Taj Mahal Cuisine of India

Name: Taj Mahal Cuisine of India
Address: 1430 Carlisle Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, US
Telephone: (505) 255-1994

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Lunch buffet daily 11am–2:30pm; Dinner Sun–Thu 5pm–9:30pm, Fri–Sat 5pm–10pm; open 7 days a week

1430 Carlisle Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 255-1994
Last verified: October 2026
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Exterior storefront of Taj Mahal Cuisine of India on Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, with a red awning, OPEN sign, and lunch buffet banner

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 (Rice Specialities) · Gosht Hyderabadi Biryani · Shahi Murg 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 Specialities · Tandoor Murg · Jheenga Tandoori.
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: Shammi Kabab · Reshmi Seekh Kabab.
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 Pakore.
Raita: Yogurt (dahi) whisked with cucumber, onion, tomato, mint or boondi (tiny fried chickpea-flour pearls) and seasoned with roasted cumin. The cooling counterpoint to biryani and hot curries. On this menu as: Dahi Bhalla.

Taj Mahal Cuisine of India

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