The full menu

The tandoor is lit before half past seven and the paratha pan goes on with it. This is the breakfast the men from the Sanaiya workshops eat before a shift, and the one families come back for on a Friday morning.

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  Tawa Paratha

  1 AED

  Hand folded and griddled to order.

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  Anda Paratha

  4 AED

  Paratha with eggs done how you like them.

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  Aloo Paratha

  4 AED

  Spiced potato filling, griddled in ghee.

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  Lahori Chana

  5 AED

  Slow cooked white channa, Lahori style.

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  Anda Chana

  6 AED

  The same channa, finished with egg.

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  Mutton Paya

  10 AED

  Trotters simmered until the stock turns to silk.

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  Beef NihariMorning favourite

  10 AED

  Overnight nihari finished with ginger, chilli and lemon.

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  Karak Chai

  1 AED

  Strong, sweet, the cup this country runs on.

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  Lassi

  5 AED

  Churned fresh, sweet or salty.

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Long grain rice, layered over the masala and left to steam. We cook in batches rather than all at once, so the rice you get at nine in the evening is as good as the rice at one in the afternoon.

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  Special Beef Pulao

  Rice cooked in beef yakhni, mild, aromatic, no shortcuts on the stock.

  • Small 10 AED
  • Medium 15 AED
  • Large 20 AED

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  Chicken BiryaniSignature

  Layered with marinated chicken, fried onion and kewra. Served with raita.

  • Small 10 AED
  • Medium 15 AED
  • Large 20 AED

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Everything on this list goes over charcoal, not gas, and it goes on the coals once you order it. Give the kitchen fifteen to twenty minutes and it will be worth the wait.

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  Chicken Tikka

  10 AED

  Leg or chest piece, your choice at the counter.

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  Tandoori Boti

  22 AED

  Red masala marinade, charred at the edges.

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  Reshmi Kabab

  22 AED

  Cream and cheese in the mince, soft all the way through.

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  Chicken Kabab

  22 AED

  Minced chicken seekh, off the skewer.

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  Malai BotiChef pick

  25 AED

  Chicken cubes marinated in cream and green chilli.

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  Chargha

  Steamed in spice for an hour, then fried to order. A full bird feeds three.

  • Half 18 AED
  • Full 35 AED

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Handi is the softer end of the menu. Cooked down in a clay pot so the sauce clings to the meat, and the best thing on the list if you are eating with children.

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  Zafran Chicken HandiHouse

  24 AED

  Our house handi, saffron and cashew in the base.

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  Chicken White Handi

  26 AED

  Cream, yoghurt and white pepper, no chilli heat.

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  Chicken Achari Handi

  25 AED

  Pickling spices, mustard seed and a sour edge.

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  Special Butter Chicken

  25 AED

  Tandoori chicken folded into tomato and butter.

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Cooked to order in the karahi over a high flame. Fresh tomato, no paste, no gravy sitting in a pot from earlier. A half feeds two with naan, a full feeds four.

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  Zafran Chicken KarahiSignature

  The house karahi. Tomato, ginger, green chilli, finished with fresh coriander.

  • Half 15 AED
  • Full 30 AED

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  Chicken White Karahi

  Yoghurt and cream based, no tomato, black pepper forward.

  • Half 18 AED
  • Full 32 AED

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  Chicken Kabab Masala

  18 AED

  Seekh kababs broken into a thick masala.

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  Chicken Peshawari Karahi

  Peshawari style, cooked down hard with very little beyond tomato and fat.

  • Half 18 AED
  • Full 32 AED

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Mutton takes its time and we do not rush it. The Shinwari, the Charsi and the Peshawari are cooked the Peshawari way, with very little beyond salt, tomato and fat, so the meat has to be right.

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  Zafran Mutton Karahi

  The house karahi, tomato and green chilli, a little more gravy.

  • Half 30 AED
  • Full 60 AED

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  Mutton Charsi Karahi

  Namkeen, slow rendered, finished with black pepper and coriander.

  • Half 32 AED
  • Full 62 AED

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  Mutton White Karahi

  Yoghurt, cream and white pepper. Rich and mild.

  • Half 32 AED
  • Full 62 AED

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  Mutton Shinwari KarahiSignature

  Meat, tomato, salt, animal fat. Nothing hides in it.

  • Half 34 AED
  • Full 64 AED

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  Mutton Peshawari Karahi

  The Peshawar cut, cooked hard and served in the karahi.

  • Half 34 AED
  • Full 64 AED

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  Kulfi

  6 AED

  Set hard on the stick, pistachio through it.

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  Kheer

  8 AED

  Rice slow cooked in milk, set cold, cardamom and pistachio.

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  Gulab Jamun

  8 AED

  Warm, in syrup.

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  Qasoori FaloodaChef pick

  10 AED

  Kulfi, sev and rose, the Qasoori way.

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  Soft Drinks

  3 AED

  Coke, Sprite, Fanta or Mountain Dew.

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  Lassi

  5 AED

  Sweet or salty, churned fresh.

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  Shakes

  10 AED

  Mango, banana or the fruit that is good that week.

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  Juices

  10 AED

  Squeezed to order.

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Every bread is put on the tandoor wall after you order. None of it is made ahead.

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  Roti

  1 AED

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  Roghni Naan

  2 AED

  Enriched with milk and sesame.

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  Butter Naan

  2 AED

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