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Cheeni Durham 202 N. Corcoran St. Ste. 100
202 N. Corcoran St. Ste. 100, Durham, NC
Dinner
Chhota Khana
Keema Samosas
minced lamb, crisp golden pastry, two per order$16.00Vegetable Samosas
spiced potato and vegetables, crisp golden pastry, two per order$14.00Muttakos Medallions
melty, crispy cabbage steaks with mustard seed and coconut, served with lime pickle dahi sauce$14.00Baby Brinjals
Petite eggplants roasted in masala, topped with fresh herbs.$14.00Green Chili Chicken
flash-fried chicken, cooked Indo-Chinese style, with soy, green chili, & vinegar$16.00Green Chili Mushrooms
flash-fried local mushrooms, cooked Indo-Chinese style, with soy, green chili, & vinegarOUT OF STOCK$14.00Aloo Chaat
Masala fries, house-made chutneys, chopped tomato, onion, cilantro, and sev (crunchy chickpea flour sprinkles)$12.00Karela Chip Chaat
Crispy bitter gourd, house-made chutneys, chopped onions, tomatoes, and herbs$12.00Papri Chaat
house-made wheat and seed crackers topped with chutneys, boiled potatoes, chopped onion, cilantro, and tomato, sev, yogurt, and tomato jam$12.00Samosa Chaat
One vegetable samosa topped with yogurt, chutneys, cilantro, onion, tomato, and chole, a cooked chickpea dish, with sev, crispy chickpea sprinkles$14.00
3 for 30: Appetizers & Chaats
Kaaris & Such
Featured Item: Coho Salmon with Posto Rice
OUT OF STOCK$32.00Featured Item: Ghee-Confited Chicken
Goan ground spices, chilies, vinegar, local beef pieces, potatoes; served with rice or paratha.OUT OF STOCK$30.00Andhra Chicken Curry
Bone-in chicken legs and thighs in a bright, spicy chicken curry, served with rice.$26.00Ludhiana Chicken
Chicken thighs cooked in a creamy, cashew-based sauce, with savory fenugreek and gentle spices.$28.00Murgh Makhani
Chicken thighs cooked in a medium-spicy, tomato, ground spices, and cream-based sauce, served with fresh cilantro and rice$26.00Paneer Makhani
Paneer cooked in a medium-spicy, tomato, ground spices, and cream-based sauce, served with fresh cilantro and rice$26.00Chicken Biryani
slow-cooked rice dish with chicken and a side of yogurt sauce$26.00Lamb Biryani
Slow-cooked rice dish with lamb and a side of yogurt sauce.$26.00Lamb Vindaloo
Lamb cooked with onions, vinegar, dried red chilies, and warm spices. FIERY hot, and delicious (served with rice)$30.00Lamb Saag
$28.00Paneer Saag
$28.00Crab Fried Rice
Crab pieces cooked in tamarind and coconut, then fried into rice with pepper and warming spices, ghee, and lemon, served with crab claws in ghee & pepper tadka, lemon aioli, and local microgreens tossed in lemon and salt.$34.00Fish Moilee & Paratha
light, silky, coconut milk gravy, pan-seared barramundi (served with Malabar paratha)$26.00The Hariyali Whole Fish
Whole market fish rubbed with a paste of ginger, herbs, and green chilies before being skewered and cooked in the tandoor, served with rice and cooked pickled onions$45.00Tamatar & Bhindi Dal Tadka
Slow-cooked lentils with tomatoes and okra, tempered with ghee and panch phoron, and East Indian seed and spice blend (served with rice)$18.00South Indian Vegetable Kurma
Vegetable assortment cooked in a gravy thickened with coconut milk, ground poppy seeds, and warm spices (served with rice)$26.00Chole & Rice
$18.00
Sugar & Spice: Baked Goods from Preeti
Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Oatmeal Craisin Cookie
OUT OF STOCK$4.75Half Dozen Chocolate Chip
OUT OF STOCK$35.00Half Dozen Oatmeal Cookies
OUT OF STOCK$30.00Baker's Dozen Chocolate Chip
OUT OF STOCK$65.00Baker's Dozen Oatmeal Cookies
OUT OF STOCK$60.00Jeera Cookies (2)
$4.00chai + spice blend
OUT OF STOCK$9.00Ginger Molasses Cookies
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Safron and Cardamom Kulfi
$8.00
Cookbook
When Southern Women Cook
Vegetable Samosas
$14.00
spiced potato and vegetables, crisp golden pastry, two per order
Request advisory
We'll do our best to accommodate special requests; we may not be able to honor all requests. Please note: spice cannot be adjusted.
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