Diya Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Diya, a delightful culinary gem located in the heart of San Francisco’s vibrant landscape, specializing in Himalayan and Nepalese-Indian cuisine. As you peruse their extensive menu, you'll discover a treasure trove of flavors designed to satisfy every palate. Signature dishes like the lamb biryani and butter chicken stand out, both renowned for their generous portions and authentic taste, while the smoky garlic naan perfectly complements the rich curries. Diya also offers a variety of vegetarian options, ensuring everyone finds a favorite.
The inviting atmosphere is enhanced by friendly, attentive service, making it an ideal spot for casual dining, group gatherings, or even a pre-theater meal. With features like outdoor seating and the ability to take reservations, Diya promises not just a meal, but a memorable experience. Whether you’re dining in or grabbing takeout, expect to be captivated by the warmth and flavor that only Diya can deliver.
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Specials Paneer Tikka Masala
Fried paneer marinated grilled cottage cheese cubes cooked in spicy oniontomato yogurt based gravy with sauteed bell peppers, kasoori methi, and tikka masala sauce.
Specials Yellow Dal Tadka
Yellow and red dal lentil tadka tempering is made with moong and masoor dal tempered in oil with spices such as cumin seeds, garlic, dry red chili, asafetida, chopped ginger, garlic and other spices.
Specials Chana Masala
Garbanzo is cooked in onion, tomato, ginger, garlic masala gravy with Indian spices.
Specials Momos
Choice of minced chicken or vegetables spinach, potato, cauliflower, zucchini with cabbage, red and green onions, green chilies, ginger, garlic and marinated in Himalayan spices. Served with sesame tomato sauce. Fun fact momo is to Nepal what pizza is to Italy.
Specials Butter Chicken
Butter chicken is one of the most popular curries in the world. It is made with boneless shredded tandoori smoked chicken, cooked in with warm spices salt, turmeric, curry leaf, garlic, coriander, cumin, ginger, a hint of tomato and some cream.
Specials Vindaloo
Choice of chicken, lamb, or goat meat is marinated and cooked in tomato gravy prepared using chili paste, apple cider vinegar, roasted ginger, and garlic.
Specials Tikka Masala
Choice of chicken or lamb meat is cooked in makhani gravy and a rich tomato based gravy along with spices garlic, ginger, turmeric, garam masala, coriander, and cumin.
Specials Alu Keema Mutter
Alu potatoes, keema minced chicken, and mutter boiled green peas are sauteed and then cooked with oniontomato gravy. Gravy sauce also contains garlic, ginger, cilantro, cumin seeds and other spices.
Specials Wrap
Roti bread wrap stuffed with a choice of paneer cottage cheese, chicken, or seekh kebab sauteed in homemade masala, pickled onion, bell pepper, lettuce. Topped with homemade dressing of mint, lemon, oil, tamarind, and other spices and served with the mint sauce.
Momos
Choice of minced chicken or vegetables spinach, potato, cauliflower, zucchini with cabbage, red and green onions, green chilies, ginger, garlic and marinated in Himalayan spices. Served with sesame tomato sauce. Fun fact momo is to Nepal what pizza is to Italy.
Samosas
A triangular fried pastry with a savory fillings, such as spiced potatoes, onions, and peas. Served with mint and tamarind chutney.
Artichoke Pakoras
Crispy fried artichoke heart, coated with spiced chickpea flour. Served with mint and tamarind chutney.
Palpali Botuk
Traditional Nepalese spice flavored crunchy lentil cake. Served with lime yogurt sauce.
Samosa Chaat
Spiced garbanzo topped with cracked samosas, onions, yogurt, cilantro chutney, sweet tamarind chutney.
Chilli Chicken
Crispy marinated chicken sauteed in a spicy sweet sauce and cooked with onions, bell peppers and chili sauce.
Chicken Tikka
Chicken marinated in yogurt and aromatic spices. Cooked in a clay oven.
Chilli Paneer
Chilli Paneer is an IndoChinese dish where cubes of fried crispy paneer are tossed in a spicy sauce made with soy sauce, vinegar, chili sauce
Calamari Pakoras
Calamari marinated for flavor and tenderness, dipped in spiced chickpea batter, lightly dusted in pakora breading, fried to perfection served with mint and tamarind sauce
Chicken Wings
Chicken wings are marinated in Cajun Spices, then coated in seasoned flour and deep fried to golden brown perfection
Tandoori Chicken
Half chicken leg and breast marinated in lemon juice, yogurt, ginger, garlic, and other Indian spices. Cooked in a clay oven.
Seekh Kebab
Spiced mince choice of chicken or lamb skew, flavored with ginger, garlic, lemon, onion. Cooked in a clay oven.
