatic basmati rice
Accompaniments
- Dal Methi — 500mélange of tempered yellow and red lentils with a tinge of fenugreek leaves
- Dal Tadka — 500mélange of tempered yellow dal with garlic tadka
- Dungar Dal Makhani — 500black lentil, makkhan, tomato, smoked with charcoal
- Steamed Rice — 500fragrant rice cooked to perfection
- Saffron Rice — 550long grain basmati rice flavoured with saffron
Breads
- Tandoori Roti — 250whole wheat bread
- Butter Naan — 325layered refined flour naan
- Cheese Kulcha — 325Philadelphia cream cheese, spring onion
Desserts
- Varq-E-Kulfi — 825date jaggery kulfi, filter coffee kulfi, rose kulfi
- Chocolate Sphere — 875chocolate pudding, cinnamon soil, baileys rabdi flambéed with rum
- Thandai Rasmalai Cheese Cake — 875thandai, rasmalai, nuts
- Shahi Tukda — 875rich bread pudding flavoured with saffron and cardamom
- Crispy Kalakand — 975baked condensed milk with blueberry
Tea Selection
- Taj Blend — 700a Taj signature tea blended with Assam and Darjeeling