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Clay Oven’s Balti Dinner

Maybe we should rename our our Balti Dinner as the brilliant balti dinner. This set menu for one is something we are very proud of – and is a great celebration of everything that is great about Indian cooking. Including a starter, an incredible main as well as a full complement of rice and bread [...]
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Brilliant Business Lunch

To give you the most basic of facts – our Indian Business Lunch is available Monday to Friday between noon and two. To elaborate a bit more – our lunch combines a beautiful starter, a choice of main course curry as well as lovely naan or fluffy rice before finishing with a refreshing bowl of [...]
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Featured Dish – Madras

This dish is named after the southern Indian city of Madras. Although Madras is now known as Chennai – this dish has maintained its traditional name and reputation and is one to try. Notoriously spicy, this is a dish that combines the sharpness of lemon juice, the intense flavour of garlic and the heat of [...]
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Featured Dish – Dansak

Traditionally the Dansak is a lamb based curry (though chicken is pictured!) – and there is little question that tender lamb works perfectly with the mixture of rich lentils, ginger, garlic, cumin and other herbs and spices that make up this classic dish. The lentils give the sauce a thickness that makes this ideal for [...]
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Featured Dishes – March

Our two dishes for March are two dishes that regular Curry fans will recognise – the Dansak and the Madras. These are two stars of the classics section of our menu and can be enjoyed with meat, vegetables or prawns depending on your preference. Dansak Madras
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Super Side Dishes

It’s time to celebrate some of the less acknowledged, but equally fantastic dishes that will bring any meal to life. Whether they are dining in our Edinburgh Restaurant of enjoying one of our takeaway or delivery meals we are frequently asked the same question – what is a great side dish. Sag Aloo seems the [...]
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Featured Dish – Rogan Josh

A curry whose name literally translates as hot oil – we reckon that the name alone may make up many peoples minds! This is undeniably another dish with heat – and including pimentos amongst the ingredients guarantees a certain piquancy! This is a classic chicken or lamb dish – and one to delight – with [...]
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Featured Dish – Jhal Bhuna

A jewel amongst our curries. You can choose whether you want chicken, lamb, prawn or king prawn with this spicy curry. Don’t worry – it’s not too hot but it is a great way to dip your toe in the spicy food sea! With rich flavours created by onion, herbs and tomatoes the spices complement [...]
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Featured Dishes – February

Hot Dishes for February This month’s Featured Dishes are a couple of warmers. This cold winter seems reluctant to release it’s grasp on Edinburgh – so anything to keep up warm just has to be appreciated! Here are a couple of dishes that will help put the hairs back on your chest (if that is [...]
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Scotland in the 6 Nations Rugby

Maybe Scotland’s first couple of matches in this season’s Six Nations haven’t quite given us the results that we may have hoped for – but with 3 games to go, and two of them at nearby Murrayfield Stadium there is every reason to stay positive! The next game is on the 27th of February against [...]
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