Get Quantity & Quality at our Special Sunday Buffet!

By The Clay Oven | Published: 24 April 2011

Come back for more and more at the Sunday Buffet at The Clay Oven. Pile your plates high with your choice of the very best of Indian cuisine, again and again!

If you’ve been good all week with your calorie counting then treat yourself to our Indian restaurant’s fantastic buffet dishes, available from 12-10pm.

Our restaurant chef creates a wonderful array of mouthwatering dishes that are sure to suit any taste. Whether you’re after a light lunch or want a monster size feast, you’ll be very happy with all the choices available. You’ll be pleased to know all dishes are made up fresh on the same day.

Our sample menu below highlights what’s on offer.

Sample Buffet Menu

Starters

  • Sabzi Pakora
  • Chicken Wings
  • Chana Puri

Meat Dishes

  • Tandoori Chicken Tikka Massallam
  • Badami Chicken Korma
  • Chicken Jalfrezie
  • Alo Gosht

Vegetarian Dishes

  • Alo Ghobi
  • Sag Dal
  • Mixed Vegetable Bhaji

Bread & Rice

  • Nan Bread
  • Pilau Rice

Accompaniments

  • Chilli Sauce
  • Mint Yoghurt Sauce
  • Spiced Onions

Refreshments / Dessert

  • Tea/Coffee or Ice Cream

Buffet Prices

  • £9.95 for adults
  • £5.95 for kids under 10
  • FREE for kids under 3

Call now on 0131 447 9724 to book a table!

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An Event with a bit of heat

By The Clay Oven | Published: 23 April 2011

After a wild winter, it may not feel quite true – but Spring is finally here! Although it’s not quite shorts and t-shirt weather yet, hopefully we are moving in that direction. As we move towards brighter evenings, one of Edinburgh’s classic festivals isn’t too far away – and it’s an evening of fire at the Beltane Fire Festival!

On 30th April, Edinburgh’s Carlton Hill is overtaken by revellers, drums and fire as up to 12 thousand people descend on the city to participate in this ancient Celtic fertility festival.

Red hot curry

So, whether you are an Edinburgh resident, or just visiting us to unleash your primal instincts, why not put some fire in your belly with a great Indian meal. Before you brave the flames we can give you as much heat as you want with one of our classic curry dishes!

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Super Start your Meal at The Clay Oven

By The Clay Oven | Published: 19 April 2011

What better way to open your feast than with one of our finest scrumptious starters!

Murghi Chatt

To narrow down a couple of the many delicious offerings, we suggest The Clay Oven’s magnificent Murghi Chatt. This dish consists of small pieces of tender chicken, cooked with tomatoes and cucumbers in a hot and spicy sour sauce.

Panir Cutlet

If you prefer a non-meat option, let us recommend The Clay Oven’s Panir Cutlet. These are small patties stuffed with home-made cheese, which are then carefully shallow fried. The starter is accompanied with a complimenting mint sauce.

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Featured Dish – Kashmiri

By The Clay Oven | Published: 17 April 2011

Kashmir is located in North India. The cuisine is distinctive in its generous use of curds in the gravy sauce, giving the dish a creamy consistency.

The Clay Oven’s own Kashmiri featured dish contains fresh lychees and sliced banana, blended with exotic tropical spices. This delicious meal is best complimented with both any type of naan bread and Pilau Rice.

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Featured Dish – Dupiaza

By The Clay Oven | Published: 17 April 2011

According to legend, the Dupiaza dish was created when a courtier of Mughal Emperor ‘Akbar Mullah Do Piaza’ accidentally added a large amount of onions to a dish. The dish went on further to make its mark in Hyderabad, becoming a popular regional cuisine.

At The Clay Oven, we create our Dupiaza with the same ‘large’ amount of onions and then add in the wonderful combination of green peppers for a very distinct flavour. Behold, the Dupiaza is a dish to satisfy any Emperor’s appetite!

