Lordship Lane's Indian restaurant, still packed after four decades

What regulars tell each other: “Get the lamb khoi.” “The asparagus bhaji is a must.” “Some less common dishes on there.” These are the ones people name in their reviews.

• Lamb Khoi

  £13.95

  A house special and the dish regulars tell first-timers to order. Tender lamb, slow-cooked in a rich, deeply spiced sauce.

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• Shatkora Chicken

  £12.95

  Cooked with shatkora, the bitter-sour wild citrus of Sylhet in Bangladesh. Bright, sharp and aromatic. You won't find it on many menus in London.

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• Asparagus Bhaji

  £6.50

  Asparagus spears in a crisp, spiced gram-flour batter. A Lordship Lane original that people come back for.

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• Butter Chicken

  £12.95

  Tandoor-charred chicken in a silky tomato, butter and fenugreek sauce. Gentle, rich and consistently one of the most ordered.

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• Saag Paneer

  £8.95

  Spinach cooked down with garlic and ginger, folded through with soft cubes of paneer.

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• Papadums & Pickle Tray

  £3.95

  Cool raita, sharp lime pickle, mango chutney and onion salad. How every table here starts.

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Marinated overnight, cooked over charcoal in the clay oven, brought out still sizzling.

• Tandoori Mixed Grill

  £18.95

  Lamb tikka, chicken tikka, seekh kebab and tandoori chicken on a hot iron skillet, with a plain naan.

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• Chicken Tikka

  £11.95

  Boneless chicken in yoghurt, paprika and garam masala, charred at the edges.

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• Tandoori Lamb Chops

  £15.95

  Marinated overnight in ginger, garlic and spice, finished over the coals.

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• Tandoori King Prawn

  £17.95

  Whole king prawns in ajwain, lemon and chilli, cooked fast so they stay juicy.

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• Paneer Shashlik

  £10.95

  Paneer, peppers and onion on the skewer, finished with chaat masala and lemon.

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Cooked fast in the iron pan and brought to the table in it. Chicken, lamb, prawn or vegetable.

• House Special Balti

  £13.95

  Chicken, lamb and prawn together with peppers, tomato and fresh coriander.

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• Lamb Korahi

  £12.95

  Lamb tossed with onion, tomato, ginger and crushed coriander seed until the sauce clings.

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• Chicken Jalfrezi

  £11.95

  Stir-fried with peppers, onion and fresh green chilli. Dry, bright and hot.

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• Lamb Bhuna

  £11.95

  Fried down slowly with whole spices, the Bengali way. Thick, savoury and full of flavour.

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• Korma

  £10.95

  Mild and creamy with coconut and ground almond. Good for children and the heat-shy.

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Lahori-style: basmati layered with spiced meat, saffron and fried onion, served with a vegetable curry.

• Lahori Lamb Biryani

  £14.50

  Slow-cooked lamb layered through saffron rice with mint, fried onion and whole spices.

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• Chicken Tikka Biryani

  £13.50

  Tandoor-charred chicken tikka folded into fragrant basmati.

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• Vegetable Biryani

  £10.95

  Seasonal vegetables, cashew and sultana through saffron rice.

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A proper vegetarian section, plus Quorn versions of the classics. Many dishes can be made vegan. Just ask.

• Quorn Dansak

  £10.50

  Quorn in a sweet, sour and hot lentil sauce with a squeeze of lemon. A reviewers' favourite.

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• Vegetable Thali

  £15.95

  A tray of small dishes: two vegetable curries, daal, raita, rice, naan and a sweet.

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• Tarka Daal

  £6.95

  Yellow lentils finished with garlic and cumin sizzled in hot oil.

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• Bombay Aloo

  £6.50

  Potatoes roasted with turmeric, cumin and mustard seed.

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Naan baked to order on the tandoor wall, so it arrives puffed and blistered.

• Peshwari Naan

  £3.95

  Coconut, almond and sultana. Sweet against a hot curry.

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• Garlic Naan

  £3.75

  Brushed with garlic butter and fresh coriander.

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• Keema Naan

  £4.25

  Stuffed with spiced minced lamb.

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• Pilau Rice

  £3.75

  Basmati with saffron, cardamom and bay.

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• Saag Bhaji

  £5.95

  Spinach with garlic and a little chilli.

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