Papad
Papad is a dried lentil chip studded with Indian spices.
Gobi Manchurian
Gobi Manchurian is crispy fried cauliflower coated in a sweet, tangy, spicy, and umamirich IndoChinese sauce
Dahi Puri
Dahi Puri mainly consists of curd, boiled spiced potato, green chutney, tamarind or sweet chutney and finely chopped onions and tomatoes
Fish And Chips
Coated with spices freshly fried hot white fish fillet and fried potatoes
Spring Roll
Savory snack where a pastry sheet is filled with vegetables, rolled fried served with sweet chilli sauce
Appetizers
Complete Meals
Biryani
Mountain longgrain rice basmati flavored with homemade biryani masala and saffron. Choice of mix veggies, chicken, goat, lamb, or shrimp, cooked in a thick gravy and garnished with spices and herbs. Served with cucumber raita.
Thali
A complete meal consisting of choice of vegetable, chicken, tandoori chicken, lamb, or goat, daal, rice, and salad.
Wrap
Roti bread wrap stuffed with a choice of paneer cottage cheese, chicken, or seekh kebab sauteed in homemade masala, pickled onion, bell pepper, lettuce. Topped with homemade dressing of mint, lemon, oil, tamarind, and other spices and served with the mint sauce.
Chhole BhaturaPuri
Chhole bhatura is one of the most popular Punjabi dishes. It is spiced tangy chana masala spicy garbanzo and bhatura or puri, a soft and fluffy fried leavened bread.
Chowmein
Stirfried noodles with shredded vegetables carrot, cabbage, green peas, bell peppers, onions and a choice of chicken or shrimp meat.
Fried Rice
Chopped vegetables carrot, cabbage, green peas, bell peppers, onions, with choice of chicken, shrimp, or egg, cooked with salt, pepper, soy sauce, ketchup, and vinegar.
Chana Masala
Garbanzo is cooked in onion, tomato, ginger, garlic masala gravy with Indian spices.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Fried paneer marinated grilled cottage cheese cubes cooked in spicy oniontomato yogurt based gravy with sauteed bell peppers, kasoori methi, and tikka masala sauce.
Yellow Dal Tadka
Yellow and red dal lentil tadka tempering is made with moong and masoor dal tempered in oil with spices such as cumin seeds, garlic, dry red chili, asafetida, chopped ginger, garlic and other spices.
Dal Makhani
Three types of dal chickpeas, kidney beans, and black matpe are cooked together and tempered with tomato sauce, ginger, garlic, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, cumin seeds, coriander powder, turmeric, and garam masala. Butter and cream can be added to give creamier flavor.
Vegetable Korma
Mixed vegetables cooked in cashew onion white gravy with coconut milk.
Mutter Paneer
Sauteed mutter peas and fried paneer fresh cottage cheese are marinated in spices and are cooked together in a creamy sauce and gravy masala made with tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, cilantro, cumin, coriander, green chili and garam masala.
Shahi Paneer
Shahi paneer is a creamy Indian curry consisting of paneer cubes cooked in a cashew sauce and coconut milk
Palak Mushroom Mutter
Sauteed mushrooms and green peas cooked with a thick paste made from pureed spinach and seasoned with ginger, garlic, garam masala, and other spices.
Malai Kofta
Kofta cheese stuffed minced potato and paneer balls are deep fried and cooked with white cashew creamy sauce and Indian sweet spices.
Baingan Masala
The baingan eggplant is first deep fried separately and then combined along with the onion tomato based masala, sauteed bell peppers, roasted garlic, garam masala, cumin, coriander, and mustard seeds.
Aloo Kauli
Aloo potatoes and kauli cauliflower are cooked with onions, tomatoes, green peas, ginger, garlic, and other Indian spices.
Saag Gobi
Gobi cauliflower is cooked in a thick paste made from pureed spinach and seasoned with ginger, garlic, garam masala, and other spices.
Palak Paneer
Fried paneer cottage cheese seasoned with ginger, garlic, garam masala, and other spices and cooked in a thick paste made from pureed spinach, butter, and cream.
Vegetarian Curry Masala
NonVegetarian Curry Masala
Butter Chicken
Butter chicken is one of the most popular curries in the world. It is made with boneless shredded tandoori smoked chicken, cooked in with warm spices salt, turmeric, curry leaf, garlic, coriander, cumin, ginger, a hint of tomato and some cream.
Dal Chicken
Dal chicken is a comforting Nepaleseinspired stew made with yellow lentils, chicken, ginger, turmeric and Nepalese spices.
Vindaloo
Choice of chicken, lamb, or goat meat is marinated and cooked in tomato gravy prepared using chili paste, apple cider vinegar, roasted ginger, and garlic.
