Nellai Spice Junction
Various Cuisines
OPENChettinad Starters (7)
Chicken 65
Deep-fried spiced chicken bites, Chettinad style
Pepper Chicken Dry
Crackling black pepper chicken fry
Mutton Sukka
Slow-roasted mutton with roasted coconut
Fish Fry (Vanjaram)
Seer fish marinated and shallow fried
Prawn 65
Crispy fried prawns tossed in chilli garlic
Kola Urundai
Deep-fried minced meat and lentil balls
Egg Chilli Dry
Boiled egg tossed in spicy chilli sauce
Soups (8)
Chicken Sokka Soup
Peppery country-style chicken soup
New Dish
new dish
Mutton Bone Soup
Slow-simmered mutton bone broth
Sweet Corn Soup
Classic veg sweet corn soup
Hot & Sour Soup
Spicy tangy veg soup
Chicken Clear Soup
Light clear chicken broth with herbs
Rasam Shots
Tangy tamarind pepper rasam, served hot
Nattu Kozhi Soup
Country chicken soup with crushed pepper
Biryani (8)
Chettinad Chicken Biryani
Fragrant seeraga samba rice with country chicken
Mutton Biryani
Slow-cooked mutton biryani, Nellai style
Egg Biryani
Seeraga samba rice with boiled eggs
Prawn Biryani
Coastal-style biryani with fresh prawns
Veg Biryani
Mixed vegetable biryani with mint gravy
Quail Biryani
Kaadai biryani with whole quail pieces
Fish Biryani
Vanjaram fish layered biryani
Chicken 65 Biryani Combo
Biryani served with a side of chicken 65
Curries & Gravies (7)
Chicken Chettinad
Fiery Chettinad-style chicken curry
Mutton Kuzhambu
Traditional country mutton curry
Nattu Kozhi Curry
Country chicken cooked in roasted masala
Meen Kuzhambu
Tamarind fish curry, Tirunelveli style
Kadai Chicken
Chicken cooked with capsicum and onions
Egg Curry
Boiled eggs in spicy onion-tomato gravy
Paneer Butter Masala
Cottage cheese in creamy tomato gravy
Breads & Rice (7)
Parotta (2 pcs)
Layered flaky Kerala-style parotta
Chapati (2 pcs)
Soft wheat chapati
Idiyappam (4 pcs)
Steamed rice noodle cakes
Appam (2 pcs)
Fermented rice batter hoppers
Ghee Rice
Aromatic rice cooked in ghee and whole spices
Curd Rice
Comforting rice mixed with fresh curd
Jeera Rice
Cumin-flavoured basmati rice
Seafood Specials (7)
Nethili Fry
Crispy fried anchovies, Tirunelveli style
Crab Masala
Whole crab cooked in spicy Chettinad masala
Squid Roast
Pan-roasted squid with black pepper
Prawn Masala
Prawns simmered in onion-tomato masala
Fish Curry Meal
Vanjaram fish curry with rice and sides
Tuna Fry
Shallow fried tuna steaks, spice-crusted
Sura Puttu
Shredded shark meat stir fry, a Nellai classic
Andhra Corner (7)
Gongura Chicken
Tangy sorrel-leaf chicken curry
Andhra Chilli Chicken
Fiery Andhra-style chilli chicken
Bendakaya Fry
Andhra-style okra stir fry
Guntur Chicken
Extra-spicy Guntur style chicken roast
Pulusu Curry
Tangy tamarind-based veg pulusu
Avial
Mixed vegetables in coconut-yogurt gravy
Pesarattu
Green gram dosa served with ginger chutney
Tandoor Grill (7)
Tandoori Chicken (Half)
Charcoal-grilled marinated chicken
Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken chunks grilled in tandoor
Seekh Kebab
Minced mutton skewers grilled to perfection
Paneer Tikka
Char-grilled marinated cottage cheese
Fish Tikka
Grilled marinated seer fish cubes
Tandoori Prawns
Charcoal-grilled marinated prawns
Mixed Grill Platter
Assorted tandoor items on one platter
Desserts (7)
Ice Halwa
Tirunelveli's iconic wheat halwa
Gulab Jamun (2 pcs)
Soft milk dumplings in sugar syrup
Payasam
Traditional South Indian sweet pudding
Rava Kesari
Sweet semolina pudding with ghee and nuts
Falooda
Layered rose milk dessert with vermicelli
Fruit Cream
Fresh fruits tossed in sweetened cream
Jigarthanda
Madurai-style cold dessert drink
Beverages (7)
Filter Coffee
South Indian filter coffee
Sweet Lassi
Chilled sweetened yogurt drink
Buttermilk
Spiced traditional buttermilk
Fresh Lime Soda
Refreshing lime soda, sweet or salted
Rose Milk
Chilled milk with rose syrup
Badam Milk
Warm almond-flavoured milk
Tender Coconut
Fresh tender coconut water