Little India Bistro and Tandoor in Christchurch City Menu

Lunch Lunch
  • Tandoori Chicken Salad - Your choice of Chooza Tikka, Malai Tikka or Achaari Tikka tossed with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onions, lemon juice with mint chutney $15.00
  • Tandoori Lamb Salad - Boti Kebab tossed with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onions, lemon juice served with mint chutney. $15.00
  • Biryani Chicken / Lamb / Vegetable - Basmati rice cooked with chicken, lamb or vegetables. Served with 2 poppadoms and raita. $16.00
  • Bhatura Chicken / Lamb / Chole - Bhatura is a soft bread made from flour mixed with semolina and yoghurt, then finished in hot oil. Two pieces of Bhatura breads served with Chole, lamb or chicken $16.00
  • Butter Chicken - World famous, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Chicken Tikka Masala - An internationally renowned dish. Boneless chicken cooked in a secret recipe of yoghurt, cream and spices. $16.00
  • Lamb Rogan Josh - Lean lamb cooked with roasted and crushed spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Korma Lamb / Chicken / Vegetable - Traditionally a mild dish cooked in a creamy sauce made of almond paste, cream and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Bhuna Chicken - Boneless spring chicken cooked with ginger, garlic, fresh coriander, capsicum, onions and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Lamb / Chicken Vindaloo - A hot dish, made world famous by the Chefs of Goa. It has a Portugese influence. It is cooked with vinegar, capsicum and whole spices. Served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Malabari Prawn / Fish - A Bombay speciality. Cooked with coconut, capsicum, tomatoes, cream and an assortment of spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $18.00
  • Ganga Jamuna Sabzi - Fresh seasonal vegetables cooked with cumin seeds, turmeric and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Amritsari Chole - Chickpeas cooked with ginger, garlic, finished with freshly ground spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Shahi Paneer - Home made Indian cottage cheese cooked with crushed almonds, cream and tomatoes, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Aaloo Saag - Potatoes cooked with spinach and spices. Served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
Sides Sides
  • Raita $3.50
  • Kechumber - Diced onions, tomatoes, cucumber, coriander with a touch of lemon juice and spices. $3.50
  • Papadom $1.00
  • Mint Chutney $3.50
  • Banana and Coconut - Sliced bananas sprinkled with desiccated coconut. $3.50
  • Little India Chilly Chutney - For the daring!!! $3.50
  • Mixed Vegetable Pickle - Achar. $3.50
  • Mango Chutney $3.50
  • Tamarind - A sweet but tangy sauce, a perfect match for our vegetarian starters. $3.50
  • Side Dish Platter - Raita, mint chutney, kechumber, banana and coconut, Little India chilli chutney and mango chutney served with six papadoms. $10.00
  • Little India Salad - Onions, cucumber, cabbage and tomatoes with lemon juice and a special mix of spices. $7.50
  • Onion Salad $3.50
Rice Rice
  • Basmati Rice - Plain, steamed Basmati rice. $4.00
  • Jeera Rice - Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds. $6.50
  • Kashmiri Pulao - Basmati rice mixed with cashews, almonds, sultanas and desiccated coconut. $6.50
  • Mixed Vegetable Pulao - Basmati rice cooked with fresh seasonal vegetables and spices. $7.50
  • Chicken Pulao - Basmati rice cooked with tender boneless chicken, peas, onions and spices. $10.00
Breads Breads
  • Naan - Leavened bread made of refined flour baked in the tandoor. $3.00
  • Garlic Naan - Leavened bread sprinkled with crushed garlic, baked in the tandoor. $3.50
  • Keema Naan - Naan with a stuffing of spiced lamb mince. $5.00
  • Onion Kulcha - Naan with a stuffing of onions and spices. $4.00
  • Chicken Naan - Naan with a stuffing of mildly spiced chicken. $5.00
