Taj Indian Restaurant in Waikato Menu

ENTREES ENTREES
  • Onion Bhaji $4.50
    • Onion mixed in a chick pea batter & mild spices
  • Veg Samosa (2 pieces) $5.00
    • Mild, spiced veges in pastry
  • Dhal Soup $4.00
    • Lentil broth prepared with authentic spices
  • Chicken Tikka $13.00
    • Chicken marinated in a yoghurt, aromatic spices & cooked in tandoor
  • Garlic Chicken Tikka $14.00
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Sheekh Kebab $13.00
    • Spicy lamb mince, aromatic spices, cooked in tandoor
  • Tandoori Prawns $15.00
    • Marinated prawns cooked in a tandoori oven
  • Tandoori Chicken
    • Chicken marinated in yoghurt & spices & cooked
  • - Half Serve $10.00
  • - Full Serve $19.00
  • Platter for Two $17.00
    • 2 pieces of Samosa, 4 Onion Bhaji, 2 Sheekh Kebab, 2 Chicken Tikka & mint sauce
MAINS - Chicken - all dishes served with rice MAINS - Chicken - all dishes served with rice
  • Butter Chicken $17.00
    • Tandoori chicken cubes cooked in a mild tomato & cream sauce
  • Chilli Chicken $17.00
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Chicken Korma $17.00
    • Delicately cooked in korma sauce & served with crushed cashews & almonds
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $17.00
    • Tandoori chicken cubes cooked in tomato & capsicum in mild/hot sauce
  • Chicken Madras $16.50
    • Age old recipe from northern India. Boneless chicken cooked in coconut & coconut cream
  • Chicken Vindaloo $16.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked in a hot sauce
  • Kadai Chicken $16.50
  • Balti Chicken $16.50
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Chicken Saagwala $16.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked with spinach & ginger
  • Mango Chicken $16.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked with mango pulp
  • Chicken Curry $16.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked in traditional Indian style
  • Chicken Punjabi $17.00
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Chicken Tikka Zal-Frezi $17.00
    • Chef's special recipe
MAINS - Beef - all dishes served with rice MAINS - Beef - all dishes served with rice
  • Beef Curry $16.00
    • Diced beef cooked in a special blend of herbs & spices & served with a delicious thick sauce
  • Beef Vindaloo $16.00
    • Beef cooked in a traditional hot sauce
  • Beef Korma $16.50
    • Beef prepared in mild/med tomato & cream sauce with crushed cashews & almonds
  • Beef Madras $16.50
    • Beef cooked in traditional madras sauce
  • Beef Zal-Frezi $17.00
    • Chef's special recipe
MAINS - Lamb - all dishes served with rice MAINS - Lamb - all dishes served with rice
  • Lamb Nawabi $17.00
    • Lamb cooked in onion, garlic, ginger & special herbs with creamy sauce
  • Lamb Rogan Josh $17.00
    • Lamb cooked in traditional mongol style
  • Lamb Vindaloo $17.00
    • Lamb cooked in hot sauce
  • Lamb Madras $17.00
    • Lamb cooked in traditional madras sauce
  • Lamb Korma $17.50
    • Deliciously cooked in korma sauce & served with crushed cashews & almonds
  • Bhuna Gosht $17.50
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Lamb Saagwala $17.00
    • Lamb cooked with spinach and ginger
  • Lamb Hydera Kadi $17.00
    • Chef's special recipe
MAINS - Seafood - all dishes served with rice MAINS - Seafood - all dishes served with rice
  • Butter Prawns $17.50
    • Prawns cooked in a mild tomato & cream sauce
  • Fish Curry $17.50
    • Fish fillet prepared in med/hot sauce
  • Prawn Curry $17.50
    • Prawns prepared in med/hot sauce
  • Prawn Korma $17.50
    • Deliciously cooked prawns served with crushed cashews & almonds
  • Prawn Vindaloo $17.00
    • Prawns cooked in a hot sauce
  • Prawn Masala $17.50
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Fish Vindaloo $17.00
    • Fish cooked in a hot sauce
  • Fish Masala $17.50
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Kids Menu $9.00
    • Fish & Chips or Nuggets & Fries
SIDE DISHES SIDE DISHES
  • Raita $4.00
    • Crushed cucumber in yoghurt & mild spices
  • Kuchumber $4.50
    • Chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, herbs & lemon juice
  • Mango Chutney $3.00
  • Mixed Pickle $3.00
  • Pappadams $2.50
    • 4 per serve
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Gulab Jamun $5.00
    • Popular Indian flavor
  • Mango Lassi $4.50
VEGETARIAN VEGETARIAN
  • Dhal Makhani $14.00
    • Speciality of Punjab selection of black cooked with ginger & coriander & cooked & served with a touch of cream
  • Navrattan Korma $14.50
    • Mixed veges prepared on thick creamy sauce served with crushed cashews & almonds
  • Paneer Masala $14.50
    • Homemade cheese cooked in capsicum tomato
  • Paneer Makhani $14.50
    • Homemade cheese deep fried & mildly cooked in thick tomato & cream sauce
  • Saag Paneer $14.00
    • Spinach & homemade cheese cooked with spices & herbs
  • Aloo Mutter $14.00
    • Potatoes & peas prepared with onion & tomato sauce
  • Mutter Paneer $14.00
    • Peas & homemade cheese cooked in mild cream sauce
  • Bombay Potatoes $14.00
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Kashmiri Kofta $14.50
    • Chef's special recipe
  • Mushroom Masala $14.00
    • Mildly spiced, cooked with tomatoes, capsicums & onion sauce
  • Aloo Gobhi $14.00
    • Cauliflower & potatoes prepared with spices
  • Chana Masala $14.00
    • Chef's special recipe
RICE RICE
  • Saffron Rice $4.00
    • Plain basmati rice flavoured with saffron
  • Plain Pulao $5.00
    • Basmati rice cooked in mild spices & herbs
  • Vegetable Biryani $16.50
    • Basmati rice cooked with mixed veges & flavoured with cardamon
  • Chicken or Lamb or Prawn Biryani $17.50
    • Rice cooked with chicken or lamb or prawn pieces, mild spices & yoghurt sauce
  • Kashmiri Pulao $8.00
    • Rice cooked with mixed fruits & nuts
BREADS FROM A TANDOORI FIRE BREADS FROM A TANDOORI FIRE
  • Garlic Naan $3.50
  • Parantha $4.00
    • Wholemeal/Flakey
  • Cheese Naan $4.50
  • Cheese & Garlic Naan $5.00
  • Masala Kulcha $4.00
    • Bread stuffed with potatoes, peas, fresh herbs
  • Onion Kulcha $4.00
    • Bread stuffed with chopped onion & mild spices
  • Paneer Kulcha $4.00
    • Bread stuffed with homemade cheese, fresh herbs & spices
  • Keema Naan $5.00
    • Bread stuffed with lamb mince, mild spices & fresh herbs
  • Kashmiri Naan $4.00
    • Bread stuffed with dried fruits & nuts
  • Spinach & Cheese Naan $4.50
  • Chicken Cheese & Garlic Naan $5.50

