Woodlands Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Woodlands Restaurant is a renowned vegetarian establishment that offers a delightful blend of Indian and Chinese cuisine. Located in Gaithersburg, MD, this restaurant stands out for its extensive menu, which includes a wide range of appetizers and soups. The dishes are meticulously prepared with a mix of traditional spices and ingredients, ensuring an authentic taste.
The appetizer menu boasts a variety of enticing options such as the flavorful Palak Chaat, crispy Gobi Manchurian, and soothing Tomato Soup. Customers rave about the generous portions and home-cooked flavors that remind them of traditional recipes.
With positive reviews emphasizing the impeccable service, cozy ambiance, and flavorful dishes, Woodlands Restaurant is a must-visit destination for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians looking to indulge in quality Indian and Chinese cuisine.
Appetizers
Iddly
2 pieces. Steamed rice and lentil cakes. Served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Palak Chaat
Crispy spinach mixed with tomatoes, onions, tamarind sauce and chaat masala. Served cold.
Papadi Chaat
Flour crisps garnished with chickpeas, potatoes, yogurt and mixed with tamarind and splash of mint chutney.
Dal Papri
Special chips spiced to your taste, served with lentils, potatoes and topped with yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Pani Puri
Crispy wheat shells with potatoes and chickpeas filling. Served with spicy water.
Bhel Puri
A mix of fresh vegetables, tomatoes, onions, chickpeas, boiled potatoes and tamarind chutney.
Pav Bhaji
Spicy vegetable curry with a toasted bread roll.
Medhu Vada
Fried lentil donuts served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Dhai Vada
Lentil donuts dipped in yogurt and tamarind sauce.
Paneer Pakora
Homemade cheese dipped in chickpeas batter with spicy filling and deep-fried.
Paneer Tikka
Cottage cheese marinated and grilled in mild spices, seared in tandoor.
Onion Bhajia
Golden-fried discs of finely chopped onions dipped in chickpeas batter and deep-fried.
Iddly and Vada
Combo.
Rasa Vada
Lentil donuts dipped in rasam (spicy soup).
Goat Cheese Aloo Tikki
Potato patties stuffed with goat cheese, green chilli and sauce.
Potato Bonda
2 pieces. Ball shaped fritter with onions and potatoes.
Vegetable Samosa
2 pieces. Crispy and flaky crust stuffed with potatoes and peas.
Mixed Vegetable Pakora
Potatoes, cauliflower, onions, chilies mixed with chickpeas flour, spices and deep-fried.
Vegetable Cutlet
2 pieces. Mixed vegetables with spices crumbled and deep fried.
Chili Pakora
Chili dipped in chickpeas flour and deep-fried.
Chili Bhajia
Chili dipped in chickpea batter and deep fried.
Masala Vada
2 pieces. Fried flat donut made with lentils, onions and spices.
Samosa Chaat
Samosa with chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, chutney, yogurt and spices. Has nuts.
Indian Spinach Salad
Spinach salad with apple, nuts, raisins and a chutney dressing with honey.
Tomato Soup
Mildly spiced light tomato soup and flavored with herbs.
Rasam
A traditional south Indian sour and spicy soup.
Vegetable Soup
An authentic south Indian soup of lentils, diced with vegetables and flavored with herbs.
Hot & Sour Soup
Clear soup with hot Chinese sauces and Indian flavors.
Soups
Indian and Chinese
Vegetable Spring Roll
Crispy pastries filled with vegetables.
Gobi Manchurian
Dry cauliflower fritters with corn flour cooked in spicy Manchurian sauce.
Vegetable Fried Rice
A Chinese style vegetable rice dish cooked with scallions, carrots and bell peppers.
Vegetable Noodle
Stir-fried noodles filled with carrots, onions, bell peppers and cabbage.
Chili Paneer
Pressed Indian cheese in a hot soy chili sauce. Served dry.
65 Gobi
Battered fried until crisp, tempered with spices.
65 Paneer
Battered fried until crisp, tempered with spices.
65 Mushroom
Battered fried until crisp, tempered with spices.
Bangalore Broccoli
Broccoli tempura in a sweet and spicy honey and peanut sauce
Avial
Garden fresh vegetables, cooked in coconut sauce and spices.
Chana Masala Curry
Chickpeas cooked in exotic spices.
Aloo Gobi
Potatoes and cauliflower cooked in spicy sauce.
Baingan Bartha
Roasted eggplant, mashed with tomatoes, onions and cooked with Indian spices.
Vegetable Korma
Garden fresh vegetables cooked in spices and coconut milk.
Kadai Bhendi Curry
Tender okras cooked with Indian spices.
Mutter Paneer
Homemade cheese and green peas cooked with tomatoes, onions and Indian spices.
Dal Makhani
Black lentils simmered for hours with herbs, spices and then tempered with butter.
Palak Paneer
Spinach and homemade cheese cooked with Indian spices.
Malai Kofta
Homemade cheese and mixed vegetable dumplings simmered in a rich creamy sauce.
Guthi Vanki
Hyderabadi special. Eggplant pan-seared with spicy herbs and glazed in dry spices.
Vegetable Jalfrezi
Garden fresh vegetables cooked with onions, fresh chilies, herbs and spices.
Paneer Makhani
Homemade cheese cooked with spices in a delicious creamy sauce.
Yellow Dal
Yellow lentils and tomatoes simmered with mild spices.
Palak
Choice of paneer, aloo, corn, spinach, cooked in spices and herbs.
Aloo Mutter
Chunks of potatoes and green peas simmered in a thick curry sauce.
Achari Dum Aloo
Tender baby potato slowly cooked in a rich onion, tomato gravy, and pickle spice.
Khumb Do Piazza
Garden fresh mushrooms and spring onions tossed in Indian masala.
