Delighted to be considered Barrie's finest, Chef Brothers Yar and Nur Mohammad have committed 18 years tantalizing the palates of their customers.
Word-of-mouth literally travels, as their following includes customers from as far away as several European countries.
Their culinary prowess makes Tara Indian Cuisine Limited a most unique "palatal experience." Catering to their customers, these easy-going brothers are happy to customize a meal to suit individual palates.Tara Authentic Indian Cuisine has been voted best Indian restaurant 19 years in a row. We offer an amazing selection at our all-you-can-eat lunch buffet, as well as soups, appetizers, rice dishes, breads, curries, korma, vindaloo, and seafood all made fresh in-house. We serve plenty of vegetarian options and have something for everybody. Try something new in Barrie. Call now to make a reservation.more...See more text
Long Grain Patna rice, cooked so as to keep the grains separate, (small)
$5.50
Palao Rice
Very Popular! The most refined and aromatic rice. Best quality Basmati rice with fried onion and saffron and other spices to give a distinctive flavour (Mild) Small: servingfor one
$5.99
Pea Palao
Best quality Basmati rice, fried with peas, onions and other spices
$15.99
Aloo Palao
Best quality Basmati rice, fried with potato, onions and other spices
$15.99
Mushroom Palao
Best quality Basmati rice,fried with mushrooms and other spices
$15.99
Indian Bread
Paratha
Plain whole wheat rolled out and fried in butter into a crisp and flaky flat disc
$5.99
Chapati
Plain whole wheat flour, rolled very thin and baked on a griddle
$3.99
Tandoori Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in the Tandoori
$4.99
Nan
A bread made out of self-raisingflour and baked in the special tandoor oven. Soft. Very Popular!
$3.75
Vegetable Nan
Nan bread stuffed with mixed vegetables and cooked in fresh spices
$4.99
Peshawari Nan
Freshly baked bread, stuffed with nuts, raisins, cherries, cilantro and more
$4.99
Keema Nan
Nan bread stuffed with ground beef and cooked in fresh spices
$4.99
Garlic Nan
$4.99
Fenugreek Nan
$4.99
From our Amazing Tandoor (Sizzler)
A Tandoor is a clay oven fired by hardwood charcoal. It opens at the top and meat is lowered into the oven on skewers while the Nan breads are baked stuck to the inner side of its walls. The enclosed heat slowly and simultaneously bakes, roasts, grills and smokes food, making the Tandoori meat well-done yet juicy and soft with a "smoky" flavour. The other secret that makes the Tandoor meat so delicious is the special herb and spice yogurt marinade in which the meat or seafood is marinated for more than twenty-four hours. We are one of the few restaurants in Canada who may boast of their own authentic, imported Tandoor. All Tandoor dishes come with vegetable, rice and salad.
Chicken Tandoor
One half of a chicken with bones
$28.99
Shrimps Tandoor
King size shrimp
$29.99
Chicken Tikka
One half of a chicken, deboned and diced
$29.99
Mixed Tandoori Platter
Combination of Tandoori Chicken, Shrimp and Chicken Tikka on Vegetables
$34.99
Biryani (Flavoured Fried Rice)
A very flavour some special northern dish for special occasions (Weddings, Festivals, etc.). Basmati rice fried witih meats or vegetables over simmering heat, whereby the flavour of the spicy meat or vegetable permeates the rice. Flavoured with rose-water and garnished with fried onions, raisins and peanuts.
Chicken Biryani
$21.99
Beef Biryani
$21.99
Lamb Biryani
$21.99
Shrimp Biryani
$21.99
Vegetable Biryani
$19.99
Chicken Tikka Biryani
$21.99
Curry Dishes
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. Although "curry" is frequently and incorrectly used in the West to describe Indian Food in general, this word is the anglicized version of the Rami! word "Kari" -meaning sauce or a combination of seasonings cooked with vegetables or meat to make a stew-type dish. Curry comes in the form of mild, medium, or hot- your choice.
