Pista House Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Pista House, where the vibrant flavors of Indian cuisine come alive in a casual yet inviting setting. Located at 18521 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA, this gem specializes in kebabs and offers a tantalizing menu that is sure to entice your taste buds.

Start your culinary adventure with the crispy Samosas or the savory Chili Bajji. For those craving something heartier, dive into the Paneer Butter Masala or the rich Vegetable Korma, both celebrated for their creamy textures and aromatic spices.

Pista House also caters to diverse preferences with options like Butter Naan and Garlic Naan, perfect accompaniments to your meal. With offerings for happy hour, outdoor seating, and convenient amenities like delivery and catering, Pista House is not just a restaurant; it's a culinary experience waiting to be savored.

Starters

Samosa

2 pieces. Deep-fried Punjabi pastry stuffed with mixture of spiced potatoes and peas.

$4.99

Gobi Manchuria

Gobi fried and cooked with sauce.

$9.99

Chilli Bajji

4 pieces. Spiced chili bread deep-fried.

$5.99

Chilli Panner

panner dipped in flour and topped in sauce

$9.99

Paneer Butter Masala

Cottage cheese cubes simmered in creamy onion and tomato gravy.

$10.99

Palak Paneer

Cottage cheese cooked with a creamy spinach sauce and some mild spices.

$10.99

Vegetable Korma

Medley of green vegetables cooked with a rich cashew paste.

$8.99

Chana Masala

Garbanzo beans cooked with tomatoes and onions.

$10.99

Okra Masala

okra cooked with onion gravy and cream

$10.99

Nothing But North

Hot Clave

Butter Naan

$2.25

Garlic Naan

$2.65

Paratha

2 pieces.

$3.35

Steamed Rice

$1.99

Sides

Bakery

Veg Puff

$3.49

Egg Puff

$3.75

Mango Milkshake

$3.99

Falooda Milkshake

$4.49

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE PASTRY

$3.69

BLACK FOREST PASTRY

$3.25

PISTACHIO PASTRY

$3.49

BUTTERSCOTCH PASTRY

$3.25

PINEAPPLE PASTRY

$3.25

MANGO PASTRY

$3.25

Pista House Double Dhamaka Biriyani

Chicken cooked with double masala.

$13.99

Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biriyani

Spice marinated chicken and saffron infused rice cooked on 'dum' or slow heat.

$13.99

Chettinad Chicken Biriyani

Biriyani cooked with tomato and onions and spices.

$9.99

Hyderabadi Goat Dum Biriyani

Spice marinated goat meet and saffron infused rice cooked on 'dum' or slow heat.

$16.99

Nizam Chicken Biriyani

Boneless chicken blended in the nizam style and served on the top of biriyani.

$15.99

Bezawada Chicken Biriyani

A spicy boneless chicken cooked in special homemade masala powders. Spicy.

$15.99

Hyderabadi Vegetable Dum Biriyani

Medley of green vegetables, basmati rice, desi ghee, curd and endless spices.

$10.99

Natukodi Biriyani

A succulent biriyani with country hen infused with herbs and fenugreek.

$15.99

Keema Biriyani

Small spices of lamb cooked with onions and chilies, and topped with biriyani rice.

$16.99

Egg Dum Biriyani

Hyderabadi recipe prepared with boiled eggs, spices and basmati rice that is cooked on dum.

$11.99

Avakai Biriyani

Unique pickle-flavored biriyani cooked with mango pickle and chicken. Spicy.

$12.99

Ulavacharu Biriyani

Biriyani with a combination of marinated horse gram and chicken.

$13.99

Lamb Biriyani

lamb cooked with spices and topped on biriyani

$16.99

Biriyani

Appetizers

Chicken Lollypop

Deep-fried chicken winglets marinated in garlic, chili and soy.

$12.99

Chicken 65

Spicy deep-fried chicken a favorite from the south.

$11.99

Lamb Fry

Lamb cooked with spicy masala and sauteed on a hot grill.

$14.99

Chilli Chicken

chicken sauted with chilli sauce and mixed with onions and bellpepper

$11.99

Pepper Chicken Curry

Chicken sauteed with onions, Chettinad spices, and crushed black pepper.

$11.99

Chettinad Chicken Curry

Tami Nadu favorite chicken cooked in South Indian style, coconut-based gravy.

$11.99

Andhra Kodi Kurna

Andhra style chicken curry with traditional spices and herbs.

$11.99

Butter Chicken Masala

Boneless chicken cooked in a creamy mildly spiced curry sauce.

$12.99

Spicy Goat Curry

Goat curry spiced with dried red chilies and flavored with an authentic homemade masala.

$13.99

Andhra Fish Pulusu

Fried fish cooked in a tangy tamarind gravy with freshly ground spices. An authentic Andhra delicacy.

$12.99

Shrimp Coconut Masala

Andhra style fried shrimp with chilies and coconut.

$11.99

Chicken Tikka Masala

chicken breast cooked in tandoor and mild gravy

$12.99

Main Course

Kebabs & Tikkas

Cream Stone Chicken Tikka

Chicken breast marinated and cooked in tandoor.

$12.99

Hara Kothimiri Chicken Tikka

Chicken mixed with cilantro paste and spices.

$12.99

Mutton Chukka

Goat cubes cooked with onion gravy

$13.99

Mutton sheek Kabab

grounded lamb cooked in tandoor

$13.99

Haleem

Popular Middle Eastern delicacy goat meat, broken wheat, Hyderabadi pista house spices, rose petals, ghee.

