Zareen's

Name: Zareen's
Address: 365 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, US
Telephone: (650) 427-0158

Pakistani and Indian

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365 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 427-0158
Last verified: August 2026
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Starters & Chaat

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Chicken Memoni Samosas
- Signature
Crackling pastries with savory chicken filling, from a secret recipe known to only 23 Memoni grandmas worldwide
Veggie Samosas
Handmade pastries with mild potato filling
Aloo Tikki
Pan-fried potato cutlets with house spice blend
Pani Puri
Crispy puris with potatoes, chickpeas & chutneys
Dahi Puri
Crispy puris with potatoes, chickpeas, yogurt & chutneys

Curries & Kababs

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Chicken Tikka Masala
Char-grilled chicken in tomato-cream curry
Lamb Gosht
Slow-braised Australian lamb & potatoes in rich gravy
Madras Chicken Curry
Chicken, carrots, potatoes, peas in coconut milk
Gola Kabab Sizzler
Local Harris Ranch beef kababs
Beef Chapli Sizzler
Handmade Harris Ranch beef kababs
Paneer Tikka Masala
Cubed paneer in tomato-cream curry
Palak Paneer
Paneer in spinach stew
Tarka Daal
Yellow lentils with caramelized onion

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

Dishes to know on this menu

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: Curries & Kababs · Gola Kabab Sizzler · Beef Chapli Sizzler.
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 · Chicken Biryani · Pilau Biryani.
Chaat: The tangy, crunchy, sweet-sour-spicy family of Indian street snacks: crisp bases (papdi wafers, puffed rice for bhel, potato patties for aloo tikki chaat) piled with chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind and mint chutneys, chaat masala, onion and sev (crunchy chickpea-flour threads). Meant to be eaten immediately, before it goes soft. On this menu as: Starters & Chaat · Aloo Tikki · Dahi Puri.
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: Chicken Tikka Masala · Paneer Tikka Masala · Masala Chai.
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 · Paneer Tikka Masala.
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: Chicken Tikka Masala · Paneer Tikka Masala.

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 366 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Daltypically $11.99 across 344 menus
Samosatypically $6.99 across 337 menus
Tandooritypically $11.97 across 316 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 313 menus
Saag & palaktypically $15.95 across 309 menus
Tikka masalatypically $16.99 across 303 menus

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