Beef Curry
Cooked with tomato, pimento, onion and other spices, served in its own gravy
$20.99
Chicken Curry
Cooked with tomato, onion & other spices, served in its own gravy
$20.99
Lamb Curry
Lamb cubes cooked with tomato, onion and other spices, served in its own sauce
$21.99
Shrimp Curry
$20.99
Special Curries
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately
Butter Chicken
Succulent "smoky" chicken Tandoor roasted and cooked with cream yogurt, coconut and clarified butter. Garnished with peanuts. Very mild, most flavourful and highly recommended
$21.99
Butter Chicken (Unsweetened)
$21.99
Kashmiri Chicken Curry
Deboned chicken, Kashmiri style with peanuts, coconut and sultanas. Mild & sweet
$21.99
Chicken Dupiaza
Similar to Lamb Dupiaza
$21.99
Lamb Dupiaza
For onion lovers! Similar to Bhoona. Garnished with diced onions and sauteed in clarified butter
$21.99
Rogan Josh (Beef)
Similar to Bhoona with lots of tomatoes
$21.99
Chicken Tikka Masala
Roasted in charcoal Tandoor, with Indian spices
$21.99
Murgh Razala
Boneless sliced chicken cooked with special Oriental spices
$21.99
Chicken Charga
Marinated with yogurt, ginger, garlic
$21.99
Chicken Phatia
$21.99
Chicken Jalfrezi
Chicken breast and cubes cooked with green peppers in a dry sauce
$21.99
Methi Chicken
Chicken breast cooked in an onion sauce with the succulent flavour of Fenugreek leaves
$21.99
Chilli Chicken
an fried Chicken with dried red Chillies in a thick sauce
$21.99
Balti Chicken
Chicken Breast cooked with red and green peppers served in a tiny bucket
$21.99
Chicken Pasanda
Chicken breast cooked in thick yogurt and tomato sauce and garnished with sliced almonds
$21.99
Garlic Chicken
Garlicky goodness in smoked Chicken breasts
$21.99
Methi Gosht
$21.99
Keema Motor
Ground Beef cooked with green peas, green peppers, tomatoes, onion, Fenugreek leaves with Indian Spices
$18.99
Korma (Sweet)
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. A northern delicacy. The most popular dish to entertain guests with. Cooked with lots of yogurt, cream, coconut, rose-water and garnished with raisins, peanuts and fried onions
Chicken Korma (Unsweetened)
$21.99
Chicken Korma
$21.99
Vegetable Korma
$18.99
Lamb Korma
$21.99
Shrimp Korma
$20.99
Beef Korma
$20.99
Madras
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. A popular southern dish. Cooked with lime juice and extra red chilies
Chicken Madras Curry
Chicken curry prepared with extra red chilies and other spices, served in the Southern Indian Style
$20.99
Lamb Madras
$21.99
Beef Madras
$21.99
Shrimp Madras
$21.99
Vegetable Madras
$18.99
Vindaloo
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. Cooked with potato, lime juice and of course extra, extra red chilies! Good Luck!
Beef Vindaloo
$21.99
Chicken Vindaloo
$21.99
Lamb Vindaloo
$21.99
Shrimp Vindaloo
$21.99
Vegetable Vindaloo
$18.99
Phaal Curry Vindaloo
hottest curry in the world!
$21.99
Seafood
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately.
Fish Marsala
Halibut marinated in our homemade sauce cooked with onions, red pepper flakes and Indian Spices
$21.99
Fish Curry
$20.99
Fish Madras
Lemon juice
$21.99
Fish Vindaloo
Lemon juice, onions, green pepper, tomatoes and potatoes
$21.99
Fish Jalfrezi
Halibut cooked with green peppers in a dry sauce
$21.99
Butter Shrimp
Similiar to Butter Chicken
$21.99
Shrimp Korma
Similiar to Chicken Korma
$21.99
Shrimp Dansak
Similiar to Chicken Dansak. Mild, Medium or Hot
$21.99
Shrimp Phatia
Similiar to Chicken Phatia
$21.99
Shrimp Dupiaza
$21.99
Saag Shrimp
$21.99
Kashmiri Shrimp
$21.99
Dansak
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. A very spicy sweet-sour-hot curry with a "hot undertone". Cooked with lentils, yogurt and after the Persian stvle flavoured with fenugreek leaves. Very thick sauce.