Tikka Masala
Choice of chicken or lamb meat is cooked in makhani gravy and a rich tomato based gravy along with spices garlic, ginger, turmeric, garam masala, coriander, and cumin.
Hariyali
Hariyali is spice infused choice of chicken or lamb, fresh spinach puree and onion gravy with turmeric powder, cumin, and other spices.
Chicken Kofta
Kofta cheese stuffed minced chicken balls are deep fried and cooked with white cashew creamy sauce and Indian sweet spices.
Karahi
Choice of fresh chicken, goat, or lamb meat cooked with bell pepper and onion with gravy of tomato base and special karahi masala.
Curry
Typical Indian dish with a distinct flavor and aroma. It is semi spicy choice of lamb, goat, or chicken meat cooked in onion and tomato gravy with spices turmeric, fenugreek seeds, cumin powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, paprika, tandoori masala, and garam masala.
Alu Keema Mutter
Alu potatoes, keema minced chicken, and mutter boiled green peas are sauteed and then cooked with oniontomato gravy. Gravy sauce also contains garlic, ginger, cilantro, cumin seeds and other spices.
Korma
Korma is marinated choice of chicken, goat, or lamb meat cooked in cashew onion white gravy with coconut milk and homemade masala.
Shrimp Masala
Jumbo shrimp cooked in onion and tomato gravy with spices turmeric, fenugreek seeds, cumin powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, paprika, tandoori masala, and garam masala.
Coconut Shrimp Curry
Jumbo shrimp marinated with Indian homemade sauce and cooked in a creamy coconut milk, toasted spices such as cardamom, cumin, coriander, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds, bay leaves.
Shrimp Balchao
Shrimps are stirfried first and then added to a pickled homemade chili tomato curry sauce. Shrimp balchao is a fiery dish that finds its origins in Goa India.
Tawa Fish
Tilapia fish is marinated in mustard oil along with chili and garlic infused paste and other Indian spices, then it is fried in tawa or pan. Served with salad and mint sauce.
Fish Masala
Tilapia fish marinated in lime juice, ginger, garlic, and Indian spices. It is then cooked in onion tomato masala based gravy. Finally its tempered with black peppers, garlic, curry leaves, mustard seeds, and garnished with fresh cilantro.
Hariyali Fish
Marinated tilapia fish cooked in the clay oven then mixed with a separately cooked spinach puree, fresh aromatic herbs, turmeric powder, cumin, and other spices.
Fish Korma
Choice of tilapia fishshrimp meat cooked in cashew, onion, white gravy with coconut milk and homemade masala.
Seafood
Sides
Steam Rice
Basmati rice.
Saffron Rice
Saffron infused basmati rice.
Tandoori Roti
Indian flatbread made with whole wheat flour baked in clay oven.
Plain Naan
White flour bread freshly baked in clay oven.
Garlic Naan
White flour bread topped with fresh garlic coriander and baked in clay oven.
Onion Kulcha
Fine chopped red onion, cilantro, and mixed chaat masala stuffed in a naan dough and cooked in the clay oven.
Cheese Naan
White flour bread stuffed with cheese, cooked in clay oven.
Chili Cheese Naan
White flour bread stuffed with cheese and coated with chili cooked in clay oven.
Keema Naan
White flour bread stuffed with delicately spiced lamb mince and herbs, cooked in clay oven.
Lachha Paratha
Multilayered whole wheat bread cooked in the clay oven.
Aloo Paratha
Whole wheat bread with a stuffing of mildly spiced mashed potatoes cooked in clay oven.
Raita
Raita is a yogurt sauce made with roasted cumin and diced cucumber. It is cooling and refreshing, best with spicy dishes to cool the palate.
Gulab Jamun
Gulab jamun is a classic Indian sweet made with milk solids, sugar, rose water cardamom powder.
Rasmalai
Rasmalai is a popular Indian sweet of cottage cheese balls soaked in thickened, sweetened and flavored milk.
Kheer
Roasted kheer rice pudding is a popular Nepali sweet dessert made with basmati rice, milk, nuts.
Desserts
Beverages
Canned Soda
Selection of canned sodas Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, 7 Up, Sprite, Mountain Dew. Choose your favorite.
Indian Soda
Variety of Indian sodas including Thumbs Up, Fanta, and Limca. Choose your refreshment.
Smart Water
Premium vapordistilled water with added electrolytes for a pure, crisp taste.
Sparkling Water
S. pellegrino large bottle.
Mango Juice
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water Large
Bottled Soda
Mango Lassi
Mango lassi is a yogurt based drink, made from yogurt, milk and mango pulp.
Red Bull
Energizing Red Bull Beverage for an Instant Energy Boost