Mehak Indian Kitchen & Bar

- 5720 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH 43231

Dinner Special

Delicate lamb and chickpeas simmered in north Indian spices. A rich, flavorful dish served with fried bhatura bread and rice.

Sea scallops prepared in a traditional Punjabi style, simmered in a creamy, tomato-based sauce. Served with rice.

Mildly seasoned shrimp and delicate bites of lamb simmered in a rich curry sauce. Served with Nan and rice.

Mildly spiced minced beef blended with fresh green peas and seasoned with coriander and ginger. Served with rice.

Tender goat meat that almost falls off the bone, simmered in rice and powerful Indian spices. Served with Naan and rice and ginger. Served with rice.

Chicken Special

Boneless chicken slow-cooked with tender sliced potatoes in a hot-spicy sauce with a savory touch of vinegar.

A fiery dish of tender chicken spiced with hot chili sauce and served with rice.

Tender chicken blended with hearty spinach, tomatoes and a creamy, mildly seasoned sauce.

Succulent roasted chicken pieces prepared with fresh mushrooms.

Shredded chicken slow cooked with our house blend spices in creamy tomato sauce.

Very spicy chicken cooked in a blend south Indian spices and light coconut.

Boneless chicken salted with bell pepper and onion in roasted spices.

A special version of our popular slow cooked chicken simmered with crisp bell peppers and onions in a butter sauce.

Hearty chickpeas served in a rich north Indian chicken curry with aromatic spices and a bold flavor.

Roast chicken blended with creamed lentils and prepared with buttery sauce and a hint of spice.

Succulent chicken and house-made cheese curds simmered in a rich curry with toasted nuts and raisins.

Boneless chicken cooked traditionally, south Indian style.

Boneless chicken slow-cooked in a thick, complex sauce and garnished with fragrant cilantro.

Marinated chicken simmered in buttery.

Boneless chicken cooked with a mixed pickle masala.

Boneless chicken prepared in a gravy with yogurt, green chilli and cilantro.

Tender chicken cooked in a hearty spinach cream sauce with mild spices in an earthy stew.

Chicken prepared with bell peppers, onions and red-ripe tomatoes, stewed in a medium to hot-spicy curry.

Chicken cooked with fresh vegetables in our curry sauce.

Beverages

Sweet, ripe mangoes blended with milk and ice cream.

A refreshing blend of yogurt sweetened with rose water or salted with crushed cumin seeds and mint.

Sweet, ripe mangoes blended with a touch of rose water and fresh house made yogurt in a tropical smoothie.

Salad

A mix of fresh greens are tossed with a delicate blend of herbs and lemon and served chilled.

Red-ripe tomatoes mixed with crisp, fresh onions and lightly seasoned to bring out the best of both vegetables.

Lamb Special

Tender lamb slow-cooked in a mildly spiced cream sauce, accented with buttery cashews and plump raisins.

Tender lamb slow-cooked with tender sliced potatoes in a hot-spicy sauce with a savory touch of vinegar.

Delicate cuts of lamb simmered in a thick, rich curry sauce. A bold, distinctive dish served with rice.

Delicate bites of lamb cooked north Indian-style in our hearty spinach and cream sauce with mild spices.

Succulent roast lamb prepared with fresh mushroom.

Lamb prepared in jalfrezi style with bell.

Tender lamb simmered in a ripe, red tomato sauce with a touch of creamy yogurt.

Rice Speciality Dishes

Basmati rice layered with tender lamb, toasted nuts and fresh green peas, steam-cooked with spices.

Long-grain basmati rice layered with tender chicken, toasted nuts and fresh green peas, steam-cooked with spices.

Basmati rice steam-cooked with delicate spices and jumbo shrimp, tossed with toasted nuts and raisins.

Long grain basmati rice steam cooked to perfection that compliments any dish.

Long-grain basmati rice layered with fresh vegetables, toasted nuts and plump raisins, steam cooked with aromatic spices.

Tandoori Breads

House-made Nan with fresh garlic baked in our tandoori oven, served soft and golden brown.

House-made Nan stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes, baked and served soft and golden brown.

House-made Nan with mild onions baked in our tandoori oven, served soft and golden brown.

House-made Nan generously filled with cheese curds, baked and served soft and golden brown.

House-made Nan baked with subtle spices and served with minced beef.

House-made Nan stuffed with chicken, spiced mashed potatoes, mild onions and cheese curds baked in tandoori oven.

House-made Nan stuffed with lightly seasoned chicken, baked and served soft and golden brown.

House-made, leavened flatbread is baked in our tandoori oven, served soft and golden brown.

Appetizers

Delicate pastries stuffed with subtly spiced minced lamb, fried and served flaky golden brown.

Savory chicken bites are lightly fried, served with house sauces.

Bell paper, onion, carrots.

Tender boneless chicken bites marinated and lightly battered, fried and served as crispy. Golden fritters.

Tilapia tossed in Punjabi masala and spiced breading, fried and served crispy, golden-hot.

Stuffed with green peas and mildly spiced potatoes, fried and served a flaky golden brown.

Assorted fresh vegetables lightly battered, fried and served as crispy, golden fritters.

House-made cheese curds delicately spiced, lightly battered, fried and served as crispy. Golden fritters.

Onion, bell paper, chicken.

