Conical pastry filled with delicately spiced potatoes and peas. Cooked and served with tamarind sauce.
Onion bhajjia - divine $9.90
Finely chopped onion, mixed with chickpea flour batter. Cooked and served with tamarind sauce.
Garlic prawn - fat buster $16.90
Prawns marinated in spices. Cooked with garlic and served with mint sauce.
Shahi cigar - politically incorrect but delectable $11.90
Finely chopped chicken mixed with subtle spices, fresh coriander and green chillies. Stuffed in a cigar shaped pastry. Served with tamarind sauce.
Chicken tikka - boneless tandoori dish $11.90
Boneless Chicken thighs marinated with yoghurt, ginger and spices for over a day, and then barbecued. Served with mint sauce.
Punjabi lamb - robust $11.90
Lamb marinated in robust spices and sautéed with capsicum, onions and tomatoes. Finished with fresh coriander and served on a bed of lettuce.
Mixed platter - delicious variety of entrees for two diners $20.90
Samosa, Shahi Cigar, Onion Bhajjia, Chicken Tikka. Served with mint and tamarind sauce.
MAINS
Chicken mughlai - mild dish $20.90
Chicken cooked in cashew nut sauce with aromatic spices, garnished with coriander.
Butter chicken - most popular $21.90
Boneless tandoori chicken cooked with a sumptuous sauce of tomatoes, fresh coriander and spices. small - $14.00 / large - 20.90
Chicken tikka masala(GF) - English special $20.90
Boneless chicken cooked in lightly spiced sauce with capsicum, ginger & fresh coriander.
Chicken curry (GF) - fat free S $14.00 /L $20.90
Chicken marinated in spices and then cooked in a home style curry.
Chicken jalfrezi - sumptuous $20.90
Chicken marinated in spices, ginger and garlic. Finished with tomatoes, chunks of capsicum and onions.
Mango chicken - exotic $20.90
Chicken cooked in delicately spiced mango sauce.
Tandoori chicken - healthy S $16.00/L $25.00
Skinless chicken marinated in spices for over a day and then cooked in tandoor. Served with mint sauce.
Fish makhanwala - synchronised swimmers $21.90
Fillet of fish delicately cooked with ginger, garlic, onions, tomatoes, yoghurt and aromatic spices.
Prawn malabari - kiwi favourite $26.00
Shelled prawns cooked in an exotic sauce of tomatoes, dried whole coriander, mustard seed and spices. Finished with coconut cream and garnished with fresh coriander.
Kadai gosht - bank managers favourite $20.90
Lean lamb delicately cooked with exotic spices and finished with capsicum and onion. Garnished with fresh ginger and coriander. (Dairy Free)
Akbari gosht S $14.00/L $20.90
Succulent lean lamb dish cooked with yoghurt and spices and finished with nuts. Garnished with fresh coriander.
Saag gosht – romantic interlude $21.90
Lean lamb cooked with tomatoes, robust spices and spinach.
Rogan josh(GF) - chefs speciality S $14.00/L $20.90
Traditional lean lamb dish in a tomato gravy with spices.
Beef vindaloo - ring burner $20.90
Prepared the traditional way- beef cooked in a hot, fiery and spicy sauce.
FROM THE GARDEN
Tadka dhal - staple food S $14.00/L $18.90
Yellow split cooked and tempered with garlic, onion, mustard seeds finished with coriander.
Vegetable curry - vegan special
Seasonal vegetables cooked in a lightly spiced gravy with tomatoes.
Mushroom & pea curry - magic $18.90
Mushrooms and peas cooked beautifully with light spices.
Pea panir S $14.00/L $18.90
Peas and panir cooked in tomato based curry.
Saag panir $19.90
Spinach pureed and cooked with delicate spices and panir.
RICE DISHES
Chicken or lamb biryani $22.00
Northern Indian dish of rice cooked with chicken or lamb, cashew nuts and raisins.
Vegetable biryani $21.00
Northern Indian dish of rice cooked with vegetables, cashew nuts and raisins.
BREADS
Roti - wholemeal bread. $3.50
Buttered nan $4.00
Standard flour kneaded into a dough with yoghurt, eggs, yeast and baked in tandoor.
Garlic nan $5.00
Same as buttered nan, with garlic.
Cheese nan $6.00
Same as buttered nan, stuffed with cheese.
Peshawari nan $6.00
Nan stuffed with nuts and raisins.
Masala kulcha $6.00
Nan stuffed with potatoes and spices.
Shahi nan $6.50
Freshly cooked nan stuffed with cheese, onion and green chilli. Delicious.
ACCOMPANIMENTS (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – THEY ARE A MUST WITH CURRIES)
Raita - yoghurt with cucumber. $4.00
Green salad $9.00
Sliced cucumber, lettuce, carrot and tomatoes with a wedge of lemon.
SPICY BEEF MEATBALLS & BLACK BEANS IN A CHIPOTLE SAUCE $10.50/$20.80
modern Mexican-spicy but not too hot beef meatballs simmered in a smoky chipotle sauce with black beans single/double
VIETNAMESE CARAMEL CHICKEN $7.80/$15.50/$27.80
a classic Vietnamese chicken dish made with skinless thigh cutlets braised with ginger, garlic and red onions in a sweet and aromatic Vietnamese Sauce, Finished with toasted sesame seeds and spring onions gluten free/one cutlet/two cutlets/four cutlets
CHICKEN (FREE RANGE) LEEK & BACON POT PIE $11.80/24.50/$45.50
Sautéed leeks and bacon with a tender chicken breast in a mild creamy grain mustard sauce, topped with puff pastry. Single/Double/family
TEX-MEX VEGETABLE & BLACK BEAN BURRITO $10.80
Think chili con carne without the meat. These burritos are packed full of vegetables and black beans in a medium heat spiced tomato sauce, using our own Tex-Mex freshly ground spices. Each burrito is a full main portion. Burrito filling also available as a gluten free option
COTTAGE PIE $11.50/$23.80/$44.80
Traditional and comforting, we braise beef mince and vegetables using a time honoured recipe until meltingly tender, then top with agria potato mash (single/double/family)
TRADITIONAL LASAGNE $11.80/$24.50/$44.50
we simmer our traditional Italian style beef and pork mince ragu with red wine and herbs for three hours before layering it between egg lasagne sheets, béchamel sauce & Parmesan cheese. Gluten free version by request. Double/Triple/Family
SOUPS AND SALADS $7.50/$9.80
Always available freshly made with a range of choices each week. Our repertoire is extremely varied with the emphasis on seasonal produce and our customer's preferences. Many of our soups and salads are vegetarian, gluten and/or dairy-free/large single/small double
SOUTH CAROLINA STYLE PULLED PORK FREE RANGE IN A BBQ SAUCE $11.80/$23.50
Pork shoulder marinated in smoky spices and slow cooked in a homemade BBQ sauce, then fork shredded Excellent in tacos or wraps, on soft buns with slaw American style, or with rice and salad Single/Double
eggs cooked to your preference, streaky bacon w/ Pandoro white or multigrain toast
Gluten free bread is available on request
Chicken nuggets (4) $9.00
w/ salad or fries
Charlie's homemade pancake $15.00
w/ streaky bacon, grilled banana, maple syrup, berry, apple and rhubarb compote
Mila's open sandwich $18.50
w/ your choice of filling: Smoked chicken and bacon / Minute steak / Grilled field mushrooms. Served on grilled focaccia w/ onion marmalade, tomatoes, garlic aioli w/ green salad and fries