Busy Business Lunch? Only £5.95

Are you one of the people who has had a nice holiday period of enjoying great food and wine, and are struggling to come to terms with being back in the office and having to put up with the old curly sandwiches and bland food from the canteen.

If you’d like another option – our Business Lunch is available from 12 to 2pm every Monday to Friday for only £5.95. We are offering a filling three course meal with a choice of great Indian dishes and spice to suit.

So if you are struggling to get into 2011 and need something to get you moving, come along to Edinburgh’s Clay Oven Indian Restaurant and order something special.

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Burn’s Night Curry?

Tuesday 25th January is a very special day here in Scotland as we celebrate the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

If traditional Haggis (made with with sheep’s heart, liver and lungs) doesn’t take your fancy, we recommend you enjoy a slightly different menu though – and embrace a Clay Oven Variation on a theme with the following substitutes.

Let’s start with the potatoes – an easy switch as we recommend a move to Sag Aloo – potato and spinach perfection. Secondly – we replace the neep with a great vegetable curry – the spicy Sabzi Jalfrezie. Finally we need to find something to replace the haggis – and how about the mince in bread delight that is a Keema Nan?

So – our Burns Night Indian style isn’t exactly the same – but it’s a perfect meal – Sabzi Jalfrezie, Sag Aloo and a Keema Nan. Here’s to Robert Burns!

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How many stars are we worth?

The ever increasing popularity of the internet has meant a wide range of things – but from the point of view of our Indian Restaurant and Takeaway – it has meant that anyone has the power to become a food critic. There are a number of very interesting web sites where people are able to leave reviews of restaurants – and we are proud to say that we feature on quite a number.

Do we curry favour?

If you are wondering about coming to us for a meal, or maybe you have and want to tell the world what it was like here are just a few of the many places that we appear.

And our web site houses our Guest Book full of diner’s comments. Feel free to leave your own!

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Film of the Month – The King’s Speech

Colin Firth stars in our film of the month for January – the already greatly acclaimed “The King’s Speech”. Set in the 1930s where better to see this film than in the historically grand surroundings of the nearby Dominion Cinema. This is one to make you feel good – and then how about relaxing afterwards with the king of foods – a great curry.

Celebrate the King (Prawn)

To celebrate this great movie – we recommend you enjoy our Tandoori Raj Chingree. Chingree means king prawn – and whilst these ones aren’t having their stutters cured they are being marinated in a carefully spiced lemon and yoghurt sauce before being grilled to add a fantastic charcoal taste. Order these with some great Indian flatbreads and get eating – delicious.

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Our Sunday Buffet

At this time of year we are all guilty of making New Year’s resolutions that we won’t stick to. To be honest – some of them really aren’t worth making the effort to stick to – and here at Edinburgh’s The Clay Oven Indian Restaurant – we are happy to help you break one of them in style!

Our massively popular Sunday buffet from 2010 is continuing on into 2011. Just imagine mountains of fantastic curry, rice, naan and all manner of Indian delicacies waiting for you to eat as much as you can. From our selection of freshly prepared flavoursome dishes – we guarantee that something will tempt you to break any thought of eating sensibly in the new year!

Give us a call and book a table for Sunday – our buffet is waiting to whet your appetite.

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Featured Dish – Alo Gosht

This is a dish with a bit more spice – but nothing too major.  A curry with beautifully cooked potato (aloo) and lamb (gosht) and a sauce flavoured with delightful fresh herbs and spices.  Enjoy this with a few chapattis – they are perfect wrapped around it!

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Featured Dish – Chicken Pasanda

This is a delicate dish that just calls out to be eaten with naan – the creamy almondy sauce just begging to be soaked up and enjoyed.  Whether you opt for the lamb or chicken option – the meat will have been marinated to add flavour and create a perfect dish.

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Featured Dish – Makkhani Murgh

Our first dish is a buttery delight.  There is something incredible about the taste of butter in a dish, and when it is the base of a mildly spiced sauce wrapping itself around perfectly cooked chicken kebabs it takes on a further dimension.  Serve this dish on lovely rice and love it.

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Featured Dishes – December

This month we’re going to tell you about three great dishes. None of them are too spicy, but all of them are classics of Indian cuisine and are just asking to be enjoyed.

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The Clay Oven’s Top 10 Curries of 2010

This all feels a bit Top of the Pops!

The following are the top ten curries ordered this year – so has your favourite made it?

Just to let you know – if your favourite dish doesn’t appear on our menu, or if you fancy making changes to one of the dishes that does, just ask – we are here to delight your tastebuds.

10. Kathmandu Murgh

Lovely chicken tikka kebabs in a spicy hot sauce of garlic, ginger and onions.

9. Green Herb Chicken

A spicy dish with lovely fresh ingredients

8. Shahi Chasni

Lovely chicken kebabs, fired in the tandoor in a rich sweet and sour sauce.

7. Sag Gosht

Beautiful spinach and tender lamb.

6. Methi Gosht

Lamb in a sauce with the fantastic flavours of fenugreek

5. Chicken Bhuna

A classic medium strength dish with tomatoes and onions.

4. Chicken Tikka Khumbi Dupiaza

A Chicken and mushroom curry – delicious.

3. Chicken Jalfrezie

A spicy chicken dish with green chillies – lovely.

2. Chicken Korma

A lovely smooth mild sauce with beautiful tasting chicken.

1. Chicken Tikka Massallam

The UKs favourite dish – and it still is!

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