A light, crispy snack made from gently spiced lentil flour.

Chickpeas, minced potatoes, crispy fritters, and yogurt sprinkled with a dash of black Indian salt, served chilled.

A generous sampling of house meat-and cheese appetizers, including chicken pakoras and paneer pakoras.

Fresh, minced potatoes are seasoned with our light spice blend, deep fried and served as golden-brown potato cakes.

Carrots, cabbage, cauliflower.

Onion bell pepper chili sauce, tomato sauce, paneer.

A generous sampling of house vegetarian appetizers.

Shrimp & Fish Special

Choose fresh shrimp or fish cooked north Indian-style in our hearty spinach, cream sauce and mild spices.

Choose fresh shrimp or fish simmered with tender sliced potatoes in a hot spicy sauce with a touch of vinegar.

Choose fresh shrimp or fish marinated in yogurt then skewered and pan-fried with hearty tomatoes, curry and cream.

Choose fresh shrimp or delicate fish simmered in a thick, rich curry sauce.

Breads

Fluffy, leavened bread kneaded into layers, deep fried until puffy and golden brown.

House-made whole wheat dough filled with lightly seasoned mashed potatoes, folded into layers; baked.

Our house-made whole wheat dough is lightly fried and served golden brown.

Khaab's tasty whole-wheat dough is folded into layers, baked & served warm.

Rustic whole wheat flatbread baked fresh daily in a tandoori oven.

Tandoori Special

A rich, vegetarian alternative, this tikka pairs house-made paneer cheese cubes marinated in tandoori masala with fresh grille vegetables.

Meaty lamb chops marinated in a special masala and roasted to perfection in the tandoor.

Tender chicken marinated in yogurt blended with mild spices and fresh herbs then baked on skewers.

Fresh jumbo shrimp marinated in spiced yogurt blended with fresh herbs and barbecued on skewers.

Authentic Punjabi-style bites of fish delicately seasoned and broiled in khaab and tandoor.

A lean, halved-chicken marinated in yogurt with mild spices and fresh herbs then barbecued.

Tenderized chicken seasoned with a mouth-watering cardamom, garlic, ginger masala, grilled fresh and served hot.

This savory tandoori dish of seasoned, mince chicken or lamb skewered and baked in kham clay oven.

Desserts

Two delectable house-made cheese globes. Deep fried and served warm in a bath of honey syrup.

A popular Diwali and Holi dessert of grated carrots, condensed milk, and butter. Cooked and garnished with pistachios.

The traditional Indian style rice pudding is served cool and sprinkled with pistachios.

A dense, creamy Indian-style ice cream flavored with pistachios and a touch of rose water.

Our flaky, house-made cheese pastry served in a dallop of sweet cream and sprinkled with cold pistachios.

Soup

Lightly seasoned to bring out the full flavor of the rich, creamy tomato broth cooked with shredded paneer.

This rustic, hearty lentil soup is seasoned with our delicious, mild blend of spices.

Vegetarian Selection

Chickpeas served north Indian-style with tender, cooked spinach in a creamy sauce.

Potatoes filled with nuts and raisins, simmered in a creamy, nut sauce.

Hearty mushrooms sautéed with plump green peas then stewed in a tomato based sauce.

Seasoned vegetables mixed and shaped into kabab balls, fried and served in onion and tomato sauce with toasted nuts and raisins.

Cauliflower and sliced potatoes dry seasoned with turmeric, garlic and blend of spices.

A blend of fresh green peas and tender sliced potatoes combined with aromatic spices.

Mixed vegetable, buttery, cashews, toasted nuts and plump stewed in a mild sauce.

House-made paneer cooked in a hearty cream-based spinach sauce with mild seasoning.

Creamy seasoned mixture fenugreek and peas cooked in tomato cashew.

Chana dal, garlic ginger.

A variety of seasonal vegetables gently stewed and served in a spicy, delicate curry sauce.

House-made cheese simmered in tomato based makhani gravy with toasted nuts and raisins.

House-made cheese curds prepared jalfrezi style with green peppers, onions and hearty potatoes then stewed.

Seasoned vegetables marinated and fried with green peppers, onions and tomatoes then stewed in medium to hot spicy curry.

Scrambled paneer with spices and vegetables.

Made with chickpeas and hearty potato bites stewed in a rustic spiced gravy.

Seasoned vegetables minced and shaped into kabab balls, fried and served with cooked spinach in a mild sauce.

House-made cheese curds stewed with green peas and mild spices and served in a rich sauce.

Creamy seasoned mixture fenugreek Ana peas cooked in tomato cashew.

Paneer cooked in bell peppers, onion, garlic, chilies and glontro traditional kadhai.

Traditional Punjabi preparation of tender okra simmered with onions and a mild spice blend.

Tender sliced potatoes slow cooked in a spicy sauce with a savory touch of vinegar.

Chickpeas served north Indian-style with tender, cooked spinach in a creamy sauce.

Our roasted eggplant is slow-cooked with fresh mixed vegetables in mild spices until tender.

Our buttery lentils made from creamed legumes prepared in a rich butter sauce with a hint of spice.

Sides

A sweet, delicate garnish to balance the spice of curries or add a cool note to tandoori dishes.

Our chef special, a tangy garnish to add a crisp, spicy kick to our main dishes, appetizers and soups.