The Hungry Buddha | Nepalese & Indian Cuisine Canberra I ESTD 2011
Photos
The menu
Veg Entrée
Veg (Paneer) Momo 6pcs
from $11.00Juicy minced veg and paneer mixed with Nepalese spices, wrapped in the pastry. CHOICES OF Steamed or coated with breadcrumbs & cornflour and deep fried to make it crispy served with THB special Momo sauce.
Steamed$11.00Kurkure (crunchy fried)$17.00Mixed Veg Pakaura 5pcs
$13.00Mixed veg deep fried fritters mixed with gram flour & spices served with mint & yoghurt sauce.
Chana Chatpate
$13.00Nepalese sour, hot & spicy street food prepared with mixture of peas, puffed rice, lime, potatoes, noodles & spices; served COLD.
Sadheko Badam (Peanuts Salad)
$11.99Nepali style spicy roasted peanuts mixed with lime, carrot & onion salsa, served COLD.
Nepali Aloo Ko Achar (Potato Salad)
$12.49Boiled potatoes marinated with Nepalese spices, cucumber, carrot & lemon juice, served COLD.
Nepali Samosa 2pcs
$10.99Homemade vegetable filled pastry served with tangy yoghurt, tamarind sauce and onion salsa.
Samosa Chat
$13.99Curry puffs made of potatoes, flattened & served COLD with mashed potatoes, onion, yoghurt, tamarind sauce, mint sauce & spices on top.
Pani Puri 10pcs
$11.99Fried plain flour balls, filled with mixture of tasty & spicy mash potatoes, onion, spices and refreshing homemade COLD pani (water).
Tandoori Paneer Tikka 4pcs
$16.99Indian cottage cheese marinated with spices in yoghurt sauce, cooked with capsicum & onions in clay oven and served with mint flavoured sauce.
Tandoori Soya Chaap 4pcs
$16.99Soybean protein (soya CHUNKS) marinated with various Nepalese spices, yoghurt sauce (coconut cream for vegan option), roasted (cooked) in clay oven (Tandoor).
Non-Veg Entrée
Chicken Momo 6pcs
from $11.00Juicy chicken mince mixed with veg and Nepalese spices, wrapped in the pastry. CHOICES OF Steamed or coated with breadcrumbs & cornflour and deep fried to make it crispy served with THB special Momo sauce.
Steamed$11.00Kurkure (crunchy fried)$17.00Lamb Bone Soup
$3.99Soup made from lamb bones cooked with onion & verities of Nepalese spice.
The Chilli
from $17.99Chicken breast, lollipops or buff sukuti, sautéed with chilli flakes, diced capsicum, onion, ginger, garlic & shallots, and spices.
Chicken$17.99Chicken Lollipop Chilli$18.99Buff Sukuti$22.99Chicken Lollipops Fried 6pcs
$16.99Chicken wings marinated in spices and served Sauce & Salads.
Tandoori Chicken
from $16.99Chicken with bone marinated in spices & tandoori sauce, cooked in tandoor & served with salad & sauce.
Half$16.99Full$24.99Tandoori Seafood
from $17.99Prawns OR boneless fish fillets marinated in Indian spices & tandoori yoghurt sauce, freshly cooked in tandoor.
Tandoori Prawns$17.99Tandoori Fish Tikka$17.99Chicken Tikka 4pcs / Chicken Sekuwa
from $16.49Clay oven cooked boneless chicken, mix, and marinated with ground spices, creamy burnt butter coriander dressing.
Chicken Tikka$16.49Nepalese Style Chicken Sekuwa Skewers served in smoky sizzler$17.99Chicken Choila
$18.99Chicken fillets tossed on ginger & garlic, marinated in mustard oil, fresh coriander, and homemade roasted spices, SERVED COLD.
Khasi Ko Bhutan
$19.99Boiled goat pluck (intestine, liver etc.) mixed with homemade spices varieties & pan fried.
Buff Sukuti (Buffalo Jerky)
$20.99Dry buffalo meat pan-fried with onion and homemade spies.
Tareko Macha (Deep Fried Fish) 4pcs
$16.49Boneless fish, marinated in Nepalese spices and gram flour, deep fried and served with sauce.
Lamb Seekh Kebab 4pcs
$16.99Lamb mince mixed and marinated with various spices, cooked on skewers in clay oven (tandoor).
