
Vegan. Spicy turnovers stuffed with potatoes and green peas.
Explore offerings from Nirvana The Taste of India on 1680 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge, with popular hot appetizers, chaat & salad, soup, and chef's recommendation available at this location.

Vegan. Spicy turnovers stuffed with potatoes and green peas.

Spicy turnovers stuffed with minced lamb and spices.

Turnovers stuffed with sauteed mushrooms & herbs

Vegan. Fresh cut vegetables, deep fried in chick pea batter.

Fresh homemade cheese, deep fried in spicy chick pea batter.

Crispy pan-fried potato patties, seasoned with herbs and spices.
Cubes of homemade cheese marinated in spices and grilled in the tandoor.

Boneless pieces of chicken marinated in spices and grilled in the tandoor.

Fish pieces deep fried in spicy chick pea batter.

Spiced shrimp served over fried poori bread.

Boneless white meat tender pieces of chicken, deep fried in chick pea batter.

Meat samosa, chicken tikka, lamb kebab, seekh kebab and chicken pakoras.

Assortment of vegetable pakoras, samosa, tikki and cheese pakoras.

Spiced potatoes and fried wheat wafers tossed with yogurt and sweet & sour sauce.

Spiced potatoes patties deep fried mixed with cucumbers, chickpeas and tomatoes, with yogurt and sweet & sour sauce.

Pieces of white meat chicken and cucumber tossed in our sweet and sour tangy sauce.

Spiced samosa deep fried mixed with cucumbers, chickpeas and tomatoes, with yogurt and sweet & sour sauce.

Roasted beets, spinach, cucumber, lemon zest, mint.

Seasonal garden greens, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers.

Spicy hot soup, made with lentils and spices.

Lentil soup with mixed vegetables and tamarind.

Boneless chicken soup, with herbs and spices.

Creamy tomato soup with spices and a touch of coconut.

Tender pieces of boneless breast of duckling, tandoori style, cooked in rich cream sauce.

Boneless breast of tandoori duck, pan roasted with onions, tomatoes, and spices.

Lobster with mustard seeds, tamarind, coconut milk and curry masala.

Stir-fried vegetable lo-mein.

Deep fried cauliflower with onion, garlic and chili sauce.
Stir-fried noodles with chicken and mixed vegetables.
Lobster typically cooked with onions, tomatoes, peppers, and spices.

Vegan. Red, yellow, green peppers, artichoke and asparagus, stir fried with flavoured tomato and green cardamom sauce.

A mixture of puffed rice, gram flour sev, crushed poories, tomatoes and onions served with hot and sweet chutnies. From the shores of Bombay.

Wheat chips and chick peas served with tamarind and yogurt.

Famous Bombay style potatoes, cauliflower, peas, carrots, tomatoes, beans and onions seasoned to your preference degree of spiciness and served with a toasted roll.

Mashed vegetables typically including potatoes and peas, cooked with exotic spices and served with a toasted bread roll, accompanied by barbequed chicken.

Contains gluten. Famous bombay style potatoes, cauliflower, peas, carrots, tomatoes, beans and onions seasoned to your preference degree of spiciness and served with a toasted roll.

A crispy, golden-brown crepe made from fermented rice and lentil batter, served with coconut chutney and sambar.

Crepe stuffed with potatoes and onions.

Crepe stuffed with barbequed chicken and potatoes.

Crepe stuffed with barbequed lamb and potatoes.

Crepe layered with tamarind and coconut.

Crepe layered with spicy red chutney and stuffed with potatoes and onions.
Crepe stuffed with spiced scrambled homemade cheese.

A thick rice and lentil pancake topped with tomatoes, onions, peppers and fresh coriander. Served with coconut chutney and sambar (lentil soup).
Uttapam topped with barbecued chicken, typically includes a thick pancake base made from lentil and rice batter, garnished with onions and chilies.

Uttapam topped with tender barbecued lamb, typically includes a base of lentil and rice batter, garnished with onions and chilies.

Rice and lentil batter steamed in molds and served with lentil soup.

Fresh okra with potatoes, onions, chopped garlic, ginger and exotic Indian spices.

Vegan. Fresh green peas cooked in a delicately spiced sauce with potatoes.

Vegan. Potatoes and spinach cooked with onions, tomatoes and ginger.

Vegan. Eggplant specially baked over an open flame, mashed and sautéed with onions, garlic, ginger and spices.

Whole baby baingan and bell peppers.

Baby eggplant and potatoes sauteed with garlic, onions, herbs and spices.

Chana cooked with spinach and spices.