Vegetable Kolhapuri
Mixed vegetable curry with thick and spicy coconut-based gravy, vegan
Curries
House Specialties
Pongal Avail
Rice and lentils. Served with vegetables, cooked in coconut sauce and spices. Has nuts.
Tandoori Vegetables
Assortment of fresh vegetables marinated and barbecued in tandoor - paneer, pineapple, cauliflower, apple, broccoli, tomato, green pepper and onions.
Pesarat Uppuma
Whole mung dal and rice crepe topped with onion and chilies.
Channa Batura
Large puffy bread served with chickpeas curry.
Poori Bhaji
Whole wheat bread, fried and puffed. Served with potatoes and chickpeas curry. Has nuts.
Chapathi Korma
Garden fresh vegetables cooked in spices and coconut milk served with whole wheat bread.
Sada Dosai
Thin rice crepe.
Masala Dosai
Crepe filled with potatoes, onions and cashew filling.
Mysore Dosai
Crepe with a layer of hot chutney. Served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Mysore Masala Dosai
Crepe layered with chutney, potatoes, onions and cashew filling. Has nuts.
Onion Dosai
Crepe with onion topping. Served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Onion Masala Dosai
Crepe with onion topping potatoes, onions and cashew filling cooked in butter. Has nuts.
Butter Masala Dosai
Wheat lentil crepe with potatoes, onions and cashew filling cooked in butter. Has nuts.
Sada Rava Dosai
Wheat lentil crepe. Served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Special Rava Dosai
Wheat lentil crepe grilled with onion. Has nuts.
Special Rava Masala Dosai
Wheat lentil crepe grilled with onions, chilies and with potatoes, onions and cashew filling.
Paper Dosai
Large thin crepe rolled and crispy. Served with sambar and coconut chutney.
Paper Masala Dosai
Large thin crepe with potatoes, onions and cashew filling.
Woodlad Special Spring Dosai
Crepes filled, rolled with the vegetable mix and hot chutney.
Jaipuri Paneer Dosai
Crepe filled with homemade cheese, peas, onions, coriander and exotic spices.
Palak Dosai
Crepe with hot chutney stuffed with spinach masala
Dosai
Uthappam
Plain Uthappam
Indian style pancake made of rice.
Tomato and Peas Uthappam
Pancake with tomatoes and peas topping.
Onion and Peas Uthappam
Pancake with onions and peas topping.
Onion and Hot Chille Uthappam
Pancake with onions and chilies topping.
Vegetable Uthappam
Pancake with peas, carrots, chilies and onions toppings.
Shredded Coconut Uthappam
Pancake topped with fresh coconut.
Masala Vegetable Uthappam
Indian style pancake made of rice with potatoes and peas filling.
Vegetable Biryani
Specially cooked basmati rice embedded with a rich mix of vegetable curry garnished with lemon pickle. Served with raita.
Bisi Bele Bhath
Rice coated with lentils, garden-fresh vegetables and spices. Has nuts.
Bagala Bhath
A cool soothing rice dish prepared with fresh homemade yogurt, brown pepper and mustard seeds.
Coconut Rice
Rice cooked with fresh coconut, tempered with green chilies, curry leaves and dry spices.
Tamarind Rice
Rice garnished with tamarind and a blend of spices. Has nuts.
Tomato Rice
Rice garnished with tomatoes and a blend of nuts and spices. Has nuts.
Lemon Rice
Lemon flavored rice tempered with mustard seeds, red chilies and curry leaves.
Special Uppuma
Cream of wheat cooked with fresh vegetables and garnished with nuts. Has nuts.
Pullavs
Indian Bread
Poori
2 pieces. Deep-fried whole wheat fluffy bread.
Chapathy
2 pieces. Thin soft whole wheat bread.
Parartha
Multi layered whole wheat bread.
Gobi Parartha
Multi layered whole wheat bread stuffed with cauliflower and spices.
Batura
Deep-fried large puffy bread.
Aloo Parartha
Multi layered whole wheat bread stuffed with potatoes and spices.
Mint Parartha
Multi layered whole wheat bread stuffed with potatoes and spices.
Naan
Light and fluffy white flour bread, baked in tandoor and buttered.
Tandoori Roti
Light and fluffy white flour bread, baked in tandoor and buttered.
Ice Cream
Choice of vanilla, chocolate, rose, pistachio or mango.
Rasmalai
2 pieces. Homemade cheese in special condensed milk flavored with rose water and garnished with pistachio.
Gulab Jamoon
2 pieces. Golden fried cheese balls served hot in rose water flavored syrup.
Kheer
Indian rie pudding.
Carrot Halwa
Grated carrots cooked in honey and butter.
Kulfi
Choice of mango or pistachio ice cream. Traditional Indian ice cream made with condensed milk and flavored with cardamom. Topped with chopped almonds and pistachio.
Madras Special Payasam
Fine vermicelli cooked in milk and honey, garnished with raisins and cashews.
Moong Dal Halwa
Classic Indian sweet dish made with moong lentils, sugar, ghee and cardamom powder.
Pineapple Kesari
Semolina, sugar, ghee, cashews, raisins and pineapple.
Desserts
Beverages
Soda
Choose a flavor.
Juice
Choice of mango or orange.
Lassi
A cool drink of churned yogurt drink.
Mango Lassi
Mango flavored yogurt drink.
Mango Shake
Mango pulp and milk.
Mango Chutney
Sweet and sour mango relish.
Sambar
Fresh vegetables and lentil soup.
Raita
Yogurt with onions, cucumber and coriander leaves.
Papadum
2 pieces. Thin and crispy lentil flatbread.
Plain Rice
Boiled white basmati rice.
Plain Yogurt
Onion Salad
with lemon, chilli
Milakai Podi
A spicy mixture