Spice Rack Indian Food opens in Castleton Corners

It’s located inside the Island Grocery, the restaurant features it’s own chef and complete menu of Indian Specialties – and the cooking may seem familiar.  If you used to be a regular at the Indian Clove, the Spice Rack chef is the previous owner of the Indian Spot on Clove road.  Spice Rack features lunch specials and a complete section of Indian and Caribbean Style (West Indian) options.

View the complete menu for Spice Rack

Dine in is not really available, except for the single table for a person or two waiting for the bus, but take out options include a huge variety of everything from Small Bites such as Samosa and Medu Vada to the Chicken Roll and Vegetable Puffs and even features a Salmon Pie which is a Triangular Shaped Puff stuffed with salmon and a blend of spices.

Full selection of Breads “Naan” as well as a Kothu is offered which is a Flaky flatbread stir fried with eggs and spices and finished with a curry sauce and a selection of meat such as Chicken, Goat, Beef or Shrimp. Dosa is on the menu as well but only Friday – Sunday, Masala Dosa, Plain or Rava Dosa can all be had for $5.50 to $6.99, this is actually now Staten Island’s only 2nd restaurant serving Dosas.

Meat Dishes are all served with basmati rice and two vegetables, Chili Lamb, Goat Curry, Chicken 65, Butter Chicken and a few others.  Seafood Dishes made with king Fish, large selection of Vegetable Dishes such as Okra, Eggplant, Cauliflower, Tomato, Cabbage, Long Banes, Pumpkin, Potato, Mixed Vegetables, Tindoa, Palak Paneer, Dal Curry, Long Squash, Channa Curry.  Briyani Dishes and Rice as well as Lamprais which are various Curryies, Frikkadels, Malay Shrimp Blachan, Seeni Sambol, Onion Sambol, Plantain Fries and Rice all wrapped in a banana leaf with a choice of Chicken, Goat or Beef.

West Indian Dishes are also available at this Grocery/Restaurant and include the famous Aloo Pie, Polouri, Saheena, Aloo Roti, Sada Roti, Paratha, Dhal Puri and Doubles made with Channa.

restaurant menu

The complete menu visible on the restaurant page.

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