$16.99

Haleem

Beverages

Mango Lassi

$4.99

Salt Lassi

$2.99

Sweet Lassi

$2.99

Buttermilk

$2.99

Falooda

$4.99

Madras Filter Coffee

$1.99

Masala Tea

$1.99

Soft Drink

$1.99

Thums Up

$2.49

Gulab Jamoon

4 pieces. Deep-fried flour balls in cardamom flavored sugar syrup.

$4.99

Ras Mallai

4 pieces. Homemade cheese balls soaked in creamy flavored milk.

$4.99

Carrot Halwa

carrot grated in cooked in kova and milk

$4.99

Double ka meta

Bread cooked in condensed milk and topped with nuts

$5.99

Desserts

Catering Appetizers

Catering Chicken Lollypop

Deep-fried chicken winglets marinated in garlic, chili and soy.

$10.99

Catering Chicken 65

Spicy deep-fried chicken a favorite from the south.

$9.99

Catering Lamb Fry

Lamb cooked with spicy masala and sauteed on a hot grill.

$12.99

Catering Chilli Chicken

Chicken sauted with chilli sauce and mixed with onions and bellpepper.

$9.99

Catering Samosa

2 pieces. Deep-fried Punjabi pastry stuffed with mixture of spiced potatoes and peas.

$3.99

Catering Gobi Manchuria

Gobi fried and cooked with sauce.

$7.99

Catering Onion Samosa

4 pieces. Pastry stuffed with onions peas and potato.

$5.99

Catering Spring Rolls

Pastry stuffed with veggies.

$5.99

Catering Starters

Catering Nothing But North

Catering Paneer Butter Masala

Cottage cheese cubes simmered in creamy onion and tomato gravy.

$8.99

Catering Palak Paneer

Cottage cheese cooked with a creamy spinach sauce and some mild spices.

$8.99

Catering Chana Masala

Garbanzo beans cooked with tomatoes and onions.

$7.99

Catering Pista House Double Dhamaka Biriyani

Chicken cooked with double masala.

$10.99

Catering Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biriyani

Spice marinated chicken and saffron infused rice cooked on 'dum' or slow heat.

$10.99

Catering Hyderabadi Goat Dum Biriyani

Spice marinated goat meet and saffron infused rice cooked on 'dum' or slow heat.

$12.99

Catering Nizam Chicken Biriyani

Boneless chicken blended in the nizam style and served on the top of biriyani.

$11.99

Catering Bezawada Chicken Biriyani

A spicy boneless chicken cooked in special homemade masala powders. Spicy.

$11.99

Catering Hyderabadi Vegetable Dum Biriyani

Medley of green vegetables, basmati rice, desi ghee, curd and endless spices.

$8.99

Catering Natukodi Biriyani

A succulent biriyani with country hen infused with herbs and fenugreek.

$13.99

Catering Keema Biriyani

Small spices of lamb cooked with onions and chilies, and topped with biriyani rice.

$13.99

Catering Egg Dum Biriyani

Hyderabadi recipe prepared with boiled eggs, spices and basmati rice that is cooked on dum.

$9.99

Catering Lamb Biriyani

Lamb cooked with spices and topped on biriyani.

$13.99

Catering Thalapakati Goat Biriyani

Goat made with ghee rice.

$13.99

Catering Biriyani

Catering Hot Clave

Catering Butter Naan

$1.99

Catering Garlic Naan

$2.50

Catering Paratha

2 pieces.

$2.99

Catering Pepper Chicken Curry

Chicken sauteed with onions, Chettinad spices and crushed black pepper.

$9.99

Catering Chettinad Chicken Curry

Tami Nadu favorite chicken cooked in South Indian style, coconut-based gravy.

$9.99

Catering Andhra Kodi Kurna

Andhra style chicken curry with traditional spices and herbs.

$9.99

Catering Butter Chicken Masala

Boneless chicken cooked in a creamy mildly spiced curry sauce.

$9.99

Catering Spicy Goat Curry

Goat curry spiced with dried red chilies and flavored with an authentic homemade masala.

$12.49

Catering Andhra Fish Pulusu

Fried fish cooked in a tangy tamarind gravy with freshly ground spices. An authentic Andhra delicacy.

$10.99

Catering Main Course

Catering Haleem

Catering Haleem

Popular Middle Eastern delicacy goat meat, broken wheat, Hyderabadi pista house spices, rose petals and ghee.

$14.99

Catering Steamed Rice

$1.99

Catering Sides

Catering Desserts

Catering Gulab Jamoon

3 pieces. Deep-fried flour balls in cardamom flavored sugar syrup.

$2.99

Catering Ras Mallai

3 pieces. Homemade cheese balls soaked in creamy flavored milk.

$3.99

Catering Veg Puff

$3.49

Catering Egg Puff

$3.75

Catering Chicken Puff

$4.49

Catering Mango Milkshake

$3.99

Catering Chikoo Milkshake

$4.99

Catering Falooda Milkshake

$4.49

Catering Chocolate Truffle Pastry

$3.69

Catering Chocolate Mousse Pastry

$3.69

Catering Choco Mocha Pastry

$3.69

Catering Black Forest Pastry

$3.25

Catering White Forest Pastry

$3.25

Catering Pistachio Pastry

$3.49

Catering Butterscotch Pastry

$3.25

Catering Pineapple Pastry

$3.25

Catering Mango Pastry

$3.25

Catering Tiramisu

$3.75

Catering Falooda Pastry

$3.49

Catering Bakery

Catering Beverages

Catering Mango Lassi

$3.99

Catering Salt Lassi

$2.99

Catering Sweet Lassi

$2.99

Catering Buttermilk

$2.99

Catering Falooda

$4.99

Catering Madras Filter Coffee

$1.99

Catering Masala Tea

$1.99

Catering Soft Drink

$1.99

Catering Thums Up

$1.99