The Gurkha Kitchen – Indian
The Gurkha Kitchen transports diners to the vibrant streets of Kathmandu, where the air is thick with the enticing aroma of toasted spices and sizzling meats. Crispy pani poori and zesty samosa chat offer a playful explosion of textures and tang, while the traditional Thakali Thali provides a soulful, balanced journey through the heart of Himalayan comfort food. It is a lively gathering spot where bold, smoky flavors like chicken choila and spiced sekuwa celebrate a rich culinary heritage in every bite.
1342, South Mary Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087 +14082124660 https://thegurkhaskitchen.com0Cuisine: Indian
Price range: $
Dietary options: vegetarian, vegan, halal, high-protein, keto, low-carb, whole30, pescatarian, paleo, plant-based, low-sodium, heart-healthy, low-fat, high-fiber, dash-sodium-reduced, anti-inflammatory, south-beach, gerd, low-cholesterol, atkins, alkaline, aip, renal, tlc, zone, volumetrics, carnivore, macrobiotic, lectin-free, slow-carb
Currently open
Hours
- Monday - Sunday
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Menu
Appetizers
- Samosa - $6.99: Homemade potato-stuffed patty, deep-fried and served with mint and tamarind chutney. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Samosa Chat - $9.99: Served with garbanzo masala yogurt mint and tamarin chutney. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Tikki Chat (Aloo Chup) - $9.99: Fried potato patty served with Chana masala, dreasale with yogurt, mint and tamarin. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced Available at: dinner, lunch
- Pani Poori - $9.99: Crispy fried pastry stuffed with flavored water. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Vegetable Pakora - $9.99: Mix vegetables coated with gram flour and deep-fried. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based Available at: dinner, lunch
- Fish Pakora - $11.99: Batter-fried fish. Dietary tags: Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
Nepali Khaja Set
- Chicken Choila - $17.99: Nepali-style BBQ chicken salad. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Buff Chilli - $20.99: Stir-fried buffalo with bell peppers and chilli sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Khasi ko Sekuwa - $20.99: Country-style BBQ goat with Himalayan spices. Available at: dinner, lunch
Thakali Thali
- Thakali Thali Set (Veg) - $18.99: Served with raayo ko saag, kalo dal, vegetable, rice, and achar. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Thakali Thali Chicken - $19.99: Local bone-in chicken curry, raayo ko saag, kalo dal, vegetable, rice, and achar. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Thakali Thali Goat - $20.99: Goat curry, raayo ko saag, kalo dal, vegetable, rice, and achar. Available at: dinner, lunch
Touch of Nepal
- Veg Momo (Jhol / Regular) - $11.99: Mix vegetables dumpling served with chutney. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Veg C Momo - $12.99: Fried dumpling tossed with mixed peppers in a spicy garlic sauce. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chicken Momo (Jhol / Regular) - $12.99: Chicken dumpling with momo chutney. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chicken C Momo - $13.99: Fried chicken dumpling toss in spicy garlic sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Buff Momo (Jhol / Regular) - $15.99: Buff dumplings with momo chutney. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Buff C Momo - $16.99: Fried buffalo dumplings tossed with mixed peppers in a spicy garlic sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Machha Tareko - $12.99: Batter-fried fish (bone-in) serve with tomato sauce. Dietary tags: Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chana Chatpatay - $10.99: A mixture of potato, garbanzo beans, green peas, puffed rice, tomato, onion, chilli, and Nepali spices. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based Available at: dinner, lunch
- Wai Wai Sadeko - $10.99: Wai wai mixed with onion, tomato, and Nepali spices. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, Pescatarian, Paleo, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Low-Fat, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, High-Fiber, Low-Cholesterol, GERD-Friendly, Volumetrics, TLC, Alkaline Available at: dinner, lunch
From the Tandoor
- Tandoori Chicken Leg (2 Pieces) - $16.99: Punjabi-style marinated chicken cooked in a clay oven. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Pahadi Chicken Tikka Kabab - $17.99: Boneless chicken marinated. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Ajoine Fish - $17.99: Ajoin-flavored fish along with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Whole30, Pescatarian, Paleo, Alkaline, AIP, Macrobiotic, Lectin-Free Available at: dinner, lunch
- Paneer Tikka - $16.99: Marinated paneer. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Naan & Roti - $3.99: Indian bread cooked in clay pot oven. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
Vegetarian Entree
