

Clove & Cardamom Restaurant
Columbia, MD









Royal Mughlai style of almond cashew based creamy sauce.

Shrimp cooked in mildly spiced coconut milk and topped with cilantro and cream.

Western Indian Goan delicacy flavored with vinegar, cumin, and red chilies.

Boneless meat simmered in a creamy sauce with aromatic fenugreek leaves.

Chef signature Tamilian style of coconut based curry.

A battered fried fish cubes coated in red chili sauce.

Fish chunks in a Hyderabadi spice with sesame seeds and fried.

Marinated shrimp tossed in Persis special sauce.

A battered fried shrimp coated in red chili sauce

Usually available but do call restaurant for availability. This Indian delicacy is a delightful amalgamation of taste and aroma, prepared with a melange of spices, and pomfret fish grilled to perfection.


Boneless goat cooked with diced onion, capsicum with thick gravy.

Pieces of chicken cooked in mildly spiced coconut milk and topped with cilantro and cream.

Lamb chunks are stewed in brown onion and cooked with yogurt till Rogan floats on top.

Chef signature dish from regions of Andhra Pradesh and is consumed often.

Pieces of lamb meat in mildly spiced coconut milk and topped with cilantro and cream.

Punjabi style of boneless dark chicken simmered in a rich creamy tomato sauce.

Boneless chicken cooked with diced onion, capsicum with thick gravy.

Chef signature dish from regions of Andhra Pradesh and is consumed often.

Boneless lamb cooked with diced onion, capsicum with thick gravy.

Royal Mughlai style of almond cashew based creamy sauce.

Boneless meat simmered in a creamy sauce with aromatic fenugreek leaves.

Chicken cooked in dump style with aromatic Indian spices.

Chef signature Tamilian style of coconut based curry.

Pieces of goat meat cooked in mildly spiced coconut milk and topped with cilantro and cream.

Royal Mughlai style of almond cashew based creamy sauce.

Western Indian Goan delicacy flavored with vinegar, cumin and red chilies.

Chef signature Tamilian style of coconut based curry.

Western Indian Goan delicacy flavored with vinegar, cumin, and red chilies.

A battered fried chicken, fish, and shrimp cubes coated in red chili sauce.

Chef signature Tamilian style of coconut based curry.

Chicken cut into small pieces with bone and fried with Persis sauce. To be eaten with Hand only.

Sliced onions with lemon wedges.

white yogurt sauce

Pieces of chicken cooked in traditional south Indian style with fresh aromatic spices and ground black peppers.

Black color sauce

Boneless meat simmered in a creamy sauce with aromatic fenugreek leaves.

Batter fried boneless chicken tossed in Madurai style 65 sauce.

2024 Ramadan Special.Goat Haleem available at Persis Columbia. Available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Boneless chicken cubes tossed in hot garlic sauce.

Boneless chicken tossed in a Persis specialty sauce.

Batter fried chicken cubes tossed in Manchurian sauce.

Goat cooked in unique south Indian style.

Pieces of chicken cooked in traditional south Indian style with fresh aromatic spices and ground black peppers.

Mint sauce served as a dip for appetizers and tandoori dishes.


Soft cottage cheese patties soaked in sweetened milk; creamy, melt-in-your-mouth dessert.

Crepe topped with onion and chilies.

South Indian rice and lentil pancake topped with cilantro.

Served with chutney and sambar.

Light, crispy, sourdough crepe made from rice and lentils.

South Indian rice pancake topped with onions.

Fried lentil flour doughnut served with chutney and sambar.

Crispy lentil doughnut served with sambar, a lentil based vegetable stew.

Crispy crepe brushed with vegetable ghee.

Thick South Indian savory pancake made from fermented rice and lentil batter.

Light, crispy, and sourdough crepe made from rice and lentils.

South Indian style tomato based condiment with tangy flavor.

South Indian style coconut based chutney.

South Indian lentil and vegetable stew with tamarind and spices.

Rice and lentil crepe with South Indian spices.

Light, crispy, and sourdough crepe made from rice and lentils topped with lentil powder.

Steamed rice patties served with chutney and sambar.

South Indian rice and lentil pancake topped with tomatoes.

Thin, crispy rice crepe roasted with ghee until golden.

South Indian rice and lentil pancake topped with green chilies.

Stir-fried noodles with chicken, Indo-Chinese style.

Wok tossed Hakka noodles with mixed vegetables.

Fried cottage cheese cubes are tossed with soy chili sauce.

Sliced onion dipped in chickpea batter and deep fried. Served with mint and tamarind chutney.

Fried cauliflower florets tossed in a Persis special 65 sauce.

Fried paneer tossed in Manchurian sauce.

Chili pepper dip into chickpea batter fried till golden color.

A giant white puffed bread with chickpea masala.

Fried cauliflower tossed in Manchurian sauce.



Badam Milk is a delightful Indian drink made with Milk, ground almonds, cardamom powder, and saffron

Traditional South Indian soup in a tangy, spiced broth.

Chili pepper dip into chickpea batter fried till golden color.

Lemon Lime Soda

Classic lemonade with tangy citrus flavor.

Fried cottage cheese is tossed in a Persis signature special 65 sauce.


Leavened deep fried Indian bread with a soft, puffy texture.

Fenugreek leaf flavor creamy cashew based sauce with choice of assorted vegetable.

North Indian style leavened flatbread, soft and slightly chewy.

Fried eggplant stewed in pepper and sesame based sauce.

Eggplant roasted and cooked in Indian style in a tomato and onion based sauce.

Fenugreek leaf flavor creamy cashew based sauce with paneer.

Indian cottage cheese cooked with onions, tomatoes, peppers in kadai masala.

