isine served in a fun and friendly atmosphere, then The Ashoka is the perfect restaurant for you. The modern design, stylish fittings and friendly service all add to our great atmosphere, making the Ashoka a great place to enjoy your evening. Come and enjoy the very best of our traditional cuisine. With extensive menus, wines and beers from around the world, the Ashoka has something for everyone. With an extensive menu including Thali specials and great vegetarian options. Most of our dishes can be tailored to your palette, so whether you like it hot or ultra-mild, we can cater to your taste! There is no doubt that most visitors to the Ashoka return again and again to sample our outstanding cuisine. Fine food is one of life's most exquisite pleasures and we take great pride and satisfaction creating the finest cuisine. We have carefully hand picked the finest Chefs to delight you with a mouth watering menu of spices, vegetables and meats. Starters Chicken Tikka Chicken marinated and cooked in a clay oven. £3.95 Chicken Tandoori Chicken 'on the bone' marinated and cooked in a clay oven. £3.95 Chicken Tikka Garlic Chicken Tikka in a garlic butter sauce. £3.95 Chicken Tikka Puree Grilled chicken cooked in spice and served with thin fried bread. £3.95 Chicken Pokora Spiced chicken deep fried in batter with coriander and herbs. £3.95 Spicy Chicken Wings Chicken wings marinated and cooked on the grill. £3.95 Liver Bhaji Diced lambs liver cooked in a medium sauce and served with thin bread. £3.95 Lamb Chops Lamb cutlets marinated in yoghurt skewered and tandooried. £4.95 Shish Kebab Minced meat skewered and tandooried. £3.95 Shami Kebab Grilled spicy minced meat. £3.95 Reshmi Kebab Similar to Shami, comes with a frizzy omelette. £3.95 Mixed Kebab Mix of chicken, shish and fish. £4.95 Lamb Tikka Lamb marinated and cooked in a clay oven. £3.95 Meat Samosa Deep fried meat pasties £3.95 Mixed Starter Shish, onion bhaji and meat samosa. £3.95 Mixed Tikka Grill Mix of chicken. lamb, king prawn and fish tikka. £5.95 Stuffed Mushrooms Deep fried and stuffed with minced meat. £3.95 Hoppers Spicy chicken and king prawns, cooked with coriander, onion spices and deep fried in a crispy roll. £3.95 Prawn Puree Deep fried unleavened bread with spicy prawn stuffing. £3.95 Prawn Cocktail £3.95 King Prawn Special Shell-less king prawns cooked in a medium sweet and sour sauce and served with a puri. £5.95 King Prawn Puree Deep fried unleavened bread with spicy king prawn stuffing. £5.95 King Prawn Chat King prawns in shells cooked in spices, herbs and fresh lemon Juice, served in a puri. £5.95 King Prawn Tikka King prawns marinated and cooked in a clay oven. £5.95 King Prawn Garlic King prawns in garlic and butter. £5.95 Salmon Tikka Salmon steak marinated and cooked on the grill. £4.95 Salmon Puree Diced salmon spiced in a medium dry sauce, served with thin fried bread. £4.95 Salmon Garlic Salmon steak cooked in garlic and parsley sauce with a touch of spice. £4.95 Fish Pokora Spiced white fish fried in batter. £3.95 Mussel Puri Spiced mussels with unleavened bread. £3.95 Onion Bhaji Deep fried spicy onion. £3.95 Vegetable Samosa Deep fried vegetable pasties. £3.95 Vegetable Stuffed Mushroom Deep fried vegetable and mushrooms in breadcrumbs. £3.95 Aloo Chop Diced potatoes cooked with spices, deep fried in breadcrumbs with panir cheese. £3.95 Mushroom Chat Mushrooms cooked in herbs, spices and fresh lemin juice served with a puri. £3.95 Garlic Mushrooms Whole mushrooms cooked in garlic butter. £3.95 Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms Whole mushrooms stuffed with garlic puri dipped in breadcrumbs and deep fried. £3.95 Corn On The Cob £2.95 Main Courses Please choose one main ingredient from the following, then select your preferred dish: Chicken £7.95 Chicken or Lamb Tikka £8.95 Lamb £7.95 Lamb Chop £8.95 Prawn £8.95 King Prawn £11.95 King Prawn Tikka £11.95 Salmom £10.95 Duck £8.95 Vegetable £7.95 Mixed Tikka £9.95 Special Mix £8.95 Tikka - Medium A delicious traditional dish served with vegetable bhaji and salad. Shashlick - Medium Tandoori marinated in yoghurt and cooked with green peppers and onions, served with vegetable bhajl and salad. Masala - Medium Cooked in a rich medium spiced almond and coconut cream sauce with yoghurt. Mackan - Medium Very light spices used in this creamy dish with added mushrooms, brandy and panir. Biryani - Medium Classic rice dish made cashew nuts and sultanas served with a medium vegetable sauce. Koria - Medium A dish cooked in sizzling metal pot, seasoned with herbs, spices, diced onions and green peppers. Jalfresi - Hot Fresh green chillies and coriander cooked with herbs. Rogan Josh - Medium A tomato and pimento based dish flavoured with coriander. Madras - Hot A dish with tomato puree, coriander and ground chillies for that exquisite