Barbique Platter for 2
$30.99Mixed platter of lamb seekh kebab, tandoori fish tikka, tandoori prawns and tandoori chicken quarter, served 2 pieces each.
Chef's Special Platters
Tandoori Chicken Platter
$29.99Tandoori chicken half, served with stir-fried mixed vegetables, chicken curry sauce and choices of rice/naan.
Lamb Shank
$30.99Lamb shanks slow cooked in Indian spices, yoghurt, tomato, and onion, served in thick sauce with naan & choices of mashed potatoes or rice; perfect diet for CANBERRA'S COLD WEATHER.
Kids Menu
Daal Bhat (Daal with rice)
$11.49Mild lentils with rice (yellow lentil or daal makhani).
Butter Chicken with rice or cheese naan
$11.99Butter chicken with rice or cheese naan.
Chips with Nuggets
$9.00Chips with nuggets.
Chips / Nuggets
from $5.00Chips only or nuggets 4pcs.
Chips only$5.00Nuggets 4pcs$6.00Kids Chowmein
from $11.99Kids chowmein veg / egg / chicken.
Veg$11.99Egg$11.99Chicken$11.99
Momo (Nepalese Dumplings) 10pcs
Steamed Momo 10pcs
from $15.99Juicy veg OR chicken mince mixed with Nepalese spices, wrapped in the pastry & served with The Hungry Buddha special Momo sauce. ONE FREE LAMB BONE SOUP WITH EACH SERVING OF MOMO, PLEASE SPECIFY WHILE PLACING THE ORDER.
Veg (Paneer)$15.99Chicken$15.99Jhol Momo 10pcs
from $17.99Momo dipped in the spicy sauce. Veg OR chicken.
Veg (Paneer)$17.99Chicken$17.99Fried Momo 10pcs
from $16.99Deep fried momo. Veg OR chicken.
Veg (Paneer)$16.99Chicken$16.99Steamed C-Momo 10pcs
from $18.99Steamed momo tossed in momo chilli (C = Momo Chilli). Veg OR chicken.
Veg (Paneer)$18.99Chicken$18.99Fried C-Momo 10pcs
from $18.99Fried momo tossed in momo chilli (C = Momo Chilli). Veg OR chicken.
Veg (Paneer)$18.99Chicken$18.99Momo Platter 30pcs
from $49.00A mixed platter with 3 varieties of momo: steamed, steamed c & fried, 10 pieces each.
Veg Platter$49.00Chicken Platter$49.00
Chowmein & Thukpa
Chowmein
from $17.00Nepalese style stir fried noodles mixed with spices, veggies, chickpeas, sauce.
Veg$17.00Egg$18.00Chicken$19.00Buffalo$20.00Thukpa
from $18.00Noodles served in the tasty spicy sauce with veggies.
Veg$18.00Egg$19.00Chicken$20.00Buffalo$21.00
Special Nepalese Authentic Khaja Sets
Chicken Choila Set
$25.99Traditional Nepalese snack platter served with half furandana (rice bubbles mixed with nuts and spices) and half beaten-rice, achar (potato salad), peanuts salad, salad and prawn crackers. Furandana contains nuts.
Chicken Sekuwa Set
$25.99Traditional Nepalese snack platter served with half furandana (rice bubbles mixed with nuts and spices) and half beaten-rice, achar (potato salad), peanuts salad, salad and prawn crackers. Furandana contains nuts.
Buff Sukuti Set
$27.99Traditional Nepalese snack platter served with half furandana (rice bubbles mixed with nuts and spices) and half beaten-rice, achar (potato salad), peanuts salad, salad and prawn crackers. Furandana contains nuts.
Khasi Ko Bhuttan Set
$27.99Traditional Nepalese snack platter served with half furandana (rice bubbles mixed with nuts and spices) and half beaten-rice, achar (potato salad), peanuts salad, salad and prawn crackers. Furandana contains nuts.
Nepalese Authentic Thali
Dhido Gundruk Ko Thali Set
$31.99Nepalese traditional style buckwheat pudding meal served with ghee on top of pudding (DHIDO), gundruk bhatmas curry, stir fried green saag or other veg curry, green salad, yoghurt with GULAB JAMOON, Nepali pickle, papad, choice of meat curry (goat, lamb or boneless chicken) or paneer curry for veg with a rich gravy sauce.