Chickpeas served with a deep fried puffed bread.

Lentils in butter with fresh herbs and spices, garnished with fresh coriander.

Vegan. Whole chick peas cooked with onions and tomatoes.

Vegetable balls cooked in a creamy nut sauce with fresh herbs and spices.

Vegan. Mixed garden fresh vegetables cooked with herbs and spices.

Fresh green peas cooked with homemade cheese chunks, herbs and light spices.
Cubes of homemade cheese stir fried with onions, peppers and spices in a tangy Indo-Chinese sauce.


Cubes of cheese, cooked in a rich tomato cream sauce.

Spicy spinach cooked with pieces of fresh home-made cheese.

Spinach with griddle cooked corn flour bread.

Vegan. Cauliflower and potatoes cooked with tomato, onion, herbs and spices.

Vegan. Fresh okra, cooked with onions, ginger, tomatoes and Indian spices.

Fresh homemade cheese sautéed with ginger and garlic in a light tomato cream sauce with cashews and raisins.

Vegan. Red, yellow, green peppers, artichoke and asparagus, stir fried with flavoured tomato and green cardamom sauce.

Yellow lentil cooked with herb and spices.

Vegan. Tofu cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices.

Vegan. Tofu simmered in a spiced onion and tomato masala sauce.

Tofu cooked with spinach and spices.

Fresh garden vegetables cooked in a creamy sauce with nuts and spices.

Juicy jumbo shrimp cooked in a spicy curry sauce and garnished with fresh coriander.

Chunks of fresh swordfish in a rich creamy tomato sauce, garnished with fresh coriander.

Juicy shrimp with fresh spinach & exotic spices.

Juicy jumbo shrimp cooked in a creamy sauce with nuts and raisins.

Shrimp cooked in tangy sauce with coconut milk and spices.

Shrimp in a spicy curry sauce with potatoes, onions and tomatoes, touched with vinegar.

Juicy shrimp pan roasted with ginger, garlic, onions and spices.

Fresh swordfish in a coconut sauce with curry leaf, mushrooms, green peppers and onions.

Fresh jumbo shrimp, cooked in a rich creamy tomato sauce garnished with fresh coriander.

Pulled tandoori grilled chicken in a buttery tomato and nut sauce.

Diced boneless, white meat chicken tandoori style and cooked in rich tomato cream sauce.

Boneless chicken cooked with potatoes and tangy sauce.

Boneless chicken cooked with spinach and freshly ground spices.

Boneless chicken cooked in thick curry sauce.

Boneless chicken cooked in a spicy chili curry.

Boneless chicken cooked with fresh fenugreek leaves.
Boneless chicken cooked Punjabi dhaba style with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and robust spices.

Fresh boneless chicken, pan roasted with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, scallions and spices.

Boneless chicken, exotic spices, herbs and nuts in a mild cream sauce.

Chinese Hakka style chili chicken with ginger and green chilis.

Pan-roasted boneless chicken cooked with mango sauce and spices.
Boneless chicken cooked in a South Indian style coconut sauce with curry leaves and spices.
Boneless tandoori chicken tikka cooked with lentils, herbs and spices.

Boneless lamb with sliced onions, tomatoes, spices and bell pepper, garnished with fresh coriander.

Kashmir specialty of lamb cooked in a fragrant yogurt and nut curry.

Cubes of lamb cooked in thick gravy of exotic spices and herbs.

Lamb pieces marinated in vinegar and spices, with potatoes in a spicy tomato and onion sauce.

Chunks of boneless lamb, cooked with spinach and spices.

Pieces of boneless lamb cooked with exotic spices, herbs and nuts in a mild cream sauce.

Pieces of BBQ lamb roasted with onions, tomatoes and spices, garnished with coriander.
Minced lamb cooked with peas, onions, tomato, herbs and spices.

Cubes of lamb baked in a clay oven, folded into a delicate creamy tomato sauce.

Tender chicken, marinated in yogurt, spices and baked.

Tender chicken, marinated in yogurt, spices and baked.

Tender pieces of white meat chicken cubes marinated in yogurt and spices, cooked on skewers in our Tandoor.

Finely minced lamb, seasoned with chopped onions, chopped bell peppers, herbs and spices, then baked on skewers in our tandoor.

Cubes of succulent leg of lamb, marinated in yogurt sauce and baked in Tandoor.

Filets of fresh salmon, marinated in yogurt and spices, cooked in Tandoor.

Fresh jumbo shrimp marinated in delicate yogurt, baked on skewers in our Tandoor.

