Aromas of India

Name: Aromas of India
Address: 5270 Baltimore Dr, La Mesa, CA, 91942, US
Telephone: 619-439-6072

Indian / Himalayan

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Daily 11am-9:30pm

5270 Baltimore Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
619-439-6072
Last verified: August 2026
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Tandoori

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Tandoori Fish
Alaskan salmon marinated and clay oven cooked
$25.00
Chicken Mustard Kabob
$22.00
Chicken Ginger Kabob
$22.00
Lamb Chops
Premium New Zealand lamb chops marinated in a special blend of spices
$25.00
Tandoori Chicken
$22.00
Chicken Tikka Kabob
$22.00
Chicken Malai Kabob
Cream and mozzarella-marinated chicken
$22.00
Tandoori Shrimp
$24.00

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

Dishes to know on this menu

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: Masala Fries · Masala Dosa · Paneer Masala.
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: Biryani · Veg Biryani · Chicken Biryani.
Tandoori: Cooked in a tandoor, a deep, charcoal- or gas-fired clay oven that reaches very high heat. Tandoori chicken is bone-in pieces marinated in yogurt, lemon, ginger-garlic and spices (the red color is mostly Kashmiri chili or food coloring), skewered and roasted until charred. Naan is slapped onto the same oven's walls. On this menu as: Tandoori · Tandoori Fish · Tandoori Chicken.
Naan: A leavened, teardrop-shaped bread slapped onto the wall of the tandoor, blistered and brushed with butter or ghee. Garlic, butter and cheese naan are standard; keema naan is stuffed with spiced mince, peshwari with coconut and dried fruit. Kulcha is the flakier, often stuffed (potato, onion, paneer) Punjabi relative. On this menu as: Plain Naan · Garlic Naan · Onion Kulcha.
Dosa: A thin, crisp South Indian crepe of fermented rice-and-lentil batter, served with sambar and coconut chutney. Masala dosa is folded around spiced potato; Mysore masala adds a red chili-garlic smear; rava dosa is a lacy semolina version; paper dosa is the extra-large, extra-crisp one. Uttapam is the same batter cooked thick like a pancake with onion, tomato and chili on top. On this menu as: Dosa · Plain Dosa · Masala Dosa.
Aloo, gobi, bhindi, baingan, matar: The vegetable vocabulary of a North Indian menu: aloo is potato, gobi cauliflower, bhindi okra, baingan eggplant (bharta is roasted and mashed), matar peas, jeera cumin. Malai kofta are dumplings of paneer and potato in a creamy gravy. "Aloo gobi" is potato and cauliflower; "matar paneer" peas and paneer, and so on. The name is the recipe. On this menu as: Baigan Vazi · Gobi Manchurian · Malai Kofta.

How these dishes compare

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Aromas of India

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Veg Appetizer

Non-Veg Appetizer

Indo-Chinese

Tandoori

Biryani

Dosa

Veg Curries

Non-Veg

Lamb & Seafood

Flavors from Himalayas

Bread

Desserts

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