Vama
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About Vama
Voted the Best London Restaurant at The Carlton Awards, Vama - which means ’the essence of womanhood’ in Sanskrit has an exotic feel with rich, ocre walls adorned with oil paintings and Indian artifacts. It has acquired quite a following amongst the Chelsea set who appreciate its glamorous setting, excellent cooking and the buzzy atmosphere of a highly successful restaurant. What’s cooking: North West frontier cuisine. Signature dishes include baby lamb chops marinated in a yoghurt and cheese garlic paste, large tiger prawns in a white mustard and cashew sauce and a vegetarian option of spinach, peas and green fenugreek leaves.
Please note that on a Sunday there is a special buffet lunch
Full a la carte
Starter
Starter Platters
Meat and seafood platter (Vama's special starter platter with tiger prawns, salmon, chicken and lamb) - £14.50
Mixed grill platter (a choice of mixed kebabs and tandoori vegetables served with a crisp salad) - £13.50
Vegetarian platter (this subtly flavoured vegetable platter has a beautiful assortment of tandoor-roasted vegetables) - £12.50
Tandoori chicken (full flavoured tandoori chicken in a traditional punjabi marinade, smoked in the tandoor) - £7.00/£13.00
Aloo katlangi (scooped out royal potatoes, stuffed with a combination of fresh homemade cheese and grated potatoes) - £6.75
Hariyali seekh (roughly minced spinach, peas and potato seekh, cooked in the tandoor) - £6.95
Makhmali kebab (roasted cheese & potato kebab served with an aubergine, onion & tomato compote) - £6.95
Tandoori phool (cauliflower and broccoli florets delicately roasted in a fine marinade of cream cheese and indian herbs) - £6.95
Rustumi khumb bahar (fresh field mushrooms stuffed with homemade cheese and pomegranate seeds) - £7.00
Til wale paneer tikka (sesame seed & chilli marinated fresh paneer (cheese), roasted in a light yoghurt coating, served with salad) - £8.50
Pudina aloo tikki (fresh mint & potato fritters served on a bed of spicy chickpeas, and mint chutney) - £8.50
Machli tandoori (succulent pieces of monkfish marinated in lemon chilli garlic & cream cheese delicately grilled in the tandoor) - £11.50
Mahi tikka ajwaini (delicious cubes of salmon, imbued with carom and finished with lemon juice and clarified butter) - £9.25
Kali mirch ke tukre (chicken breast cubes marinated in an enriched crushed peppercorn and garlic infusion) - £9.95
Murg mirchi (marinated chicken fillets in a crispy chili batter with crushed roasted cumin seeds and ginger) - £9.95
Seekh kebab ke tukre (tender smoked mince lamb kebabs with green chilli, coriander and ginger) - £9.95
Rogani champen (succulent baby lamb chops marinated in a yoghurt and cheese garlic paste) - £12.00
Tandoori jhinga (royal tiger prawns cured in a special marinade of yoghurt, chilli-oil and fennel, roasted in the tandoor) - £13.50
Masala crab (fresh Atlantic crab marinated in a light yoghurt masala and cooked in the tandoor) - £14.50
Main Course
Mushroom khada masala (fresh mushroom and diced capsicum in a robust semi-dry masala) - £4.00/£7.50
Ma di daal (Vama's signature, black urad lentils cooked in a copper vessel, reduced in a tomato ginger sauce, finished with cream) - £3.95/£6.95
Pindi chole (try Vama's new recipe of a traditional classic. Dry blackened chick-peas in Vama's secret masala) - £3.95/£6.95
Gobi matar (cauliflower & peas cooked with green chilli, and roasted cumin, tossed in an iron kadhai) - £3.95/£6.95
Matar methi malai (a delicious dish with pureed spinach, peas and green fenugreek leaves) - £3.75/£6.95
Baingen ke tukre (roasted baby aubergine with onion seeds, fenugreek and dry mango powder, cooked in a fine cream sauce) - £4.25/£7.25
Matar paneer (fresh homemade cheese & peas, cooked in a fine coriander & yoghurt sauce) - £4.25/£7.75
Saag paneer (Vama's special spinach and cheese flavoured with nutmeg & ginger) - £4.25/£7.75
Zeera aloo (potatoes cooked with green chillies, coriander and roasted cumin, tossed in an iron kadhai) - £3.75/£6.95
Bhindi bhojpuri (fresh okra cut into fine strips, coated in a light chickpea batter, spiced with dried mango powder) - £4.25/£7.75
Kashmiri sabji biryani (an authentic vegetable biryani, cooked in saffron oil, with raisins, cashews and rare kashmiri spices) - £6.95
Handi gosht ya murg biryani (your choice of succulent lamb or chicken pieces and Himalayan basmati rice cooked in a sealed copper vessel, flavoured with cardamon, cinnamon, and exotic spices) - £10.95
Jhinga biryani (a refined prawn biryani, seeped with flavoured saffron & spices) - £12.95
Chicken do piaza (sautéed chicken cooked in a dry onion masala, spiced with garlic & green peppers) - £9.95
Saag chicken (chicken cooked dry and fiery hot with green chilli and fresh spinach) - £9.95
Chicken tikka masala (try Vama's version of this very famous dish) - £9.95
Kala chicken (roasted cumin and black salt combined with ginger and garlic gives this well balanced dish an exotic taste) - £10.95
Machli curry (fine tandoori salmon sautéed with herbs & spices, simmered in light mustard & coconut curry sauce) - £10.95
Sukhi macchi (fresh grilled sea bass marinated with lemon chilli oil and coriander) - £11.95
Adaraki gosht (cubes of lamb marinated in ginger and coriander, cooked in a delicate tomato sauce) - £10.95
Saag gosht (succulent lamb pieces cooked with fresh spinach and grated nutmeg imbued with a garlic flavoured reduced sauce) - £10.95
Crab kofta curry (delicious crab & vegetable balls in a tasty tomato, chilli and ginger based sauce) - £13.95
Coconut prawn curry (a traditional prawn curry in a fine coconut, mustard seeds and curry leaf sauce) - £14.95
Lobster tandoori (fresh whole smoked tandoori lobster grilled to perfection in the wood fired tandoor) - £26.00
Dessert
Dessert of the day - £6.95
Gajjerella (delicate carrot and milk halva served with cardamom ice-cream and a fine saffron sauce) - £6.75
Cocoa mocha cappuccino (a delicate cappuccino layered with chocolate cream, vanilla chantilly, and coffee whiskey granita) - £6.75
Spicy poached fruits with raspberry sorbet - £6.50
Jamun special (Indian gulab jamun served with roasted fennel ice-cream in a honey & saffron sauce) - £6.50
Kishmish samosa (soft cheese & raisin samosa served with earl-grey tea ice-cream and chocolate sauce) - £6.50
Kulfi aam ki (Indian mango ice-cream with fresh fruit and mango & raspberry coulis) - £6.50
Kesrai ras malai (soft poached homemade cheese dumplings in a light milk syrup flavoured with saffron) - £6.50
Ice-cream of the day - £6.25
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Additional Information
Address:
438 King’s Road, Chelsea, SW10 0LJ
Nearest tube:
Sloane Square
Average Price:
£35-£44/€50-€63
Opening times:
Mon - Sun 12pm - 3pm & 6pm - 11.30pm
Open Bank Holidays.
Dress Code:
None
N.B. Bookings can no longer be made for this restaurant through London Online
