Potli

Indian market kitchen and bazaar-style dining in Hammersmith

Address: 319-321 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9NH
Phone: +44 20 8741 4328
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-14:00 & 17:30-22:00, Fri 12:00-14:30 & 17:00-22:30, Sat 12:00-14:30 & 17:00-22:30, Sun 13:00-21:30

Indian

Menu prices: £1.75–£20 · £ · Median main: £11.25 · 40/40 with a published price

Potli brings the first Indian food bazaar experience to London: a kaleidoscopic menu of market-style snacks, tandoor classics and regional curries — wild boar vindaloo, Champaran mutton and Railway Mutton Curry — in a friendly, casual room between Hammersmith and Chiswick.

Thelas of Chowpatty

• Bhel Puri — £7.50

  Mumbai-style puffed rice with peanuts, onion, tomato, cucumber and tangy chutneys.
• Samosa Chaat — £8.25

  Homemade samosa pastry with onions, tomatoes, chickpeas, chutneys and yoghurt.
• Pani Puri — £7.25

  Crisp puris with masala potatoes and chickpeas, spiced tamarind water.
• Papadums Basket (Per Person) — £1.75

  Selection of papadums.

Tokri of Chandni Chowk

• Makkai Piayzi — £8.25

  Onion bhaji with sweet corn in seasoned gram flour batter and coriander.
• Kurkure Bhindi — £9.50

  Crispy okra juliennes in spiced gram flour with chilli-garlic sauce.
• Butter Chicken Samosa — £9.25

  Potli-shaped samosa stuffed with butter chicken, makhani gravy.
• Punjabi Samosa with Chole — £8.50

  Carom-seed pastry with spiced potato and peas, chickpea masala.
• Hara Bhara Kebab — £9.00

  Crispy patties of spinach, potatoes, mint, chilli and ginger.
• Vegetable Chops — £9.00

  Spiced pea, carrot and beetroot dumplings, fried, chilli-garlic sauce.

Tawa of Chowrenghee Lane

• Sesame Chilli Paneer — £11.50

  Paneer dices in Indo-Chinese chilli-garlic sauce with peppers and sesame.
• Masala Tawa Fish — £10.00

  Tilapia steaks in traditional spices, griddle fried with lemon and coriander.
• Prawns Jhal Diye — £13.00

  King prawns in mustard-chilli marinade, wrapped in banana leaf and charred.
• Karara Crab with Dynamite Sauce — £15.00

  Crisp soft-shell crabs in fiery chilli-coriander sauce.

Tandoor of Aminabad

• Tandoori Chicken — £12.50

  Half baby chicken in homemade tandoori spice mix, clay oven.
• Badami Masala Lamb Chop — £18.00

  Prime lamb chops in cashew-enriched garam masala marinade, tandoor.
• Paneer Shashlik — £12.50

  Char-grilled cottage cheese with caramelised onions and peppers.
• Gilafi Seekh Kebab — £11.00

  Lamb mince kebabs with herbs, topped with caramelised onion and peppers.
• Chicken Tikka Trio — £13.00

  Three tikkas: tandoori, malai and hariyali marinated chicken breast.

Maanshahari

• Odia Prawn Curry — £18.00

  King prawns in onion, ginger-garlic and chilli curry with pounded cumin-coriander.
• Chooza Khas Makhani — £13.75

  Char-grilled spring chicken tikka in creamy fenugreek tomato sauce.
• Champaran Mutton — £18.00

  Goat meat on the bone with mustard oil, onions, garlic and spices, pot-cooked.
• Lamb Coconut Fry — £17.00

  Kentish lamb with whole spices, coconut, curry leaves and black pepper, semi-dry.
• Chicken Handi Masala — £15.50

  Chicken breast in onion-tomato sauce with black pepper, cardamom and cumin.
• Chicken Jhalfrezi — £15.00

  Chicken tikka, peppers and green chillies in light tomato sauce with lime.
• Kerala Fish Curry — £16.50

  Tilapia in a coconut-onion stew with curry leaves and black pepper.
• Wild Boar Vindaloo — £19.00

  Marinated wild boar haunch in hot vinegar, red chilli and peppercorn gravy.
• Hiran Laal Maas — £19.00

  Venison haunch simmered in aromatic chilli-yoghurt sauce.

Shakahari

• Dal Tarka Panchmel — £7.50

  Five lentils tempered with cumin, asafoetida, onion and garlic.
• Pindi Chana Masala — £7.50

  Chickpeas simmered with tea leaves, tossed with onions, chillies and amchoor.
• Dal Makhani — £8.00

  Black lentils slow-cooked 24 hours in creamy tomato sauce with fenugreek.
• Saag Paneer — £10.00

  Cottage cheese in fresh spinach puree with cream, fenugreek and coriander.
• Paneer Potli Masala — £14.00

  Paneer in rich nutty tomato-cream gravy with fenugreek and garam masala.
• Rattan Mashjusha Kofta — £14.50

  Nut and jaggery kofta in paneer-spinach mixture, creamy tomato-cardamom sauce.

Rice and Breads

• Chicken Biryani — £17.00

  Traditional chicken biryani with cucumber raita.
• Kacchi Gosht ki Biryani — £20.00

  Lamb marinated in spices, rose water and saffron, vapour-cooked with basmati, burhani raita.
• Garlic and Coriander Naan — £4.50

  Fluffy naan with garlic and fresh coriander.
• Blue Cheese and Chilli Naan — £6.00

  Naan with rich blue cheese and a hint of chilli.

Dessert

• Mango Shrikhand — £6.50

  Sweetened hung yogurt with mango and pistachio.
• Gulab Jamun — £6.00

  Syrup-soaked milk dumplings with cardamom and rose water.