flavour. Samba - Medium A delicious dish which is lentil based cooked with pieces of lemon. Danchak - Medium A mild sweet and sour lentil based dish cooked with pineapple. Pasanda - Mild A very mild dish cooked in red wine sauce. Bombay - Medium A dish cooked with onions, herbs and aromatic spices garnished with mushrooms and brandy sauce. Korma - Mild Coconut in cream sauce with freshly ground spices. Bhuna - Medium Cooked with onions, herbs and aromatic spices. Pathia - Medium Hot sweet and sour dish, cooked with plenty of tomatoes and fresh coriander. Dupiaza - Medium A rich but mild flavoursome sauce combining fried onions, capsicum for that crunchy taste. Why not make your dish a Balti? A rich exotically spiced thick sauce which can be added to any of the above dishes for extra flavour, served in a sizzling metal pot. All dishes can be served with Boiled Rice, Pilau Rice or Chips all priced at £1.50 Thali Specials Thali is a selection of small dishes presented on a large tray for two people. Mixed Thali Contains one each of the following: Shish Kebab, Chicken Tikka, Lamb Bhuna, Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb Koria, Bombay Potatoes, Mushroom Bhaji, Bindi Bhaji, Keema Pilau Rice and Nan Bread. £25.95 Vegetable Thali Contains one each of the following: Onion Bhaji, Vegetable Samosa, Vegetable Curry, Vegetable Bhuna, Vegetable Koria, Taka Dall, Chana Bhaji, Bindi Bhaji, Pilau Rice and Naan Bread. £24.95 Chefs Specials Chooza Chat-Wala - Medium Breast of chicken, diced and cooked on a skewer in a clay oven then added to a mild and medium chat sauce, served a thin paratha. £8.95 Duck Tikka - Medium Breast of duck marinated in a tandoori spice sauce then cooked on the grill. Served with a separate sweet and sour sauce. £8.95 Tikka Shaee - Medium Chicken or Lamb tikka cooked with minced meat, garnished with cucumber and tomatoes. £8.95 Chicken Tikka Sabzi Koria - Medium Medium spiced chicken tikka cooked with a combination of vegetables, served in a sizzling metal pot, seasoned with herbs and spices. £8.95 Chilli Chicken Masala - Hot Chicken barbecued in a hot creamy sauce with fresh chillies and coriander. £8.95 Roshoon Special - Medium Any tikka marinated in a tandoori sauce and cooked on the grill, then added to a tomato garlic and onion sauce. £8.95 Ajiebaje Special - Medium Chicken or lamb diced into small pieces and cooked in a spicy sauce with olive oil and mustard seeds. (fewer onions are used in this dish.) £8.95 North Bengal Garlic Chilli Chicken - Hot Chicken breast cooked with tomato puree, coriander, green chillies and garlic cloves for that exquisite flavour. £8.95 Tikka Saag - Medium Lamb or chicken tikka cooked in a medium sauce with fresh spinach. £8.95 Jaflong Special - Medium Chicken or Lamb cooked in a medium sweet and sour sauce with chick peas. £8.95 Naga Bahar Special - Hot A hot and spicy dish cooked with fresh naga chillies combined with tomatoes, gartic and onions served in a hot sizzling metal pot. £8.95 Steak Special - Medium Grilled steak cooked in a medium spicy sauce with bay leaves and cinnamon, garnished with mushrooms and brandy sauce. £10.95 Lamb Rezella - Medium Medium spiced lamb chops cooked in mustard seeds with pureed onions and tomatoes and fresh coriander. £8.95 Satkora Gost - Medium Tender pieces of lamb cooked in a bhuna style with zest of Asian lime. £8.95 King Prawn Goa - Medium On-shell split king prawn stir fried in garlic, onion, green pepper, pickled chillies and onion cooked with light spices and zest of lemon. £11.95 King Prawn Balti Zafrani - Hot On-shell split king prawn cooked in a madras hot sauce with green pepper, spring onion, green chilli, fenugreek leaves for flavouring. £11.95 Sundries Pilau Rice £1.50 Boiled Rice £1.50 Special Fried Rice £2.30 Mushroom Rice £2.30 Keema Rice £2.30 Vegetable Rice £2.30 Cucumber Rithia £0.95 Onion Rithia £0.95 Mixed Rithia £0.95 Paratha £1.50 Stuffed Paratha £1.95 Keema Paratha £1.95 Tandoori Roti £1.95 Chapatti £0.75 Buttered Chapatti £0.95 Garlic Chapatti £0.95 Naan £1.95 Garlic Naan £2.50 Keema Naan £2.50 Peshwari Naan £2.50 Stuffed Naan £2.50 Kulcha Naan £2.50 Puri £0.95 Chips £1.00 Side Salad £0.95 Onion Chutney £0.50 Mango Chutney £0.50 Mint Sauce £0.50 Chilli Sauce £0.50 Lime Pickle £0.50 Poppadom £0.50 Spiced Poppadom £0.50 Bombay Potato £2.50 Aloo Gobi £2.50 Aloo Methi £2.50 Sag Aloo £2.50 Aloo Chana £2.50 Mushroom Bhaji £2.50 Bindy Bhaji £2.50 Chana Sag £2.50 Chana Paneer £2.50 Cauliflower Bhaji £2.50 Sag Bhaji £2.50 Sag Paneer £2.50 Dhall Masala £2.50 Tarka Dhall £2.50 Vegetable Bhaji £2.50 Chana Bhaji £2.50 Nut Allergies Some of our dishes do contain nuts so if you suffer from nut allergies please be aware that there may be traces of nuts in our dishes. If this is a concern, please contact us before you visit and we can discuss your requirements with you.