Chicken Dansak
$21.99
Lamb Dansak
$21.99
Beef Dansak
$21.99
Vegetable Dansak
$18.99
Shrimp Dansak
$21.99
Bhoona
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. Tomato, green peppers and lots of onions. Flavoured with fenugreek leaves. Spicy and thick sauce
Bhoona Gosht (Beef)
$21.99
Bhoona Chicken
$21.99
Bhoona Lamb
$21.99
Bhoona Shrimp
$21.99
Saag
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately. "Saag" is the Indian name for "spinach" and is very popular in the East. Moderately spiced and flavoured with fenugreek leaves. Thin sauce. Mild or medium - your choice.
Saag Chicken
$21.99
Saag Lamb
$21.99
Saag Beef
$21.99
Saag Shrimp
$21.99
Saag Aloo
$17.99
Saag Masala
$18.99
Saag Chana
Chick peas cooked with fresh spinach
$17.99
Vegetables
These dishes do not include bread or rice. Please order separately
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Mixed vegetables fried together with spices & served in their own gravy
$18.99
Aloo Gobi
Curry of cauliflower with onion, tomato & potato
$18.99
Aloo Peas
Curry of potato & peas with onion and other spices
$18.99
Panir Tikka Masala
Homemade cheese (Panir), onion,yellow, red, green peppers, Indian herbal spice
My husband and I used to eat a lot of Indian food...
My husband and I used to eat a lot of Indian food when we lived in Toronto. We moved recently to Barrie and were pleased with "Tara Indian Cuisine's" reviews. I was told it would take 45mins to 1hour delivery and a charge of $4.50 would be applied. No problem. Over 1hr and 30mins later our food arrived. And the order was wrong. We were so hungry we didn't even call to complain. While we were eating we also realized the chickpeas in the channa masala weren't fully cooked. Lastly, the amount of onion used was crazy. Trust me, I know how much onion is used in Indian food, but this was excessive. An entire onion per dish. It was gross. The worst part is I have a $50 gift certificate that I "won" on simcoe auctions and it can only be used in the store.
I am a regular at Tara, and for good reason, the...
I am a regular at Tara, and for good reason, the food is amazing the staff are friendly and though the prices seem to jump every time we go there it is still reasonable. Just know in advance very slow service, but the food will arrive fresh and hot, worth the wait. Great restaurant would recommend to anyone!!
It was very good food i recamend to other people to go and try it is the best. They have your choice hot or mild and more diffrent food and any thing if you were vegatarian salad meat lover many meat and firendly staff.Tara indian cusin rocks.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We haven't been to this restaurant in years, but...
We haven't been to this restaurant in years, but I figure my review will still be worth something. We've been here twice. The first time we visited was on Valentine's Day for dinner. Our first impression was not too great. Along with three or four other couples, we were kept standing by the front door for well near one hour (if not more) while we stared and waited for other patrons to leave. The most annoying thing about the experience was that we had made reservations beforehand. My definition of making a reservation at a restaurant means that a table will be reserved and waiting for you at your requested time, so there will be a minimal or no wait time when you get there. Otherwise what's the point of making a reservation if you'll just be treated like any other walk-in. The place was crowded, warm, stuffy, but the food, when it finally came, was very good. It was because of the taste and quality of the food that we decided to return a second time (we're suckers for punishment!) a few months later (on a non-holiday) and this time were seated much sooner. Again, the food was delectable. However, I remember they charged around $5 for a couple of tiny samosas, where there's a much more casual and equally authentic Indian place in Markham where you can get gigantic and delicious samosas for only about 25 cents each. But, I guess that's what you pay for Indian fine dining. Overall, as others here have said, the food is excellent but the service is lacking and unapologetic.