  • Paneer Kulcha - Naan stuffed with home made Indian cottage cheese and spices. $4.50
  • Paneer & Garlic Kulcha - Naan sprinkled with crushed garlic, stuffed with home made Indian cottage cheese and spices. $5.00
  • Kashmiri Naan - Naan topped with nuts and sultanas. $4.50
  • Vegetable Kulcha - Naan stuffed with fresh seasoned vegetables and spices. $4.00
  • Tandoori Roti - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread baked in the tandoor. $3.00
  • Lacha Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread layered with lashings of ghee. Baked in the tandoor. $4.00
  • Aloo Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread stuffed with potatoes, onions and spices. $4.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Hoki $5.00
  • Queen Scallops 6 for $8.00
  • tarakihi $5.00
  • Monster Burger $7.00
  • Giant Hot Dog $3.50
  • Mushroom Burger $4.20
  • Potato Fritter $2.30
  • Chicken Nuggets 6 for $5.00
  • Pan Fried Steak (veg) $12.50
  • Hot Dogs $2.20
  • Prawns Special (C/Nuts) on Fried Rice $16.50
  • Sliced Steak Foo Young $10.00
  • Noodles or Fried Rice $2.50
  • Prawn Chow Mein $11.50
  • Curry Chicken on Rice $11.00
  • Sausages $2.20
  • Squid Rings (Dozen) $8.50
  • Chicken Nibbles (Dozen) $8.50
  • Extras $1.00
  • Plain Sausages $2.20
  • Mix Grill $10.00
  • Mussel Patties $2.20
  • Fish $2.50
  • Chicken Patties $2.60
  • Beef curry udon $13.50
  • Mixed fried curry rice $15.90
    • Delicious prawn cutlet, crumbed prawn, veg croquette
  • Chocolate ice cream $4.90
  • Coco cola $3.50
  • Ginger beer $4.90
  • Chocolate ice cream sundae $9.00
  • Veg croquette $6.90
  • Ribeye steak & teriyaki chicken $29.50
  • Sole $5. 20
  • Cheese onion Ring $5.60
  • Steak $ 5.20
  • Spicy Wedges $4.0o
  • 4 mini Doughnuts $2.00
  • Scoop chips $1.70
  • Mushroom $4.20
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu $3.00
  • Vegetable $5.50
  • Mini Spring Rolls (1/2 dozen) $2.50
  • Warehou $4.50
  • Family Pack $24.00
    • 2 chips, 3 fish, 3 hot dogs, 2 meat patties, 3 potato fritters
  • Akaroa Cod $5.00
  • Steak $6.00
  • Half Scoop Chips $1.60
  • Groper $6.00
  • Roast Pork Mushroom Chow Mein $11.50
  • Vegetarian Seasonal Veges $10.50
  • Prawn and Seasonal Veges $16.00
  • Nasi Goreng (Rice) $11.00
  • Meat Pattie $2.20
  • Black Bean Steak on Rice $10.50
  • Mixed Veges and Meat Soup $6.50
  • Hot and Sour Soup $6.50
  • Pork Riblet N/A
  • Ham, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Chicken & Bacon Ranch Melt N/A
  • Tuna N/A
  • Steak, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Yoghurt N/A
  • Thinly Cut Ready Salted N/A
  • Capsicum N/A
  • Plain Donuts $2.00
  • Sliced Beef & Tomato On Rice N/A
  • Plain Donuts N/A
  • Sole $4.00
  • Meat Patties N/A
  • Curry Beef & Vegetable On Rice N/A
  • Giant Burgers $7.20
  • Beetroot N/A
  • Kransky sausage wrapped in bacon w a mustard sweet chilli glaze GF
  • Truffles GF DF available
  • EGGS ON TOAST (V) $9.50
  • OATY PANCAKES $12.00
    • w banana, berry compote & yoghurt
  • Chocolate brownie GF available
  • MORNING TEA A $7.40
    • club sandwich, mini muffin or mini scone, fresh fruit kebab
  • Plus daily changing seasonal selection(please enquire)
  • Blini w pastrami, cream cheese and red pepper jelly
  • Foccacia MELT $24.50
    • Now! want to take it off from the menu, but you guys said you wouldn’t vote for me to become the Mayor II did. Chicken with cream cheese, cranberry, mozzarella, Drizzled with honey basil pesto. Your choice of a side of chips or salad.
  • Moroccan LAMB SHOULDER $27.50
    • Tender pieces of a green salad with whole grain puffed wheat, feta cheese, roasted beetroot with a minted yoghurt and pomegranate dressing.
  • PORK BELLY $32.50
    • Twice roasted belly, marinated in hoisin and. spice. Comes with roast potatoes, some chargrilled bok choy and a mango and peach chutney. Now the chefs pile this high, so I hope it's earthquake proof, or you could be missing some when you get it!
