Nutan's is a small, personal Indian venue on Home Street in Edinburgh. Nutan runs the kitchen herself and describes the food as home cooked North Indian fare, giving the experience the warmth and directness of being welcomed into someone's home rather than a formal dining room.
The menu favours straightforward dishes built around vegetables, pulses, rice, bread and carefully spiced meat preparations. Portions are designed for one person, which helps diners choose their own combination while still sharing tastes across the table if they wish.
Vegetarian and vegan diners have a particularly broad selection, and gluten free choices are also available. The emphasis on simple preparation and quality ingredients suits guests looking for a lighter, less elaborate expression of Indian comfort food.
The setting is casual, with reservations and limited seating available alongside takeaway and delivery. A bring your own bottle policy keeps the meal relaxed and affordable, while Nutan's hands-on presence gives regulars and first-time diners a notably personal welcome.
Address: 42 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ, Scotland
Nutan's Menu
North Indian Set Meal
Veg Thali
Meal made up of a selection of various dishes, 2 types of pakora (1 each), rice, naan, papad, salad or raita, mango chutney and a sweet
Non Veg Thali
Meal made up of a selection of various dishes, 2 types of pakora (1 each), rice, naan, papad, mango chutney and a 1 piece of sweet
Sharing Platter
Veg Platter
Assorted deep fried vegetables fried in gram flour and spiced batter served with selection of sauces and mango chutney
Mixed Board
Assorted mix three type of pakoras served with selection of sauces and mouth watering blend of spice
Small Bowl of Fresh Salad
Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, cheese and Bombay potato served with yoghurt mint, tamarind and sweet chilli dressing
Light Bites
Samosa Chaat
Smashed vegetable samosa top up with spices and a squeeze of lemon juice. Sprinkled with chilli powder, cumin and chaat masala over the yoghurt and mixture of sauces
Aloo Chaat
This famous street food containing a fried potato cubes, topped up with sweet-sour yoghurt, tamarind, sweet chilli and mint sauces served with onion, tomato and coriander and mouth watering masalas. V
Egg Bhurji
Scrambled egg sauteed with onion, tomatoes, spices and herbs tossed with eggs, topped with fresh coriander
Mumbai Bread Omelette
Indian style egg omelette cooked with onion, tomato, coriander, garlic and spices served on toasted bread
Masala Maggi Noodles
Curried masala noodle an instant hit cooked with plain or with mix vegetables
Samosa
Portion of 2 homemade deep-fried pastry stuffed with lightly tempered seasoned potatoes served with sauce. House specialty. V
Potato Pakoras
Portions of 5 potato slices deep-fried in gram flour batter and blend of spices served with sauce
Onion Pakoras
Must have mouth watering portions of 5 fresh onions fritter, deep-fried in gram flour batter and spices served with sauce. V
Gobi Pakoras
Portions of cauliflower floret marinated in spices gram flour batter and deep fried served with sauce. V
Paneer Pakoras
Portions of homemade finger sized indian soft cheese marinated in spiced gram flour batter and deep fried served with sauce. V
Masala Chips
Masala Poppadom
2 crispy papadum topped with onion, tomato and coriander and mango chutney, makes a very refreshing appetizer, it’s full of flavours and low in carb
Soup
Mix Lentil Soup
A warm Indian delicacy, mix lentils cooked with spices and tempered with cumin and mustard seeds and curry leaf or fresh coriander and lemon or lime. V
Tomato and Potato Soup
A special soup created just for you with the goodness of tomatoes, potatoes and the kick of garlic and chilli and tempered with mustard seeds and cumin. V
Indian Wraps
Special Vegetable Wrap
Plain wrap stuffed with homemade Bombay potatoes, onion pakora, sauce ,cheddar cheese and selection of fresh salads (tomato, cucumber, lettuce), and spices grilled and served hot. V
Curried Chicken Wrap