- Chana Masala - $14.99: Garbanzo beans cooked in a tangy onion-tomato sauce flavor with Indian spicy. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Alkaline Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chole Bhature - $17.99: Punjabi-style chole served with fried Indian bread. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Dal Makhani - $15.99: Mixed lentils cook in a tomato sauce flavored with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Dal Tadka - $14.99: Tempered yellow lentil. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Alkaline Available at: dinner, lunch
- Aloo Bodi Tama - $14.99: Nepali-style potato, bamboo shoot, and black-eye bean curry. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Alkaline Available at: dinner, lunch
- Paneer Simla Mirch - $16.99: Cottage cheese cooked in a rich tomato sauce. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Mix Mass Tarkari - $14.99: Nepali-style seasonal mixed vegetable curry. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Saag Paneer - $16.99: Cottage cheese and spinach curry. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Carnivore, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
Non Veg Entree
- Pahadi Chicken Curry - $17.99: Boneless chicken cooked in a onion-tomato sauce. Dietary tags: Whole30, Paleo Available at: dinner, lunch
- Kashmiri Lamb - $19.99: Lamb cooked in a onion-tomato sauce along with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Whole30, Paleo Available at: dinner, lunch
- Maccha Ko Johl - $17.99: Nepali-style fish curry. Dietary tags: Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Butter Chicken - $18.99: Oven-roasted chicken blended in a rich tomato sauce. Dietary tags: Heart-Healthy, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, GERD-Friendly, Zone, Volumetrics, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
- Pahadi Chicken Tikka Masala - $18.99: Marinated chicken cooked in a tandoor and blended in a rich onion tomato sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Goat Curry - $19.99: Goat meat cooked in a onion tomato sauce flavored with Nepali spices. Dietary tags: Whole30, Paleo, High-Fiber Available at: dinner, lunch
- Gurkha Chicken - $17.99: Roaster chicken curry (bone-in). Dietary tags: Whole30, Paleo, AIP, Lectin-Free Available at: dinner, lunch
- Shrimp Curry - $17.99 Dietary tags: Pescatarian, High-Fiber Available at: dinner, lunch
Indo - Chinese
- Vegetable Spring Roll - $9.99: Seasonal vegetables wrapped crepe and deep-fried, served with spicy tomato sauce. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chilli Chicken - $14.99: Batter-fried Chicken tossed in a soy-garlic sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chicken Manchurian - $14.99: Batter-fried Chicken tossed in a soy-garlic sauce. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Gobi Manchurian - $11.99: Batter-fried cauliflower tossed in a soy-garlic sauce. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Renal Available at: dinner, lunch
- Fried Rice (Veg) - $15.99 Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Fried Rice (Chicken) - $16.99 Available at: dinner, lunch
- Fried Rice (Shrimp) - $16.99 Dietary tags: Pescatarian, Low-Sodium, DASH Sodium-Reduced Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chow Mein (Veg) - $15.99: Stir-fried noodles with seasonal vegetables. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Low-Sodium, Renal Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chow Mein (Chicken) - $16.99: Stir-fried chicken and noodles with seasonal vegetables. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chow Mein (Shrimp) - $16.99: Stir-fried shrimp and noodles with seasonal vegetables. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Paneer Chilli - $14.99: Crisp batter fried paneer is tossed in slightly sweet, spicy, hot, and tangy chilli sauce. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
Rice & Biryani
- Plain Rice - $3.5 Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Macrobiotic Available at: dinner, lunch
- Vegetable Biryani - $17.99: Vegetable and rice cooked with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian Available at: dinner, lunch
- Chicken Biryani - $19.99: Boneless chicken and rice cooked along with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Heart-Healthy, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, GERD-Friendly, Volumetrics, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
- Lamb Biryani - $20.99: Lamb and rice cooked along with Indian spices. Dietary tags: Halal Available at: dinner, lunch
- Goat Biryani - $20.99 Dietary tags: Halal Available at: dinner, lunch
Desserts
- Gulab Jamun - $5.99 Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Low-Sodium
- Rasmalai - $5.99 Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian
Beverages
- Mango Lassie - $3.99: Mixture of yogurt and mango pulp. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian
- Soda - $3.5
- Chai Tea - $2.5
- Nepali Beer - $4.99 Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based
- Indian Beer - $4.99 Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based
- Wine (Glass) - $5.99 Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Lectin-Free
- Wine (Bottle) - $20.99 Dietary tags: Keto, Low-Carb, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Atkins, Renal, Slow-Carb, Lectin-Free
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