  • T-BONE $36.50
    • Yup, the good old T-bone comes with tomatoes, buttered mushrooms, eggs, onion rings and a shit load of chips for you Former folk. or for the Farmer folk wife, we have a classier version. It comes with roasted baby potatoes, balsamic roasted tomatoes a cracked pepper and mushroom sauce and a baby salad too. Now don’t be thinking you can mix n match cause the chefs won’t do it!!!!
  • PRAWNS & SCALLOPS $15.70
    • Grilled black tiger prawns & scallops drizzled with a creamy vermouth & tarragon sauce. Just a hint of spice to tantalise your taste buds!
  • CRACKED PEPPER & BOURBON PATE $14.80
    • Now what about this, we would be billionaires if we sold this on the streets of victoria.... Comes with tomato jam, pickles n toasted bread.
  • VANILLA BRULE
    • Yip this is another one of our famous desserts, our vanilla bean Brulee made to perfection.... It comes with homemade vanilla bean ice cream and some kinda biscuit. I would even go as far as saying ladies this is better than sex.
  • MAD COWS CHEESECAKE
    • Here at the Three Cows we’ve made about 3 billion types of cheesecake and all completely different. we are slowly running out of flavours to make, but don’t panic we've always got the internet to help us out if the chefs are having another one of their blank moments.
  • Delux Open Souvlaki $17.00
    • Served with cheese, mushroom, green salad and our dressing in a pizza box
  • Filo Pastry $14.00
    • served with bed of Egyptian salad, pita bread and our dressing in a plastic box/minced lamb parcel
  • Lamb $8.50/$11.50/$14.50
  • Kofta minced beef $8.00/$11.00/$14.00
  • Kebab Skewer $5.00
  • Falafel Salad $13.50
    • Served with hummus, tabouli, Egyptian salad, pita bread, falafel and our special dressing in a plastic box
  • KoftanKebab $15.50
  • Beef $8.00/$11.00/$14.00
  • -BBQ Pork Fried Rice
  • -Fresh Summer Rolls
  • Tom Yum Sup Thai Beef / Chicken / Seafood $6.50
  • -Praw Fried Rice
  • Ga Sate Chicken Satay x4 $8.00
  • Bo Xao Hanh Gung Beef Ginger and Spring / Goi Bo Tai Tasty Myhanh Fresh Beef Salad served with garden fresh salad, dressing and cashews $16.00
  • Com Ga CaRi Chicken Curry On Rice / Com Suon Pork Chop On Rice / Com Xao Thap Cam Combination Meat On Rice / Com Xao Hai San Seafood On Rice $10.00
  • -Lemongrass Chilli Chicken
  • Rolls standard $5.30
  • Ham, cheese & tomato $4.80
  • Hot Dog $2.80
  • Plain sausage $2.80
  • Cheese $4.90
  • Quiche
  • Big Boys Breakfast $15.00
  • Rolls large $6.90
  • Fish curry $16.00
    • Curry cooked in onion tomato gravy with garlic, ginger and dried fenugreek leaves
  • Dal punjabi $13.00
    • 5 different lentils cooked together slowly with nicely tempered chilly
  • Vegetable pakora (4pcs) $5.00
    • Selection of mixed vegetables dipped in a spiced chickpea batter and deep fried. Serves well with the mint chutney
  • Paneer kulcha $5.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with cottage cheese and spices
  • Vegetable korma $14.00
    • Vegetables cooked in a cashew nut creamy sause. Must try
  • Mango lassi $3.50
  • Chicken bhuna $15.80
    • Diced chicken cubes cooked with fresh onions and tomato in thick gravy
  • Aloo gobi $13.00
    • Cauli and potatoes nicely tempered in masala sauce
Little India Bistro and Tandoor

Little India Bistro and Tandoor

location

Address

150 Aikmans Road, Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8014, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033558330

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Gluten Free , Indian , North Indian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  BYO ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Serves Halal ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Cards accepted ,  Digital Payments ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
150 Aikmans Road, Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8014, New Zealand