Plain wraps stuffed with curried chicken breast, sauce, cheese and a selection of fresh salads and spices grilled and served hot
Veg Curry Special
Palak Paneer
Spinach puree, cottage cheese, tomatoes and onions cooked with garlic, fresh ginger with delicious spices. House special
Shahi Matar Paneer
Flavour and richness to curry to die for this dish specially created for monarchy, cottage cheese and green peas cooked in blend of spices, tomato, cashew nut and aromatic spices. Contain nuts or coconut milk
Mix Veg Korma
Selections of seasonal vegetable cooked with korma sauce, rich and creamy. Contain nuts or coconut milk
Malaysian Vegetable Curry
This fusion of oriental and Indian cuisine bring mouth watering taste combining variety of green veg. Cooked with coconut milk, basil leaf and lime juice
Chickpea Curry (Cholle)
White chickpea lentil cooked in blend of spices and curry sauce
Dum Aloo
Fresh potatoes cooked in blend of spices and served with rice
Tarka Daal
Chana daal lentil cooked with onions , garlic and fresh ginger with delicious blend of spices
Mix Veg Dal
Variety of dal or lentil cooked with mixed veg, onions, garlic and fresh ginger with delicious blend of spices
Bombay Potato
Lightly spiced potatoes are one of the most popular Indian side dishes. Serve as part of any meal
Chicken Special
Chicken Curry
Traditionally popular chickens dish cooked slowly in homemade curry sauce and blend of north Indian spices. House special
Chicken Korma
A traditional north Indian chicken breast cooked in poppy seeds, cashew, almonds, melon seeds, yogurt, cream, homemade curry sauce and spices
Chicken Saag
Delicately spiced boneless chicken cube cooked with spinach and Indian spices
Chicken Daal
Chicken breast cooked in homemade curry sauce lentil and spices
Malaysian Chicken Curry
This fusion of cuisine bring mouth watering taste combining Thai, Malaysian, Indian spices , green veg., chicken cube cooked with coconut milk, basil leaf and lime chilli with juice finished with sesame seeds
Chili Chicken
Indo Chinese delicacy it’s a fusion of Indian spice blend with onion, green pepper, soya sauce and vinegar and cornstarch cooked with chicken breast, finished with sesame seeds and coriander
Chapati/Bread/Rice
Rice
Portion of boiled rice cooked with aromatic spice
Plain Naan
It’s made of leavened dough from plain white flour
Garlic Coriander Naan
Cheese Naan
Naan topped up with cheddar cheese served melted with chaat spices
Sweet Ending
Gulab Jamun
Gulab jamun the most popular and loved dessert from India. Fried cheese balls immersed in sweet syrup with rose water and cardamom, served with ice-cream
Coconut Laddu
2 laddu. It is made with desiccated coconut flour cooked with milk, condensed milk, cardamom, nuts and saffron. The sweets served either warm or cold
Ice Cream
Choose from vanilla, double choc, or clotted cream
Sorbet
Choose from mango and lemon flavour
Drinks
Mango Lassi
Sweet exotically delicious drink, prepared with mango pulp blend with natural yoghurt and aromatic spice
Sweet Lassi
Refreshing and delicious sweet yoghurt drink prepared with honey, fennel seeds and rose water
Salted Lassi
Salted yogurt drink spiced up with roasted cumin seeds and chaat masala
Appletiser Bottle Green
Ginger Beer
Root Beer
Coke
Diet Coke
Irn Bru
Tango
Rubicon
San Pellegrino
Lilt
Sparkling Water 1.5L
Smoothies
Groovy Green
Handful of spinach, kale, salad leaf, cucumber, ice cream blended with natural yogurt
Berry Booster
Made with selections of summer berries which blended with ice cream, yogurt and milk
Blueberry and Banana Twist
Generous amount of blueberry blended with ice cream, banana, yogurt and milk
Cool Breeze
Mango pulp and orange blended with ice cream, yogurt and milk
Tea and Hot Drinks
Hot Chocolate
Spiced Hot Chocolate With Chilli and Cinnamon
Special Indian Masala Chai
Freshly prepared with a selection of spices, milk, ginger and sugar
House Special
Indian Style Ginger and Lemon Tea
Freshly prepared with black tea, fresh ginger, lemon and sugar
Pot of Tea
Choose from earl grey, Darjeeling and breakfast