Combination of tandoori specialties like Tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, boti kabob, tandoori shrimp, seekh kebab.

Rack of lamb chops marinated in yogurt and exotic spices, succulent and tender from our clay oven.

Basmati rice cooked with exotic spices, herbs, fresh vegetables.

Basmati rice cooked with chicken chunks, nuts and spices.

Juicy pieces of lamb, cooked with basmati rice and spices, garnished with nuts.

Basmati rice and goat chunks cooked with nuts and flavored with saffron.

Saffron flavored basmati rice cooked with shrimp and nuts.

Basmati rice cooked in butter with pieces of shrimp, fish, chicken, lamb, paneer (cheese), vegetables, nuts, raisins and garnished with fresh mint.

Peas cooked with ginger, onion and garlic mixed into basmati rice.

Unleavened bread baked in clay oven Tandoor.

Unleavened, handmade bread stuffed with fresh garlic.

Stuffed with potatoes and spices.

Unleavened white bread stuffed with onions, baked in Tandoor.

Handmade bread stuffed with diced chicken, herbs & spices.

Unleavened white bread stuffed with spices and minced lamb.

Unleavened bread stuffed with dried fruits, shredded coconut and nuts.

Unleavened, handmade bread stuffed with fresh mozzarella cheese.

Unleavened bread topped with fresh coriander and green chilies, baked in the Tandoor.

Whole wheat bread, stuffed with spiced potatoes, cooked on a griddle with butter.

Multi-layered whole wheat bread griddle-cooked with butter.

Refined flour, deep fried puffed bread.

Whole wheat, deep fried puffed bread.

Thin whole wheat bread, griddle cooked with or without butter.
Whole-wheat naan.

Griddle cooked corn flour bread.
Multi-layered whole wheat bread, griddle-cooked with butter until flaky.
Yogurt with shredded cucumbers, potato and mint.
Classic creamy yogurt served plain. A delightful treat to enjoy any time of the day.

Lightly spiced lentil wafer.

Fragrant long-grain basmati rice, steamed until fluffy.

Assorted vegetables pickled in a tangy and spicy blend of Indian spices.
Sweet and sour mangoes mixed with a blend of traditional spices.

Red onion, chillies and lemon.
Fresh mint blended with herbs and spices into a cool, tangy chutney.
Onions ground with spices into a savory, tangy chutney.
Tangy tamarind sweetened and spiced into a rich, sweet-and-sour chutney.

Rich and creamy sauce made with tomatoes, yogurt, and a blend of traditional Indian spices.

Home-made cheese patties, cooked in a milk syrup, almonds and nuts.

Deep fried wheat and milk balls, soaked in syrup.

Exotic Indian ice cream with saffron, almonds and nuts.

Rice cooked in sweetened milk, raisins and almonds.

Minced carrots in milk flavored with nuts and hint of rose water.
Delicious sweet dish delicately flavoured with bottle gourd, chopped nuts, ground cardamom, & milk.
Rich lentil-based dessert slow cooked with ghee, milk and nuts.
Rich and creamy mango ice cream.
Creamy pistachio ice cream with a nutty flavor.
Light and refreshing coconut sorbet.
Classic smooth and creamy vanilla ice cream.
An Indian twist on classic tiramisu, layered with gulab jamun.
Served daily 11am–4pm.
Choose any two entrees, vegetarian, non-vegetarian, or a mix, served with basmati rice, plain naan, and kheer for dessert. A complete Indian lunch, made fresh to order.

A selection of chilled soft drinks.

Once Indian always Indian! Cheers to Thums Up.
Fresh lime juice and soda, served sweet or salted.
Chilled fruit juice, available in a range of flavors.
Fresh squeezed orange juice.
Refreshing fresh squeezed lemonade.

A delicious mango yogurt shake.

A delicious sweet yogurt shake.
A milkshake typically made with chikoo (sapota) blended with milk and sugar.
A sparkling, refreshing fizz bursting with flavor.
Chilled brewed tea served over ice.
A refreshing blend of iced tea and lemonade.
A frozen, blended yogurt shake, thick and refreshing.
A tropical blend of pineapple and coconut.
A sweet and refreshing lychee-flavored cooler.
A zesty blend of lime and soda over ice.
A sweet, bubbly mix of lemon-lime soda and grenadine.
Chilled bottled water.
Chilled sparkling water.
Chilled bottled still water.
A crisp, non-alcoholic German beer.

Freshly brewed coffee, available regular, decaf, espresso, double espresso, or cappuccino.

Freshly brewed hot tea, available regular, masala, or herbal.
A chilled glass of milk.