Shahi in New Zealand Menu - Lunchtime.co.nz

Papad - crispy bread $1.50
Samosa (2 pieces) - timeless $9.90
- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tamarind chutney $4.00
Raita - yoghurt with cucumber. $4.00
Green salad $9.00
- Sliced cucumber, lettuce, carrot and tomatoes with a wedge of lemon.
Mixed vegetables $9.00
- Seasonal vegetables sautéed with garlic.
Raw onions $5.00
- Seasonal and served with a wedge of lemon.
Green chillies $2.00
Sweet mango chutney $4.00
Mixed pickle (salty n’sour) $4.00
Mint chutney $4.00