Nepali Khana Ko Thali
$31.89Popularly known as DAAL BHAT TARKARI in Nepal, a traditional Nepali set dinner of rice & lentils served with a choice of meat (boneless chicken, lamb, goat) or paneer curry for veg together with a vegetable dish (gundruk or aloo tama or saag or other seasonal veggies), homemade pickle, GHEE, yoghurt, GULAB JAMOON & papad. Add-ons (order only after ordering thali): free one serve rice per thali and 1 pickle per thali; $4 each lentil, saag, aloo tama, gundruk; $6 each paneer curry, dhido, goat, lamb, chicken, gulab jamoon with yoghurt.
Vegetarian Mains
Soya Chaap
from $20.99Soybean protein (CHUNKS) marinated with various spices, yoghurt sauce (coconut cream for vegan), roasted in clay oven, cooked to give taste like butter chicken, in creamy butter-tomato sauce for veg butter chicken, coconut cream and tomato sauce for vegan & in onion-tomato gravy for soya chaap masala.
Soya Chaap Masala$20.99Butter Soya (Vegetarian/Vegan Butter Chicken)$20.99Daal
from $18.99Yellow lentils flambé with Himalayan spices, tossed with famous herb jimmu known as jhaneko daal, or slow cooked black lentils and kidney beans in dry spices, tomato and rich creamy sauce.
Jhaneko Daal (Yellow)$18.99Daal Makhani$19.99Bhindi Aloo Masala (Okra & Potatoes)
$20.99Okra & potatoes tossed with cumin, onions & spices, dry curry.
Aloo Bodi Tama (Bamboo shoot potato curry)
$20.99Bamboo shoots, black eyed beans and potato cooked with various spices to give a bit of sour Nepalese taste.
Gundruk Bhatmas Curry
$19.99Fermented & sun dried green leafy vegetables cooked with deep fried soybeans & potatoes in Himalayan style.
Mixed Vegetable Curry
$20.99Nepali mixed vegetable curry of cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, peas, potatoes (seasonal vegetables).
Mountain Eggplant Aloo
$20.99Eggplant and potatoes cooked in Himalayan spices to create a mountain favourite; dry curry.
Malai Kofta
$20.99Vegetable balls of cottage cheese, cream, cashews, sultanas & potatoes fried & cooked in spices with thick coconut sauce.
Aloo Gobi Matar
$20.99Cauliflower, potatoes and peas cooked with Himalayan spices; this lightly spiced dry curry is an old favourite.
Vegetable Korma
$20.99Mix vegetables curry with cream, cashew nuts, ground almond, coconut – a mildly spiced favourite.
Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese)
from $20.99Paneer & capsicum cooked in onion, spices & butter to create delicious Indian vegetarian PANEER BUTTER MASALA & KADAI PANEER with kadai masala, OR cooked with fine spinach paste to create saag paneer.
Paneer Butter Masala$20.99Kadai Paneer$20.99Saag Paneer$20.99
Non-Veg & Seafood Mains
Chicken
from $21.99Boneless chicken cooked as curry with exotic Nepali, Indian spices. Completed with black pepper for pep.ch. gravy.
Chicken Curry$21.99Pepper Chicken Gravy$21.99Himalayan Chicken (Spicy Nepalese Style)$21.99Chicken Tikka Masala
$21.99Tandoori grilled chicken fillets cooked with sliced tomatoes, capsicum, & onion, finished with fresh coriander.
Butter Chicken with Honey; Boneless
$21.99Boneless chicken marinated in traditional Indian spices & cooked in butter, Honey & cream. NOTE: Base sauce pre-cooked and is sweet, if you asked for spicy, we could only add chilli on sweet sauce.
Mango Chicken
$21.99Mild curry made with the combination of thick onion gravy, cream, mango, coconut cream.
Korma
from $21.99Mild traditional meat curry with cream, coconut, ground almond & fresh Indian spices.
Chicken$21.99Lamb$22.99Saag (Spinach)
from $21.99Famous meat curry cooked with fine paste of spinach and cream, spices, an Indian favourite.
Chicken$21.99Lamb$22.99Lamb
from $22.99Boneless lamb cooked in traditional Nepali style with tomatoes, coriander, ginger, bay leaves and spices.
Lamb Curry$22.99Rogan Josh$22.99Khasi Ko Masu (Goat Curry)
$22.99Exquisite curry of tender goat with bone enriched with the flavours of fenugreek, cinnamon, tomatoes, coriander, bay leaves, ginger, garlic - a famous specialty of Nepal.
