Nina's Desi Kitchen menu

Potato Samosas

Deep fried flour shells, stuffed with mildly spicy Potatoes and dry herb seasoning. Samosas are one of the most famous Street Food of South Asian countries. Our Peshawari style samosas are a milder version of this Street Food.

Chicken Samosas

Chicken samosas are deep fried flour shells, stuffed with lightly seasoned Chicken. Samosas are one of the most famous Street Food of South Asian countries. Our Peshawari style samosas are a non-spicy version of this Street Food.

Beef Chapli Kababs

The most authentic Peshawari style Chapli Kababs. They will take you to the streets of Peshawar on your first bite. These are a meat lover's dream kababs. Contains eggs, tomatoes, onions, peppers, coriandar, and more.

Chicken Shami Kababs

Shámi Kababs are one of the most delicate & flavored pulled chicken kababs you will ever have. Contains serveral spices and fresh herbs.

Chicken Seekh Kababs

Mildly spicy Chicken Seekh Kababs, prepared with ground chicken with onions, peppers, herbs and spices.

Chicken Dum Kababs

These complex tasting spicy Kababs are a Himalayan Pashtoon delicacy. Prepared using freshly ground Chicken, with fresh herbs, Garlic, and Nina's own Kabab spices.

Potato Cutlets

Potato Cutlets are a vegetarian Street Food of Pakistan. Nina's mildly spicy Potato Cutlets are soft on the inside, while the bread crumbs and eggs make a crisp outside skin. It's a vegetarian delight! Try them with Tamarind Chutney.

Chicken Tikkas

Chicken Tikkas at Nina's are perfectly spiced pieces of chicken, cooked over an open flame for an authentic charred tikka flavor.

Beef Haleem

Haleem is prepared with pulled beef, lentils & wheat in a mix of spices including cloves, cardamom & coriander. It is slow-cooked for hours to get the smooth stretchy texture. Optionally garnished with fresh Ginger, Cilantro & sautéed Onions.

Onion Pikoras

String sliced Onions dipped in mildly seasoned Gram flour batter, then deep fried. Marked vegetarian as it shares oil with Paneer Cheese pikoras.

Potato Pikoras

Peshawari style, long sliced Potatoes dipped in mildly seasoned Gram flour batter, then deep fried. Marked vegetarian as it shares oil with Paneer Cheese pikoras.

Paneer Pikoras

Thick cut Paneer cheese dipped in mildly seasoned Gram flour batter, then deep fried for a perfect golden outer shell and soft warm paneer inside.

Namak Paray

Freshly made warm Namak Paray are as rare a find as they are addicting. Crunchy & savory, made with Nina's seasoning mix. Namak Paray is a South Asian street snack that can be had any time of the day and enjoy it all the same.

Chicken Corn Soup (seasonal)

Shredded Chicken in a thick soup, with creamy corn, eggs. Chicken corn soup is the most famous Street Soup in Pakistan. What we make is exactly that. No compromise!

Cholay Chat

Served Cold. Zesty and medium spicy Chickpeas, diced onions and tomatoes with a mix of spices. Topped with Chutneys, Zeera Raita, and crunchy bean flour noodles. For vegan option, choose Tamarind chutney only.

Chicken Tenders with Fries

Lightly-breaded 3 to 4 Chicken Tenders, deep fried to a perfect crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside. Served with crispy golden French Fries.

Mozzarella Sticks

Thick & cheesy Mozzarella sticks with a light batter, deep fried to a perfect light crisp on the outside with stretchy cheese on the inside. Enjoy it with your favorite sauce.

Halwa Poori

Big portion & Amazing flavor. The essential all day Desi breakfast with Sooji Halwa & Cholay Dal, served with Peshawari style Pooris and sides. Optionally add Beef Haleem or Achar.

Steak & Cheese Omelet

Steak & Cheese inside an egg omelet with Onions & Chili peppers.

Desi Omelet

Fully customizable Desi style omelet with your choice of veggies, spices, herbs and several add-ons.

Chicken Shami Naan sandwich

Shami Kababs inside a Tawa Naan with your choice of Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, and sauce. Shami are one of the most delicate & flavored pulled chicken kababs you will ever have.

Beef Chapli Naan sandwich

Beef Chapli Kababs in a Tawa Naan sandwich with your choice of Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, and sauce.

Potato Cutlet Naan sandwich

Potato Cutlets in a Tawa Naan sandwich with your choice of Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, and sauce. Nina's mildly spicy cutlets are soft on the inside, with a breaded crisp skin on the outside.

Steak & Cheese Naan sandwich

Premium sliced custom seasoned Beef Steak with cheese and optional sauteed veggies in a Tawa Naan.

Chicken Tender Naan Sandwich

Lightly breaded Chicken Tenders in a Tawa Naan. Optionally add fries and a drink to make it a full meal.

The Max

Four curries of your choice, served over Zeera rice with your choice of sauce. Includes 2 sides and a drink.

