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.
accompanied by soft cheese and Tigelle (a small round flat bread, crisp on the outside, soft and steamy on the inside, cooked and served hot off the iron). Serves 2/3 people
Spaghetti alla Chitarra alla Carbonara $24.00
Handmade spaghetti with real Carbonara Sauce
Spaghetti alla Chitarra al Gorgonzola $24.00
Handmade spaghetti covered with creamy Gorgonzola Lombardo and topped with wild walnuts and fresh rocket from the garden
Zucchini Carpaccio $19.00
with shavings of aged Parmigiano Reggiano and Balsamic Vinegar di Modena
Premium Italian Cheese Platter $25.00
accompanied by jam, honey and a selection of house breads. Serves 2/3 people
Seared tuna steak on a bed of quinoa, kale, red peppers, red onion and edamame beans, served with a miso cucumber and sesame seed salad
Yaki udon $22.50
Udon noodles in curry oil with chicken, prawns, chikuwa, egg, beansprouts, leeks, mushrooms and peppers, garnished with fried shallots, pickled ginger and sesame seeds
Chicken kare lomen $18.00
A rich coconut, chilli and lemongrass soup, filled with chicken + ramen noodles, topped with cucumber, bean sprouts and coriander
Tori kara age $9.00
Seasoned, crispy chicken pieces served with a spiced sesame and soy sauce
Prawn itame $22.00
Rice noodles in a spicy green coconut and lemongrass soup, topped with prawns, stir-fried bean sprouts, red and spring onions, bak choy, peppers, mushrooms and chillies, garnished with coriander and lime
Mixed mushrooms + panko aubergine hirata steamed bun $8.00
A fluffy, asian bun mixed with mushrooms and panko aubergine, served with Japanese mayonnaise and coriander