All India Cafe

Name: All India Cafe
Address: 39 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91105, US
Telephone: (626) 440-0309
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39 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 440-0309
Last verified: October 2026
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Table spread of samosas, saag paneer, aloo gobi, raita and gulab jamun at All India Cafe in Pasadena

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 · Vegetable 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 (Indian BBQ) · Tandoori Chicken · Tandoori Shrimp.
Kathi roll & frankie: A paratha (often egg-washed on the griddle) rolled around kebab, tikka or paneer with onion, chutney and lime. Kolkata's kathi roll and Mumbai's frankie are the same idea. The Indian wrap. On this menu as: Frankies · Gobi Frankie · Chicken Frankie.
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: Aloo Tikki · Gobi Frankie · Baingan Bharta.
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: Sev Puri · Aloo Tikki · Shrimp 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: Chicken Tikka Kebab · Lamb Sheesh Kebab.

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 366 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Samosatypically $6.99 across 337 menus
Tandooritypically $11.97 across 316 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 313 menus
Chana masala & choletypically $14.99 across 292 menus
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shamitypically $16 across 280 menus
Chaattypically $9 across 270 menus

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