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Morningside Maker’s Market

By The Clay Oven | Published: 30 March 2011

As the New Year continues and the weather improves we can start to think about getting out of the house a bit more and enjoying the wonders of our city of Edinburgh. Each month on the first Saturday here in Edinburgh’s beautiful Morningside, the Colmcille Centre is the venue for the Morningside Maker’s Market. Free to enter and with gentle music in the air the market is an opportunity to find a wide range of artisan gifts from all over Scotland. Often selling their own wares, the market brings together some of the most skilled artists, crafters and designers from across the country

Curry Crafter

The market runs from 11am to 4pm so after spending time strolling around and finding some unique items and gifts, we have one further craftsman we recommend you take the time to visit. Here at the Clay Oven Indian Restaurant and Takeaway our chef is applying his finely honed skills to creating great food. To complete your day of culture – pop in for anything from a light curried lunch to a full banquet.

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Mother’s Day 2011 at the Clay Oven

By The Clay Oven | Published: 28 March 2011

This Sunday is a very exciting day for mothers all across the world as after hours of slogging and working for their families it is their day to be appreciated! For all you sons and daughters out there there is no excuse not to make this day extra special for mum – and here at The Clay Oven Indian Restaurant and Takeaway we can help out.

Curry Favour?

Our restaurant will be open all day on Sunday with both our sumptuous A la carte and bountiful Buffet menus available to enjoy. Whether your mum prefers the opportunity to sit and enjoy being waited on, or would enjoy the buffet experience – why not give her a treat.

Alternatively – treat her to a generous helping of Clay Oven Gift Vouchers and she can enjoy fantastic food whenever she wants!

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Sunday Curry Buffet Delights

By The Clay Oven | Published: 26 March 2011

We’ve mentioned our Sunday buffet a number of times on this blog so by now hopefully you are aware that each week from 12 to 10pm we create a wide range of fantastic Indian dishes for you to relish. Lots of people are aware – and for some the week can’t pass fast enough for them to get their all you can eat curry fix!

Curry Curious?

Rest assured that when we plan each Sunday, our chef creates a complimentary range of dishes to ensure that our diners can sample some of the great dishes from our menu.

Sunday Buffet Sample Menu

The following sample menu from our website should hopefully give you a few hints as to the type of dish you can enjoy. Don’t worry, if you’re not sure about everything on it you’ll be the one serving so you can have as much or as little as you like. You can even combine the starters and the main if you fancy!

Starters

  • Sabzi Pakora
  • Chicken Wings
  • Chana Puri

Meat Dishes

  • Tandoori Chicken Tikka Massallam
  • Badami Chicken Korma
  • Chicken Jalfrezie
  • Alo Gosht

Vegetarian Dishes

  • Alo Ghobi
  • Sag Dal
  • Mixed Vegetable Bhaji

Bread & Rice

  • Nan Bread
  • Pilau Rice

Accompaniments

  • Chilli Sauce
  • Mint Yoghurt Sauce
  • Spiced Onions

Refreshments / Dessert

  • Tea/Coffee or Ice Cream
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Clay Oven Takeaway and Free Delivery Service

By The Clay Oven | Published: 25 March 2011

As nice as we think our restaurant is – there is little question that whilst we’d all like to be able too, eating out every night just isn’t feasible. The other side of this is that given busy lives and long working hours cooking a meal sometimes isn’t that appealing when all you really want to do is sit and relax. It’s on days like that that the other side of our Edinburgh restaurant comes into its own with the takeaway and delivery service.

Curry in a few clicks!

Take a look at our Takeaway Menu and see what appeals, if you live within 3 miles of our Morningside location and spend over £10 we’ll deliver for free. Alternatively, if it’s easier you can drop in and pick up – just give us a call and we’ll make the perfect meal to suit!

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Rice to Meet You

By The Clay Oven | Published: 24 March 2011

Fresh from the paddy fields, lovely long grained basmati rice is delightfully flavoured and identifiable by its unique fragrant aroma. When cooked the rich flavour is something else – and here are two dishes that celebrate this finest of ingredients.

Mushroom Pilau

To create this dish we cook the rice with a mixture of herbs and spices to add a subtle extra flavour to the rice. Once the rice is fluffy we add beautiful meaty mushrooms and allow them to soften and the rice to absorb their rich taste. With it’s intense mushroom taste this is one to enjoy with a good meaty dish.

Ghee Bhat

This is one for butter lovers as creating the dish requires fresh butter to be heated and clarified giving it a subtle nutty flavour. This delightful taste is then further complemented with a mixture of spices and some onion before the rice is added. This rice is great with anything – and beautiful on it’s own too!!

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