STARTERS |
NIGRI Chefs Special selection of the day. (ideal for 2 person) | £8.95 |
NISHAT Mushroom tossed with garlic then flavoured with paanch phoran- a combination of five spices giving the dish a exotic flavour | £3.25 |
SPRING LAMB CHOPS Lamb Chops marinated in a mixture of whole roasted spices, fresh coriander, garlic & onion then gently grilled and served with a light salad | £3.95 |
ROYAL QUAIL Whole quails, basted in a light butter aned roasted in the oven, immediatley prior to serveing, the quails are sprinkled with crushed spices and fresh curry leaves | £3.95 |
SHAHI ALOO Mashed potato cakes, flavoured with herbs and spices, then coated with egg and shallow fried | £3.25 |
PIRI - MACHALI A crisp, round fish cake flavoured with paanch pahoran, a combination of five spices giving the dish an exotic flavour | £3.95 |
TIKKA Chicken or lamb served with salad | £3.25 |
CHICKEN PAKORA Pieces of chicken dipped in spiced butter and deep fried | £3.25 |
SHEEK KEBAB Minced lamb blended with spices and herbs, cooked on skewers in the tandoori | £3.25 |
CHICKEN DOSA Lightly spicy boneless chicken rolled in a thin pancake | £3.25 |
SAMOSA Meat or Vegetable served with salad | £2.75 |
PANEER TIKKA Indian cheese marinated in tandoori spices then grilled | £3.25 |
SALMON TIKKA Salmon tikka, rilled with ginger, garlic and spice for a succulent taste | £3.95 |
SHAHI SQUID Fresh squid marinated in herbs and spices, deep fried in a delicious butter | £3.95 |
ONION BHAJI | £2.75 |
KING PRAWN and PUREE OR BUTTERFLY | £5.25 |
TANDOORI CHICKEN (1/4) | £3.25 |
PAPADOM PLAIN OR MASSALA | £0.65 |
MANGO CHUTNEY, CHILLI, LIME PICKLE | £0.65 |
BALTI |
Balti is essentially a style of cooking similar to a stir fry. All the ingredient are cooked together in the karahi and then served in the same dish, enabling the flavours to infuse with one another. Served with nan bread. All balti served with chicken or lamb tikka. | £ |
LAMB OR CHIKEN BALTI | £7.95 |
KING PRAWN BALTI | £10.95 |
DUCK BALTI | £8.95 |
CHICKEN TIKKA JALFREZI BALTI | £8.55 |
SURMA's SELECTION |
MUMBAI DUCK Breast of duck (yes Duck), roasted with fine spices, then cooked with cinnamon celery seed and star anise, creating a magical concoction of delight | £8.95 |
KOLMINO The parsee community that flee from Iran and settled in India, brought many customs and dishes with them, here is a delicious example. The Chicken or Lamb is served in a creamy sauce, enhanced with fruit, nutmeg, hing, nigella and coconut cream | £7.95 |
ANARLY Chicken or Lamb Tikka cooked with coriander then, delightfully flavoured with fresh spices | £7.95 |
DILRUBA From the city of sylhet, the chicken or lamb is cooked with fenugreek, ground mace and dill, served in a thick sauce | £7.95 |
CHINGRI OF CHITTAGONG Chittagong is renowned for its 120 miles long beach and this dish is a favourit there. Large King Prawns cooked in a medium thick bhuna sauce with onion, nutmeg and ajowan seeds | £11.95 |
CALAMARI A distinctive Portuguese delicacy, bought to Goa some 400 years ago. Succulent squid, marinated with coarsely grounded spices and then slowly stir fried. | £9.95 |
TIKKA KORAI SPECIAL Chicken or Lamb tikka, marinated in garlic, olive oil, tossed with ginger and spring onion. Served still sizzling | £7.95 |
TABA Chicken or Lamb cooked with fresh ginger garlic and ground spices in a medium sauce, wonderful taste | £7.95 |
