Thanjai is an authentic South Indian Restaurant which serves vegetarian and non-vegetarian food with separate kitchen concept. We specialize in creating the true flavors of South Indian recipes that are familiar to all who grew up with these dishes.. We offer a rich blend of flavors, colours, seasoning, health values, aroma, tastes and the visual appeals of this unique cuisine. And.. we are alone in the area in offering you this taste experience.more...See more text
Thanjai is a South Indian restaurant in Côtes-des-Neiges with a very unusual menu. You won't find any Tikka, Tandouri or other Northern and Anglo-Indian regulars here... Instead, you'll find such things as Rasam, Potato Bonda, Sambar Vada, Dosas and the likes.
There are two things we liked about Thanjai: First, its prices ($25 per person tax and tip in? wow). Second, the fact that the dining room was, with the exception of our table, filled with Indian families. You know you're in good hands when the local community frequents a place for a Sunday dinner.
Our speciality the famous dosa is an incredibly thin crepe created with a batter of fermented crushed rice and lentils. Traditionally they are served crispy thin either plain or stuffed with masala (spiced potatoes). In moving with the times, we are now proud to present you with a selection of over 50 varieties of dosas to satisfy all of your tastes. All our dosas are served with samnar and chutneys. Enjoy !!!
Mini Dosas
Four varieties of Dosas (Mysore and Corrindar masala, Masala and Plain Dosa).
$12.50
Paneer Spring Dosa
With a bed of paneer (homemade cheese) added.
$12.00
Special Spring Dosa
Dosa stuffed with cabbage, green onions, peppers and hakka sauce.
$11.00
Cheese Garlic Dosa
Stuffed with cheese and garnished with garlic blend.
$11.00
Chilli Cheese Dosa
Sprinkled with chilli and cheese.
$11.00
Cheese Dosa
Sprinkled with cheese.
$10.50
Ghee Paper Dosa
Incredibly large thin crispy crepe. brushed with ghee
$10.50
Paper Dosa
Incredibly large thin crispy crepe.
$9.50
Podi Dosa
Stuffed with course powder mixture of ground dry spices that typically contains dried chilies and urad.
$9.50
Mysore Plain Dosa
With our house specialMysore chutney.
$9.50
Sett Dosa ( x3 )
Soft and thick pancakes.
$9.00
Plain Dosa
$7.50
Masala Dosa
Chilli Cheese Onion Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spiced potato blend sprinkled with cheese and slice of chillies and red onions.
$12.50
Cheese Garlic Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spiced potato blend, cheese and with a garlic blend.
$12.00
Paper Masala Dosa
Large thin paper crispy crepe stuffed with spiced potato masala and ghee.
$11.00with ghee
$11.50
Chilli Cheese Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spiced potato blend, sprinkled with cheese and slices of chillies.
$11.50
Cheese Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spiced potato blend sprinkled with cheese.
$11.00
Mysore Masala Dosa
Mysore sada dosa with potato masala.
$10.50
Onion Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spiced potato blend and chopped Indian red onions.
$9.50
Masala Dosa
stuffed with spiced potato blend
$8.50
Speciality And Signature Dosa
Phav bhaji dosa (style Mumbai) / Street Style
Well known and loved Pav Bhaji dosa with vegetables spread over a thin crispy crepe.
$13.00
Palak Paneer Dosa
Dosa prepared with a spread of mildly seasoned spinach, herbs, and topped with homemade cheese.
$11.50
Kanchipuram Kara Masala Dosa
Stuffed with extremely spicy rare chillies, bell pepper, cabbage, herbs and spices.
$11.00
Hyderabadi Gongura Dosa
With a rare spread of Andhra gongura chutney
$10.50
Indian Flag Dosa
Three dosas, Mysore Dosa (saffron), plain dosa (white), Coriander (green) combination gives tricolor like Indian flag
$10.50
Specialty And Signature Masala Dosa
Chilli Paneer Masala Dosa
Thin crispy crepe stuffed with potato masala and Indian home made cheese blended with chilli and spices.
$12.00
Paneer Masala Dosa
Stuffed with potato masala and homemade cheese blended with Paneer spices.
$11.50
Mushroom Masala Dosa
Stuffed with spicy potato blend and accented with a tasty filling of mushroom masala
$11.50
Chilli Garlic Masala Dosa
Stuffed with special Masala potato blend, brushed with garlic spread.
$11.00
Chettinad Masala Dosa (Style Thanjai)
With unique chettinad gravy made up of black pepper, rare Kashmir chillies, herbes and spices.
$11.00
Mirchi Masala Dosa
A spread of 15 different herbs and spices mixed with rare red Mangalore chillies.
$11.00
Coriander Masala Dosa (Style Thanjai)
Masala dosa with a traditional coriander chutney mad with farm fresh cilantro, chillies and herbs
$11.00
Channa Masala Dosa
Stuffed with delicious chickpeas channa masala filling
$11.00
Rava Dosa
Paper thin crispy crepe made with a mix of wheat semolina and rice flour with aromatic herbs and spices. Served with chutney and sambar.
Chilli Onion Rava Masala Dosa
stuffed with potato masala, onions and green chillies
$12.00
Onion Rava Masala Dosa
Stuffed with potato Masala and onions.
$11.50
Chilli Rava Masala Dosa
Stuffed with potato masala and green chillies.
$11.50
Onion Rava Dosa
$10.50
Chilli Rava Dosa
$10.50
Rava Masala Dosa
Stuffed with potato masala.