Chicken combo over rice

Your choice of two curries, served over Zeera rice with your choice of sides & sauce. Price varies with curry options.

Lamb combo over Rice

Your choice of two curries, served over Zeera rice with a side ofl sides & sauce.

Vegan combo over rice

Saag and Cholay Dal, served over Zeera rice with your choice of 2 small sides & sauce.

Chicken Handi over Rice

Chicken Handi curry, served over Zeera rice with your choice of 2 small sides & sauce. Chicken Hándi is one of the most flavorful curry you will taste. The curry is cooked with boneless white-meat chicken, marinated in Dahi, fenugreek, turmeric, and other spices.

Chicken Achari over rice

Prepared with boneless white meat chicken, Achari is made with many exotic spices, seeds and flakes, including mustard seeds, nigella and more.

Lamb Korma over Rice

Lamb Korma curry, served over Zeera rice with your choice of 2 small sides & sauce. Nina's Lamb Korma is a unique spicy dark-curry experience. Boneless Lamb cooked in Korma curry base, prepared with Nina's select dark spices.

Red Lobiya over rice

Dark Red Kidney beans cooked in diced onions and garlic, with a light mix of spices and red chili powder, over Basmati Zeera rice. Served with your choice of sides and sauce.

Cholay Dal over rice

Chickpeas curry, served over Zeera rice with your choice of 2 small sides & sauce. Cholay Dal is a medium spicy vegan chickpea curry cooked with onions, tomatoes, coriander, and light seasoning spices.

Saag over rice

Saag (Spinach & Mustard), served over Zeera rice with your choice of 2 small sides & sauce. Optionally add Eggs. Use Tamarind Chutney for Vegan meal.

Peshawari Pulao with Chapli Kabab

The most authentic way to enjoy Peshawari Pulao. Beef Chapli Kababs served over Peshawari Pulao rice with your choice of a side.

Peshawari Pulao with Shámi Kabab

Chicken Shámi Kababs served over Peshawari Pulao rice with your choice of a side.

Peshawari Pulao with Seekh Kababs

Chicken Seekh Kababs served over Peshawari Pulao with your choice of side. Pulao at Nina's is cooked using long grain aromatic Basmati rice, Raisins & Chickpeas in Nina's own Pulao spice mix with cinnamon, cloves, cumin, pepper, & other dark spices.

Peshawari Pulao with Dum Kababs

Chicken Dum Kababs served over Peshawari Pulao rice with your choice of a side.

Peshawari Chicken Pulao

Bone-in Chicken in Peshawari Pulao rice with your choice of a side. Pulao at Nina's is cooked using long grain aromatic Basmati rice in Nina's own Pulao masala mix (available on Amazon).

Shahi Biryani with Shami Kababs

Chicken Shami Kababs served over Shahi Biryani with your choice of a side. Biryani at Nina's is prepared with over 30 fresh, whole & in-house ground aromatic spices & herbs. Biryani at Nina's is medium spicy & has floral tones in the aroma. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more

Shahi Biryani with Seekh Kababs

Mildly spicy Chicken Seekh Kababs served over Shahi Biryani. Biryani at Nina's is prepared with over 30 fresh, whole & in-house ground aromatic spices & herbs. Biryani at Nina's is medium spicy & has floral tones in the aroma. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more.

Shahi Biryani with Dum Kababs

Spicy and flavorful Chicken Dum Kababs served over Shahi Biryani. Biryani at Nina's is prepared with over 30 fresh, whole & in-house ground aromatic spices & herbs. Biryani at Nina's is medium spicy & has floral tones in the aroma. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more.

Shahi Chicken Biryani

Bone-in Chicken leg & thigh pieces in Shahi Biryahi. Comes with sides. Biryani at Nina's is prepared with numerous fresh, whole & ground aromatic spices & herbs. Has floral tones in the aroma and heat from green Chili peppers. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more.

Shahi Egg Biryani

Boiled eggs served over Shahi Biryani with your choice of side. Biryani at Nina's is prepared with numerous fresh, whole & ground aromatic spices & herbs. Nina's Shahi Biryani has floral tones in the aroma, with heat from green Chili peppers. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star Anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more.

Shahi Biryani (Plain)

Biryani at Nina's is prepared with numerous fresh, whole & ground aromatic spices & herbs. Nina's Shahi Biryani has floral tones in the aroma, with heat from green Chili peppers. Contains Cinnamon, Cloves, Star Anise, Cardamom, flower extracts and more.

Gulab Jamun

Gulab Jamuns are milk dough balls, fried and dipped in a sweet rose-water and cardamom syrup.

Sooji Halwa

Sooji Halwa is a sweet warm dessert, made from Semolina with a soft grainy texture. Contains Cardamom. A must-have Desi Halwa dessert. Available without nuts.

Sheer Khurma

Sheer Khurma is a Mughal or Shahi dessert that is a flavorful delight to have. Prepared by cooking thin vermicelli (wheat) noodles in milk, sugar, and spices. Contains Tree-nuts.