BUTTER TANDOORI Tandoori Chicken cooked with butter, cream, tomato 8 ground spices. Off bone | £7.95 |
JALFREZI Chicken or Lamb tikka in a thick sauce made with variety of fresh spices, onion and fresh green chillies | £7.95 |
MAKHANI Chicken tikka served in a creamy sauce, enhanced with fruit, flavour | £7.95 |
REZELLA Chicken or Lamb tikka marinated with fresh herbs Er spices in a fairly hot sauce | £7.95 |
GREEN CHICKEN Boneless pieces of chicken cooked with fresh corriander, green chillies, tamarin mint and herbs | £7.95 |
KORAI Chicken or Lamb tikka in a thick sauce made of diced onion- sauteed with ginger garlic and a selection of spices | £7.95 |
THALI |
VEGETABLE THALI Vegetable curry, brinjal Bhaji, Chana Massala, Mushroom Bhaji, Cauliflower bhaji, Pilau Rice and naan bread | £10.95 |
MEAT THALI Sheek Kebab, Chicken tikka, chicken Curry, meat methi, lamb Tikka Pilau Rice and naan | £10.95 |
FISH SPECIAL |
SULA MACHLI This is a delightful dish of tender round pieces of fishcakes. Cooked in a medium sauce with garlic and caraway, leaving a balanced taste. | £8.95 |
TROUT RUBIAN Trout marinated with mustard, lemon juice, liquorice and tandoori powder, then grilled. Served with a salad. | £7.95 |
FISH MASSALA Cod cooked with fenugreek and ground mace served in a thick sauce | £8.95 |
KING PRAWN MASSALA King Prawn grilled in a clay oven, then tossed and marinated in a creamy mild sauce | £10.95 |
KING PRAWN TANDOORI Grilled in Clay oven, served with salad | £11.95 |
MACHLI SYLHETI A traditional bangladeshi fish curry, fresh boal fishin a spicy sauce with garlic tamarind and curry leaves. | £8.95 |
FISH JLFREZI A slow cooked fish with green pepper, onion Er served in a rich thick sauce | £8.95 |
FISH TIKKA Salmon fish marinated in yogurt 8 a combination of spices then grilled in a clay oven. Served with salad | £8.95 |
VEGETABLE MAIN COURSES |
MIX VEGETABLE CURRY | £4.95 |
VEGETABLE JALFREZI Hot | £6.95 |
VEGETABLE KORMA very mild | £5.95 |
ALOO KOFTA Spicy roasted potato in a medium sauce made with ginger and garlic. Served with naan bread | £7.95 |
LUBBIA A selection of vegetables cooked with garam massala, coriander leaves, tomato Er lemon juice, producing wonderful flavours. Served with naan bread | £7.95 |
MISTI KUDU AND ALOO Sweet pumpkin, cooked with potatoes in a cumin flavoured sauce | £6.95 |
VEGETABLE SHASLIC A selection of vegetable marinated in a tandoori spices 8 cooked in clay oven | £6.95 |
VEGETABLE BHUNA OR ROGAN | £4.95 |
VEGETABLE BALTI Served with naan bread | £6.95 |
MANGALORE PANEER Paneer marinated in southern spices and grilled then served in a rich sauce | £6.95 |
GURHA PANEER Diced paneer marinated with ginger, a touch of garlic and tikka spices then cooked in the tandoori | £6.95 |
TRADITIONAL FAVOURITES |
with either chicken, lamb, Vegetable, or King Prawn (extra £3.55), prawn (extra 55p). |
TIKKA Chicken or Lamb, marinated in traditional spices | £6.95 |
HALF TANDOORI CHICKEN Served with green salad | £6.75 |
TIKKA MASSALA Chicken or Lamb lightly spiced, cooked with coconut cream and almonds | £7.95 |
TANDOORI MIXED GRILL served with green salad and nan bread | £8.95 |
SHASLIC Chicken or Lamb - Tikka marinated in tandoori spice with green pepper, onion and tomato. Then cooked on skewers in the clay oven. Served with salad | £7.95 |
