East India Co. Grill & Bar

Name: East India Co. Grill & Bar
Address: 821 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, US
Telephone: 503-227-8815
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821 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97205
503-227-8815
Last verified: September 2026
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Tikka masala with rice served at East India Co. Grill & Bar in Portland

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: Tandoor Specialties.
Tikka: Boneless cubes marinated and grilled on skewers in the tandoor. Chicken tikka is the yogurt-and-spice version; malai tikka is marinated in cream and cheese for a mild, silky result; hariyali is a green marinade of mint, cilantro and spinach; paneer tikka is the vegetarian standard, often with peppers and onion on the skewer. On this menu as: Murg Tikka · Paneer Tikka.
Chaat: The tangy, crunchy family of Indian street snacks built on fried dough: crisp bases such as papdi or puri, or potato patties for aloo tikki, topped with chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind chutney, chaat masala, onion, coriander and sev (thin crunchy chickpea-flour noodles). On this menu as: Samosa Chaat · Papdi Chaat.
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shami: Seekh kebab is spiced minced lamb or chicken pressed around a skewer and grilled; boti is marinated cubed meat; reshmi ("silky") is chicken mince or breast in a cream marinade; shami is a pan-fried patty of minced meat and chana dal; galouti is Lucknow's melt-in-the-mouth version; chapli is the flat, coriander-seed-studded patty of Peshawar; bihari kebab is thin strips of marinated beef. On this menu as: Sheekh Kebab.
Samosa: A triangular pastry filled with spiced potato and peas (or minced meat), deep-fried until blistered and crisp, served with tamarind and mint chutneys. Samosa chaat smashes one under chickpeas, yogurt, chutneys and sev. On this menu as: Samosa Chaat.
Paneer: Fresh, unaged cheese made by curdling hot milk with lemon juice or another acid 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 used throughout North Indian cooking. On this menu as: Paneer Tikka.

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