Fresh hot long peppers cooked in sesame flavored curry sauce.

Indian cottage cheese cooked with onions, tomatoes, and peppers in kadai masala.

Chef signature mixed vegetable in a coconut based sauce.

Indian cottage cheese cooked with onions, tomatoes, peppers in kadai masala.

Cottage cheese simmered in spinach based gravy with mild spices topped with cream.

Shrimp in a creamy masala almond based sauce flavored with mild spices.

Chef signature Tamilian style of coconut based curry.

Chicken simmered in finely grinded creamy spinach based sauce.

Fish chunks simmered in tamarind and spices to your taste.

Shrimp simmered in finely grinded creamy spinach based sauce.

Boiled eggs sauteed in curry flavored with Indian spices.

Lamb simmered in finely grinded creamy spinach based sauce.

South Indian style of chicken with bone in a chef special coconut based sauce.


Crispy sourdough crepe made from rice and lentils served with potato stuffing.


Potato and cauliflower cooked in a blend of tomato and cumin flavor curry sauce.

Kaju curry is a deliciously creamy, rich, royal, and festive curry preparation.

Northern Indian style of yellow lentil stew.

Northern Indian style of yellow lentil stew.

Mixed fresh vegetables with nuts simmered in a creamy sauce laced with spiced.

Kerala style of fresh garden vegetable gently simmered in a creamy coconut milk sauce.

Combination of the whole chickpea in onion, tomato gravy with spices.

Cottage cheese cooked in rich tomato sauce with herbs and spices and touch of butter then garnished with cream.

Deep fried crispy pastry turnover filled with minced chicken and spices.

Deep fried crispy pastry turnover filled with mashed potato, and peas. Served with tamarind chutney.

Chickpea cooked in a tangy sauce with crispy pastry turn overfilled with spiced mashed potato.

Stir-fried noodles with egg, Indo-Chinese style.

Deep fried milk-based dumplings soaked in sugar syrup.

Creamy Indian rice pudding made with rice and milk, lightly sweetened.

Grated carrot pudding cooked with milk, ghee, and sugar, flavored with cardamom.

Deep-fried puffed bread served with spiced potato curry.

Soft leavened flatbread topped with chopped garlic.

Naan with Chilli peppers

Clay oven baked leavened Indian flatbread brushed with butter.


Flaky whole wheat paratha stuffed with seasoned mashed potato.


Leavened Indian flatbread baked with rosemary.

Soft whole wheat flatbread brushed with butter.

North Indian style layered, flaky whole wheat flatbread.

Tandoor-baked leavened Indian flatbread.

Whole wheat flatbread stuffed with paneer (Indian cottage cheese).

Unleavened whole wheat flatbread.

The assortment of tandoori chicken, chicken sheik kabab, tandoori shrimp.

Assortment of onion pakoda,vegetable cutlet, samosa and cut mirchi (jalapeno).

Spicy, tangy soup with balanced flavors.

Classic Indian soup with aromatic spice-infused broth.


Sweet corn kernels in a smooth, lightly thickened soup.

Unique shrimp biryani cooked in dum steam style the garden fresh vegetables are perfectly matched with Punjabi basmati rice.

Unique Fish biryani cooked in dum steam style the garden fresh vegetables are perfectly matched with Punjabi basmati rice.


Stir-fried rice tossed with scrambled egg.

Extra egg served with biryani.

A unique layered Hyderabadi biryani Persis cooked in a traditional way of nawabi.

Paneer cooked in dum steam style the garden fresh vegetables are perfectly matched with Punjabi basmati rice.

Rice cooked with eggs and biryani spices.

A small side bowl of rice.

Persis prime biryani prepared in secrecy of traditional way of Hyderabadi cooking.

Rice stir-fried with mixed vegetables.

Cooked rice mixed with yogurt, South Indian style.

Fried rice tossed with garlic and chili for a spicy, aromatic flavor.

Basmati rice cooked with mixed vegetables and aromatic Indian spices.

Persis special biryani cooked in dum style with chicken 65.

Persis prime biryani prepared in secrecy of traditional way of Hyderabadi cooking.

Boneless clay oven roasted lamb simmered in a rich creamy tomato sauce.

Boneless clay oven roasted chicken simmered in a rich creamy tomato sauce.

Boneless clay oven roasted fish simmered in a rich creamy tomato sauce.

Boneless clay oven roasted shrimp simmered in a rich creamy tomato sauce.

Usually available but do call restaurant for availability. Finely ground chicken meat with aromatic herb and spices an iron skillet.

Whole chicken marinated with yogurt and spices finished in a clay oven.

Mughlai style of almond based marinated boneless chicken cooked in a clay oven.

Boneless chicken marinated with mint sauce and roasted in a traditional oven.

Usually available but do call restaurant for availability. Finely ground lamb meat with aromatic herb and spices.

Boneless white chicken meat marinated with herb, spices, and roasted in a clay oven.

Garlic marinated shrimp roasted in a clay oven.

Paneer marinated with aromatic herb, yogurt, and spices roasted in a traditional clay oven.

Tandoor-baked leavened kulcha stuffed with marinated chicken tikka.

Bestselling dish for vegetarians. Paneer tikka masala is an Indian dish of marinated paneer cheese served in a special Persis spiced gravy.

Cottage cheese and vegetables simmered in mint flavored cream sauce with perfect spice touch.


Creamy yogurt drink blended with mango puree.

Chilled black tea sweetened and served over ice.

Juice made with seasonal fruits; selection varies.

Traditional Indian yogurt drink sweetened and blended smooth.

Soda water mixed with fresh lime juice.

Yogurt drink seasoned with salt.
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