Red Refresher

A traditional Desi drink created from extracts of herbs, roots, flowers, & fruits. It has a sweet and refreshing flavor with some unique floral tones.

Mango Lassi

Sweet Mangoes in Desi Dahi makes one of the most delicious drinks you will have. Try this refreshing sweet fruit drink once and then there is no going back!

Shahi Lassi

Shahi Lassi a unique aromatic sweet Lassi experience and a delight to have. With Desi and Middle Eastern influences, it is prepared using sweet Rose extract and spices in Dahi. Then topped with a mix of crushed tree-nuts.

Mint Lassi

A refreshing twist on Desi Lassi, prepared with fresh Mint. Choose between sweet or salty Mint Lassi.

Plain Lassi

Lassi is the go-to drink of Desi people. Lassi is prepared using Desi Dahi. Great for beating the heat. Choose sweet or salty.

Pink Sheer Chai

Nina's Pink Sheer Chái is a fusion of the pink Kashmiri Chái & the Afghan Sheer Chái, prepared with specialty green tea leaves, spices, tree-nuts, and milk. Available without tree-nuts.

Desi Chai

Chái at Nina's is prepared with loose Black Tea & Green Cardamom for the best Desi Chái flavor. Prepared with milk.

Masala Chai

Desi Chái with a twist of flavorful spices. If you like aromatic spices, you will love this Pakistani style of Masala Chái.

Peshawari Qehwa

Qehwa at Nina's is made the traditional way, with Yellow Qehwa tea leaves and Green Cardamom, for an aromatic Qehwa experience. Additional flavors include: Lemongrass, Cinnamon, Ginger, and Saffron.

Ginger Qehwa

Qehwa at Nina's is made the traditional way, with Yellow Qehwa tea leaves and Green Cardamom, for an aromatic Qehwa experience. Qehwa with fresh Ginger is just the right calming tea after a Desi meal. You will love the aroma and flavor!

Lemongrass Qehwa

Qehwa at Nina's is made the traditional way, with Yellow Qehwa tea leaves and Green Cardamom, for an aromatic Qehwa experience. Try your Peshawari Qehwa with sun-dried raw cut stalks of Lemon grass. It is one of the most flavorful herbal Qehwa you will taste!

Cinnamon Qehwa

Add a little extra flavor to your Peshawari Qehwa. Try Qehwa with a piece of raw bark of Cinnamon tree. Qehwa at Nina's is made the traditional way, with Yellow Qehwa tea leaves and Green Cardamom, for an aromatic Qehwa experience.

Saffron Qehwa

A fusion of Peshawari Qehwa and Persian Red Saffron tea, for an amazing flavor that is lighter than the regular Red Tea, but with highlights of Peshawari Qehwa and cardamom.

Curry Salad

(Optionally vegetarian) A salad like you've never had before! Garden Salad with Romaine lettuce, Red Cabbage, Carrots, Fenugreek, Mustard Seeds and diced Tomatoes with some creamy Chicken Handi (optional) & Red Lobiya over it. Topped with creamy Buttermilk Ranch. Available without chicken for vegetarian option. For vegan salad, remove chicken and Ranch. Tamarind Chutney is vegan.

Tandoori Naan

Tandoor Naans! Soft, fluffy and flavorful naans.

Tawa Naan

Cooked over a Tawa griddle, our tawa naan is one of several styles of naans from south Asia. Does not contain dairy.

Peshawari Poori

Famous for being served in Desi breakfast with halwas and Cholay Dal, Peshawari Pooris are thin deep fried flatbreads that are flash-cooked for a short time. Get soft Peshawari style pooris, or have them extra cooked. Note: Pooris are thin oily breads.

Glazed Naan

Cooked over a Tawa griddle, our Tawa Naan is one of several styles of Naans from South Asia. Goes well with any Desi food. The Garlic Butter or Ghee glaze adds an extra layer of flavor to the flatbread.

Mango Mix Achar

Tangy, sour, zesty, and a little hot. A lot of flavor, packed in this Desi style pickle! Contains green mango, lemon, carrots, peppers, in dry herbs and spices, pickled in oil.

Insane Fire!

Insane Fire! sauce is extremely hot. Contains extracts of ghost peppers, including the incredible Carolina Reaper and the flavorful Desi pepper called Bhoot Naga, this sauce has both the heat and an amazing flavor. Heat levels: 65k - 500k SHU

Zeera Raita

Dahi yogurt based sauce with cumin seasoning. Has great taste and calms down the spices. Works really well with all Desi food.

Herb Chutney

This fresh and subtly hot sauce is perfect for a little added kick to your food. Made using Dahi yogurt with chili peppers, fresh herbs, and seasoning. It is a smooth refreshing sauce that goes well with almost all Desi food.

Tamarind Chutney

Dates and tamarind based sauce with hot chili powder. A little tangy, a little sweet, and some hot. Goes really well with street food items, like Potato Samosas or Pikoras.