TANTRAơ — Restaurant in Mumbai

Tantra is a new restaurant alert at Hughes road near chowpatty. Chef Naved is consultant chef of Tantra and has designed the menu for this place Its an all vegetarian restaurant keeping the area and demographics in mind. A very striking feature of Chef Naved;s dishes being that although most of gujaratis /marwadis eat sweet food.He has kept his dishes here a little on spicy side which i personally loved it.

The interiors of Tantra are classy,simple.Takes you back to british era. Good music playing in the background.This restaurant is more of a family restaurant. They have many tables with seatings of 8 -10 people.It is good to see Tantra promoting the concept of entire family dining together.

Seatings at Tantra are divided on ground floor and first floor.They have a relatively small bar on the 1st floor.Even on a weekday this place was packed. Staff Service was a bit average but can understand this as the place was packed.

Also from 2nd jan 2018 Tantra is introducing a new menu which will have a few more varieties of dishes added on to their menu which is great!

Coming to what i tried here

Drinks

Thandai -Served chilled and my favourite drink .Fullcream milk with almonds,cashewnuts,pistachios and saffron used in preparation of this amazing drink.

Shorba(soup)

Mushroom shorba -One of the most popular and trendy soup these days. In this soup roux is thinned with cream and mushroom broth was added. It had a strong and pure essence of mushroom in it.A nice rich tasty soup.

Pavbhaji shorba - A very interesting signature soup of Chef Naved. Onion and garlic paste cooked well ,tomatoes ,pav bhaji masala,chilli powder and garam masala forming niche ingredients used in preparation of this delightful shorba.Must try!!

Starters

Sweetpotato chaat -A nice tangy chaat dish.Sweetpotatoes mingles with spices,chaat masala ,chillies ,lime juice.Quite filling chaat.The chutney mixed along gave it superb chatpatta flavour.I liked it.

Badami Tikki chaat - Wow.This was mouthwatering.Spicy aloo tikki,sev,chutney,chopped onions used in preparation of this delicious chaat. Highly recommended

Stuffed tandoori idli -This is a very unique starter.Full marks to chef Naved for creativity and creating such wonderful thoughtful dishes. Curd was whisked and all seasonings were added to it.Round shape idli pieces were served.Marinade was poured over idli .After a while they were nicely deep fried and served with chutney and mulgapodi masala on it.

Dahi kebab -Shallow fried kebabs made from hung curd and supported with paneer and crumbs.It had nice masalas to give it a nice taste. A special mention for the chunda served along with dahi kebab. Do try out the chunda

Feta ghughra -A gujarati speciality dish served with twist of Feta. It has green peas (vatana) stuffed ghughra with feta cheese stuffing and served with coconut chutney along.Tasty!!

Main course

Zaffrani paneer -This was little spicy with a flavour of lasooni chutney.A special mention for the good malai paneer they used in preparation of this vegetable. Choice of Paneer is so important for this dish .

Baingan bharta -Baingan nicely smoked and cooked well in onion masala. This is strictly for brinjal lovers.Else can try out from many other vegetables from the vast menu.

I personally enjoyed Zaffrani paneer more!!

Assorted bread basket - From their variety of bread options.Their 3 cheese naan and stuffed kulchas were the best.

Rice Haryali paneer Tikka biryani - Rich in taste,full of aroma,dish made with paneer,coriander leaves.Not spicy at all.Highly recomended .Worth trying

Dessert Suttarfeni and rabdi - A popular indian sweet loved by gujaratis and marwadis. it is flaky ,rice flour roasted in ghee and blended with some sugar.Some pistachios and cardamom along with mixture of rabdi added to it.

Malai kulfi - A nice refreshing kulfi to end meal with .

Overall i had a pleasant dining experience at Tantra

Do check out this new place...

Tantra is a place located in very famous area in Mumbai which is Near Girgaon Chowpatty. The place has the best location ever this place is located on the main road so it is easy to find this place it is almost 2 years old restaurant this place is famous for its veg cuisine. This place also serves north Indian, Mughlai food. This restaurant is divided in two sections the lower and the upper section the lower and the upper section both has nice comfort sittings but the main thing about the upper section is that they also have live bas counter at the upper section so you can enjoy your drinks with your friends. The ambience at this place is quite decent I am not a big vegetarian fan but after visiting this place I am in love with it they also have different bar and food menu the entrance of this place is quite decent. This is basically good hygiene place they keep the best care of their customers. As we went to this place for our dinner one of my friend suggested me this place. This place opens at 12 noon and works for almost 12 hours till 12 midnight. As I went into the restaurant I got my table in the lower section of the restaurant but some of the staffs suggested to sit on the upper section of the restaurant so we decided to go up both the section have good nice comfort sittings the staffs are too good in there service. They did not give us any chance of disappointment of the staffs helped in all the possible way they can. We were lucky that we got a chance to meet the owner of the restaurant. Thanks to all the members of TANTRA. Special thanks to Mr. Sanjay who was the chef who served us the amazing food also thanks to Mr. Elisha, Mr. Himaoshu & Mr. Ratnesh. Thanks to the owner of Tantra Mr. Mukesh Gupta for giving us such a wonderful food experience. Coming to the food we had. . WHAT WE HAD DRINKS