BADAM PASANDA Very mild sauce, made with cultured yoghurt, fine almonds, pistachio nuts, cashew nuts and golden sultanas. | £7.95 |
MADRAS A rich hot sauce | £4.95 |
VINDALOO A fiery hot sauce | £5.25 |
KORMA A mild dish, delicately flavoured with ground almonds and coconuts | £5.95 |
SAAG A wonderful combination of spinach prepared with fresh herbs | £5.25 |
BHUNA Fairly thick sauce, medium spiced and cooked with onions, green peppers, tomatoes and coriander. | £5.25 |
ROGAN JOSH5.25 A immensely popular Kashmiri dish cooked with tomato and mixed spices | £ |
DUPIAZA Fairly thick sauce, medium spices and cooked with chunks of onion and coriander | £5.25 |
DANSAK Hot Sweet and sour sauce cooked with lentils. Served with pilau rice | £8.95 |
BIRIANI All our biriani dishes are cooked with basmati rice and served with a medium vegetable curry. | £7.95 |
TIKKA BIRIANI LAMB OR CHICKEN | £8.95 |
SIDE DISHES |
LAL KUDU BHAJI Sweet pumpkin flavoured in garlic | £2.95 |
MUSHROOM BHAJI | £2.95 |
BINDI BHAJI okra | £2.95 |
BRINJAL BHAJI Aubergines | £2.95 |
SAAG BHAJI spinach | £2.95 |
CHANA SAAG spinach and chick peas | £2.95 |
SAAG ALDO Spinach and potato | £2.95 |
SAAG DALL spinach and lentils | £2.95 |
BOMBAY ALOO spicy potatoes | £2.95 |
CAULIFLOWER BHAJI | £2.95 |
SAAG PANIR Spinach with home-made cheese | £2.95 |
MOTOR PANIR peas with home-made cheese | £2.95 |
DALL TARKA fried with garlic | £2.95 |
ALOO GOBI Potato and Cauliflower | £2.95 |
CHANA MASSALA Chick peas | £2.95 |
MIX VEGETABLE CURRY medium | £2.95 |
RICE |
PLAIN RICE | £1.75 |
PILAU RICE (Basmati) | £1.95 |
SPECIAL RICE OR EGG OR MUSHROOM RICE | £2.95 |
VEGETABLE RICE OR COCONUT RICE | £2.95 |
GARLIC RICE OR LEMON RICE | £2.95 |
KEEMA RICE Minced Lamb | £2.95 |
ORIENTAL RICE Prawn, Peas and Egg | £3.75 |
BREAD |
PLAIN NAAN | £1.75 |
GARLIC NAAN OR ONION NAAN | £2.25 |
PESHWARI NAAN With almonds and sultanas | £2.25 |
KEEMA NAAN Minced meat | £2.25 |
STUFFED NAAN Potato | £2.25 |
PLAIN PARATHA OR TANDOORI ROTI | £1.95 |
ALOO PARATHA Potato | £2.25 |
PUREE OR CHAPATI | £1.2 |
CHILLI NAN | £2.25 |
YOGHURT |
PLAIN YOGHURT | £1.55 |
ONION OR CUCUMBER RAITA | £1.75 |
SOFT DRINKS |
Coke/Diet Coke Can | £0.75 |
SUNDAY BUFFET |
Eat as much as you like from a wide selection of 17 dishes. Non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes. Available every Sunday |
ADULT | £7.95 |
CHILDREN under 12 years | £4.95 |
Established in 1976, the Surma is one of the finest Indian restaurants and take-aways in the area, winning an award for Best Indian Restaurant 2006 by SE22 readers and voted Best Indian Restaurant by East Dulwich Forum.
The Surma is open seven days a week (including Bank Holidays) between 12 noon and 2.30pm, and 6pm to midnight Mon-Sat, and all day on Sunday. Their meat and vegetables are freshly cooked on a daily basis. They use only the highest possible quality ingredients.
They offer free home delivery for orders over £12, and have a 58 cover restaurant. They have 8 staff members plus part-timers. They also offer a special Sunday Buffet for £7.95 per head (adults) and £4.95 (children under 12).
Angela Burgess of SE22 magazine presented the award for Best Indian Restaurant 2006 to Surma's manager Mr Muzahid Ali. Over the years, many celebrities have dined at The Surma, including local comedian Stephen Frost and Ready Steady Cook's Ainsley Harriot.