Goat Bhutuwa
$22.99Nepalese traditional style dry curry cooked with tomato, onion, spices and flavoured with sliced onion, shallot.
Bhuna
from $22.99Traditional Indian dish cooked with fresh coriander, pepper, garlic, diced capsicum, green chilli, yoghurt, spices.
Chicken Tikka$22.99Lamb$22.99Goat$22.99Prawns$23.49Seafood Tarkari (Curry)
from $23.49Seafood simmered in traditional spices, lemongrass, lime leaves, mustard seeds, onion, coconut milk.
Prawns$23.49Boneless Fish$23.49Vindaloo
from $21.99Curry cooked in fresh spices, malt vinegar, paprika, red chillies and fresh coriander leaves, SERVED MEDIUM HOT; please talk to staff if you need this curry hot or mild.
Chicken$21.99Lamb$22.99Goat$22.99Prawns$23.49
Biryani
Biryani
from $20.99Slow cooked Basmati Rice with varieties of Nepalese and Indian spices served with raita.
Vegetarian / Vegan$20.99Chicken$23.49Goat$23.49Lamb$23.49
Rice & Bread
Steamed Rice
$3.99Steamed rice.
Green Peas Pulao Rice
$4.99Green peas pulao rice.
Hot Chilli & Lemon Rice
$5.99Spicy rice.
Roti
$3.99Roti.
Naan
from $3.99All naans already contain dairy and come with butter on top; please speak with our staff for a no-butter option (but no butter doesn't mean naan is dairy free). Keema Naan is stuffed with lamb mince.
Plain Naan$3.99Garlic Naan$4.99Cheese Naan$5.99Chilli Cheese Naan$6.49Garlic Cheese Naan$6.49Butter Naan$6.49Keema Naan (Lamb mince stuffed)$7.99
Essentials & Sides
Raita
$4.49Yoghurt and cucumber.
Plain Yoghurt
$3.49Plain yoghurt.
Tamarind & Dates Chutney
$3.49Tamarind & dates chutney.
Mint & Yoghurt Sauce
$3.19Mint & yoghurt sauce.
Momo Chutney
$3.19Momo chutney.
Lime Pickle
$3.19Lime pickle.
Sweet Mango Chutney
$3.19Sweet mango chutney.
Papad
$3.19Pappadums (GF).
Mula Ko Achar
$3.49Radish pickle.
Prawn Cracker Fry
$3.19Prawn cracker fry.
Fresh Green Salad
$7.99Fresh green salad.
Furandana / Puffed Rice / Beaten Rice (Chiura)
$3.99Furandana / puffed rice / beaten rice (chiura).
Papadum Platter (Papad & Dips)
$6.99Papadums served with raita and mint yoghurt or sweet mango pickle sauce as dips.
Desserts
Lalmohan 2pcs
$9.49Caramelized balls / gulab jamun in Indo-Nepalese style.
Lalmohan 2pcs + Yoghurt
$10.99Caramelized balls / gulab jamun in Indo-Nepalese style with yoghurt.
Mango Pista Kulfi
$9.00Homemade ice cream with mango and pistachio flavour.
Rasmalai 2pcs
$9.99Milk flavoured dessert, popularly known as dudhbari in Nepal.
Gajar Haluwa
$9.99Sweet carrot pudding served warm.
Khir (Rice Pudding)
$9.00Rice cooked in milk with nuts, served warm.
Banquet Menu
Banquet Menu (minimum 4 people)
$41.99Minimum 4 people, $41.99 per person. STARTER: papadums. ENTRÉE: select 2 veg and 2 non-veg dishes (chicken tikka or chicken sekuwa; aloo ko achar or peanuts salad or tandoori soya chaap; Nepali samosa or mix veg pakauras; khasi ko bhutan or lamb seekh kebab or deep-fried fish). MAINS: select 2 veg and 2 non-veg curries, excluding prawns and platters (jhaneko daal or daal makhani; mix vegetable curry or potato cauliflower curry; chicken curry or butter chicken; goat or lamb curry). SERVED WITH rice & naan, raita or green salads. DESSERT: gulab jamoon or rasmalai or rice pudding or carrot pudding. We recommend the banquet menu for larger groups.
Where to find it
What people say
813 reviews on Google
Other Nepali spots nearby
More momo within reach of Belconnen
THE MOMO POT
★★★★★★★★★★4.5(99)
The Monkey Temple
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(113)
Losaa On Wheels
★★★★★★★★★★4.8(162)