1. Tulsi Narangi This Drinks Was a Mocktail and was having tulsi and orange in it the taste decent
2. Kesari Thandai This was something I never had before this was my favorite among both of the drinks we had this drink have paan flavors in it is also bit spicy the taste is tangy must try this whenever you visit this place STARTERS
3. Tulsi Paneer Tikka The paneer was too soft it will just get melt in your mouth I love the marinating of it good in taste.
4. Banjara Aloo This was the boiled potato and was having an outer cover of masala on it.
5. Kothimber Vadi Cheese Rolls This starter was my favorite this was a roll filled with cheese and veggies the roll was deep fried was having outer crispy coating must try.
6. Cheese Chilli Kebab This kebab was too soft that it will just melt in your mouth and will give you god taste
7. Papad Kebab This was something I had for the first time this kebab was having paneer inside and the outer coating was having fried papad on it. MAINS
8. Paneer Nizami This was recommended to us by one of the staffs this was a gravy made similar to nonveg gravy and was having paneer in it and was served with butter naan
9. Hariyali Paneer Tikka Biryani This was one of the best biryani i ever had I dint expected that the veg biryani will taste so good it was not to spicy it was nicely made the amount of masala was good love this one from the mains. DESSERT
10. Gulab Jamun The best part is always the dessert the gulab jamun was soft it was good at taste and was garnished with cashew. . All the food we had was just amazing nice place must go with your friends and family. Coming to the price. . PRICE DRINKS
11. Tulsi Narangi = Rs250/-
12. Kesari Thandai = Rs275/- STARTERS
13. Tulsi Paneer Tikka = Rs310/-
14. Banjara Aloo = Rs245/-
15. Kothimber Vadi Cheese Rolls = Rs225/-
16. Cheese Chilli Kebab = Rs280/-
17. Papad Kebab = Rs195/- MAINS
18. Paneer Nizami = Rs310/-
19. Hariyali Paneer Tikka Biryani = Rs325/- DESSERT
20. Gulab Jamun = Rs120/- This price does not include taxes. Taxes will be applied on this. One of the best vegetarian places would love to visit again. THANK...

Tantra is very located on the exit of Padder road towards Chowpatty, juts a stone throw away from the beech. It is so conveniently located that on crossing that it can be identified from very far off. The street gives a real look of the town side with perfect parking and not much hustle and bustle of the suburbs and then you have an amazing, beautiful TANTRA restaurant. Its known for serving the traditional Gujarati and Jain food and of course they are known to have menu which is speciality for them. Once you enter, it will give you the look of the classical restaurant with comfy seating on Sofa and chair with all wooden finish with quality cushioning. The table are arranged in a such a manner that it can cater from couple of people to a group of 15/20 persons. The super quality lighting, perfect white wall colour give the outlet a rich look. It caters the alcoholic as well as non-alcoholic beverages. There are wide variety of the dishes available, even if you select anyone you won’t be disappointed

Here is what we opted for

Mocktails: ANAAR MOJITO: Fresh pomegranate Juice was spiked with pinch of mint and served with Basil leaf. Absolute cool drinks to sooth the belly. SMOKED MARY: Woow, this was spicy Tomato juice and said to contain Indian herbs, Worcestershire; and has smoky flavour. STARTER: BADAMI TIKKI CHAAT: When it comes for a chaat, I really enjoy the Tikki chaat. The preparation was awesome and containing Badami Tikki with chhole and sweet curd. NAWABI KHUMB: The mushroom was stuffed with minced vegetables and marinated in cream sauce and then was baked. It was really mouth-watering. It is Highly recommended MAINS: PANEER ZAFRANI: The soft paneer served with lasoon chutney, and gravy was made of almond. Its vegetarian delight. DAAL BAATI CHURMA: I was looking this dish for a long time and finally we got it. A traditional Raajsthani dish. Panchmel Daal was served with Baati made from whole wheat,and Suji. DESSERT: Meal is not complete with the dessert and we tried very very special of the restaurant. This is called TIRAMISU, A Italian dessert with chocolate in layers and expresso coffee taste. Though it was not part of the menu but Chef specially made for us.

Final Verdict: Its fine dine restaurant with lots of variety of vegetarian dishes at very...