Desi Dhamaka - Oak Tree

Name: Desi Dhamaka - Oak Tree
Address: 1734 Oak Tree Rd, Ste 4, Edison, NJ, 08820, US
Telephone: 848-219-5184

Indian / Andhra

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Mon 11:30am-10pm; Tue-Sun 11:30am-11pm

1734 Oak Tree Rd, Ste 4, Edison, NJ 08820
848-219-5184
Last verified: August 2026
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Storefront of Desi Dhamaka Indian Restaurant on Oak Tree Road in Edison

Appetizers

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Chilli Shrimp
Crisp, spicy and full of zest. Wok-tossed prawns with green chillies and curry leaves
Chicken Pepper Fry
Smoky, spicy and full of character. Bone-in chicken dry-fried with whole black pepper
Gongura Mamsam Fry
Rare Andhra specialty — mutton sauteed with tangy sorrel leaves and bold spices
Mushroom Pepper Fry
Tender mushrooms with black pepper, onions, and curry leaves
Paneer Pepper Fry
Soft paneer cubes with black pepper, curry leaves, and masalas
Corn Masala Fry
Crispy golden corn sauteed with spicy masala, onions, and curry leaves
Onion Pakoda
- Signature
Kebab
- Signature

Main Course

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Chicken Tikka Masala
Grilled chicken pieces in a rich tomato-onion gravy
Butter Chicken
Creamy tomato gravy hugging juicy tandoori chicken
Palak Paneer
Soft paneer in creamy spinach gravy with Punjabi spices
Chicken Dum Biryani
Tender chicken simmered with aromatic spices and saffron basmati rice
Chicken Mughlai
Royal Mughlai-style chicken in a luscious cream-cashew sauce
Paneer Butter Masala
Soft paneer simmered in buttery tomato gravy
Mutton Biryani
- Signature
Mamsam Roast Biryani (Boneless)$22.99
Chicken Mandi$27.99 single / $47.99 half
About 40 minutes
DD Special Chicken Biryani - Family Pack$57.00

Desserts

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Ice Cream
Creamy scoops of rich vanilla ice cream
Rasmalai
Chilled sponge dumplings in sweetened milk with saffron
Double Ka Meetha
Hyderabadi bread pudding layered with saffron, dry fruits and thick rabri
Gulab Jamun
Soft, golden dumplings soaked in warm sugar syrup
Carrot Halwa
Slow-cooked carrots in milk and ghee, topped with nuts
Sorakaya Halwa
Delicately flavored bottle gourd halwa

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Biryani: Long-grain basmati layered with marinated meat, fried onions, saffron and whole spices and cooked "dum", sealed under a lid so the rice steams in the meat's juices. Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolkata (with a potato and egg), Malabar and Sindh each have their own. Served with raita and often a thin gravy (salan). Pulao is the simpler, single-pot cousin. On this menu as: Chicken Dum Biryani · Mutton Biryani · Mamsam Roast Biryani (Boneless).
Paneer: Fresh, unaged cheese made by curdling hot milk with lemon or vinegar and pressing the curds into a firm block. It does not melt, so it can be grilled (tikka), fried, or simmered in gravies, and it is the standard vegetarian protein on North Indian menus. On this menu as: Paneer Pepper Fry · Palak Paneer · Paneer Butter Masala.
Garam masala: "Masala" simply means a spice blend, or the sauce built on one. Garam masala ("warm blend") is the finishing mix of cardamom, cinnamon, clove, cumin, black pepper and other whole spices toasted and ground, added at the end of cooking for aroma rather than heat. Every region and household has its own proportions. On this menu as: Corn Masala Fry · Chicken Tikka Masala · Paneer Butter Masala.
Kheer & halwa: Kheer (payasam in the south, phirni when made with ground rice and set in clay bowls) is rice pudding simmered slowly in milk with cardamom, nuts and sometimes saffron. Halwa is a dense, ghee-rich pudding of grated carrot (gajar), semolina (sooji) or moong dal, served warm. On this menu as: Carrot Halwa · Sorakaya Halwa.
Tikka masala: Chunks of tandoor-grilled marinated chicken (tikka) simmered in a creamy, mildly spiced tomato gravy. Almost certainly invented in Britain's Punjabi restaurants rather than in India, and now the most-ordered dish on Indian menus in the English-speaking world. On this menu as: Chicken Tikka Masala.
Butter chicken (murgh makhani): Tandoori chicken finished in a silky sauce of puréed tomato, butter, cream and a little fenugreek, sweeter and gentler than tikka masala. Invented at Moti Mahal in Delhi in the 1950s as a way to use leftover tandoori chicken. "Makhani" (buttery) on any dish, including dal makhani, promises the same rich treatment. On this menu as: Butter Chicken.

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 368 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 339 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 335 menus
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shamitypically $16 across 328 menus
Butter chicken (murgh makhani)typically $16 across 318 menus
Saag & palaktypically $15.95 across 309 menus
Tikka masalatypically $16.99 across 302 menus
Pakora & bhajitypically $8 across 280 menus

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