$11.00
Rava Dosa
$10.00
Dosa - Non Vegetarian
Lamb Masala Dosa
Masala dosa with an added filling of curried lamb
$12.50
Fish Masala Dosa
Masala dosa with an added filling of curried fish.
$12.50
Chicken Masala Dosa
Masala dosa with an added spicy filling of curried chicken.
$11.50
Egg Dosa
Dosa cooked with mildly spiced eggs and with onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
$10.50
Biryani
All items are gluten free
Shrimp Biryani
Biryani fait de crevettes fraîches et épices douces, servi avec un oeuf et raita (yogourt [dahi] avec coriander, cumin, menthe, cayenne, et des autre assaisonnés)
$14.00
Lamb Biryani
Cooked with tender morsels of lamb & Indian spices & served with an egg, curry sauce and raita.
$13.50
Chicken Biryani.
Delicious chicken biryani served with a boiled egg, curry sauce and raita.
$12.00
Egg Biryani
Delicious egg biryani served with a boiled egg and raita.
$10.50
Vegetable Biryani
Aromatic basmati rice cooked with vegetables and seasoned with rich spices like cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Served with raita. (yoghurt with cucumbers and carrots).
$10.00
Curry Masala
All items are gluten free
Shrimp Curry
$14.50
Shrimp Masala
$14.50
Lamb Curry
$14.00
Crab Curry
$14.50
Chettinad Chicken Curry
$13.50
Pepper Chicken Curry
$13.50
Butter Chicken
$13.00
Fish Curry
$13.00
Boneless Chicken Curry
$12.50
Chicken Sukka
$12.50
Chicken Curry
$11.50
Egg Masala
$10.00
Vegetable Dishes
All items are gluten free
Paneer Chettinadu
Homemade cheese with chettinad spices
$11.00
Paneer Butter Masala
$11.00
Palak Paneer
$11.00
Vegetable Chettinadu
$9.50
Spinach with lentils
$9.50
Eggplant Curry
$9.50
Channa Curry
$9.00
Vegetable Kurma (mild)
$9.00
Kara Kozhambu
$9.00
South Indian Dal
Lentils with fresh coriander and cumin.
$8.50
Thali Vegetarian
Vegetarian
$11.50
Thali Non Vegetarian
Fish
$14.00
Shrimps
$14.00
Lamb
$14.00
Chicken
$13.00
Rice Specialities
All items are gluten free
Lemon Rice
Basmati rice tempered with black mustard seeds, chillies and curry leaves, with fresh lemon juice for taste.
$7.50
Bisi Bele Bhath
All time Bangalorean favorite dish made of rice, lentils and vegetables flavored with tamarind.
$7.50
Tomato Rice
Basmati rice flavored with tomato and spices.
$7.50
Tamarind Rice
Basmati rice flavored with a tangy tamarind sauce.
$7.50
Ven Pongal
Rice and lentils cooked together and seasoned with whole black peppercorns, cumin seeds and drizzled with ghee.
$7.50
Curd Rice
Basmati rice with yogurt, tempered with black mustard seeds and curry leaves served cold.
$7.00
Plain Basmati Rice
$3.00
Noodles Or Fried Rice
All items are gluten free
Shrimps
$13.50
Lamb
$12.50
Chicken
$11.50
Egg
$10.00
Vegetables
$9.00
Indian Bread
Poori Bhajji ( x2 )
Two large round fried flat breads made with whole wheat flour and served with spicy potatoes and green peas.
$8.50
Chappati ( x1 )
An unleavened whole wheat flatbread (also known as roti) and a common staple of Indian cuisine
$2.00
Parotha ( x1 )
A multi layered flat bread made from white flour and tawa fried with oil.
$2.00
Naan ( x1 )
A soft leavened white flour bread, tandoori style
$2.00
Kothu Parotha
Chopped parotha with lamb / chicken / eggs / vegetables, eggs and spicy gravy [moyenne, épicé ou tres épicé / medium, hot or very spicy].
Lamb Kothu
$11.50
Chicken Kothu
$10.50
Egg Kothu
$10.00
Vegetable Kothu
$9.50
Desserts
Gulab Jamun ( x2 )...
Two balls of cheese in syrup.
$3.00
Carrot Halwa
$3.00
Ashoka
Cooked cream of wheat flour, split moong dal with clarified butter.
$3.00
Choice of Ice cream
Vanilla, Chocolate)
$2.50
Rava Kesari
Cooked cream of wheat with clarified butter.
$2.50
Rasmalai
Ball of cheese in condensed milk.
$1.50
Laddu
A sweetened ball made with chickpea flour.
$2.00
Extras
Basmati Rice
$3.00
Ghee
$1.50
Raitha / Curd.
$1.25
Pappad ( x2 )
$1.00
Idly Podi
$1.00
Sambar
$1.00
Chutney
$1.00
Kids Corner
Cheese Dosa
Thin crispy crepe with sprinkled cheese
$8.00
Mini Cheese Uttapam
Thin pancake with cheese.
$8.00
Mini Poori
Three small round fried flat breads made with whole wheat flour and served with flavoured potato masalaand green peas.
A South Indian restaurant in Côte-des-Neiges with an unusual menu; you won’t find any tikka, tandoori or other Northern and Anglo-Indian regulars here. Instead, discover the likes of rasam (tamarind/tomato soup) and dosas (rice crepes) of all sorts.
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