Nearby Sample Menus

  • sour cream $2
  • bruschetta of the day $14
    • please see blackboard
  • thai beef salad (g) $20
    • seared beef, seasonal leaves, crispy noodles with dressed Asian slaw
  • buckwheat and apple pancakes (V/v/d/G) $15
    • served with fresh seasonal fruits, real maple, toasted coconut, crunchy almond praline
  • creamy mushies (v/g) $15
    • our famous creamy mushies with kale, sumer cream, five grain toast
  • add big steak fries with house aioli $3
  • raging bull $18
    • open steak sandwich cooked to your liking on sour dough with streaky bacon, portobello mushrooms, blue cheese and onion jam
  • raw bowl (v) $10
  • Roast pumpkin and mascarpone tortellini $21.00
    • Sage brown butter, pumpkin seed
  • Platter with cured meats, cheese, salmon and a selection of accompaniments from New Zealand, Italy & Spain $35.00
  • Selection of handcrafted breads $12.00
  • Wild Red deer carpaccio $22.00
    • Juniper cure, roasted beetroot,toasted hazelnut
  • Menu available when dining in bar area only
  • Chocolate fondant $17.00
    • Burnt pineapple foam, cardamom cookie crumble roasted banana ice cream, fennel
  • Broccolini, almond brown butter, garlic and lemon $88.00
  • Garden leaf salad, cured onion, cucumber, red wine vinaigrette $8.00
  • Toasties $ 8.50
    • 2 fillings / gluten-free toastie extra $2.00 ham / cheese / tomato / pineapple / corn / onion
  • Fat pigeon breakfast $21.00
    • bacon / eggs / sausages / mushrooms / fried potatoes / ciabatta toast
  • Chicken burger $22.00
    • w/ brie, chilli jam on toasted ciabatta & steak fries
  • Eggs benedict / salmon $18.90
  • Eggs / toast / fried potatoes $3.00
  • Chicken tenders & curly fries w/ sauce $12.00
  • Mini chicken burger & curly fries w/ sauce $ 12.00
  • Eggs on toast $13.90
    • poached / scrambled / fried
  • Chef's Breakfast Stack $16.00
    • Toasted grain bread topped with baked beans, potato hash brown, crispy bacon and a poached egg
  • Corn Fritters $17.50
    • Stacked on salad greens topped with bacon, sour cream and avocado drizzled with chilli sauce
  • Pizza $9.00
    • House made pizza bread, topped with tomato pizza sauce, bacon and cheese and served with fries
  • Chicken Wrap $9.00
    • Crumbed strips of chicken wrapped in a soft tortilla with cheese, carrot and lettuce and served with fries
  • Fish and Chips $11.50
    • Half portion available
  • Little breakfast $9.00
    • One egg any style on toast with a rasher of bacon and a hash brown
  • Vegetarian Big Breakfast $21.00
    • Two hash browns, two slow cooked tomatoes, creamy mushrooms, fresh spinach, two poached eggs on toasted grain bread
  • Thunder Crunch Fries $7.50
    • Served with in-house aioli and tomato sauce
  • ·New menu
  • -sauteed potatoes & sour cream $6
  • Toasted muesli $10
    • Topped with mixed berries, yogurt & milk
  • per person $18
  • -sauteed mushrooms $4.50
  • Friday Late Night Menu 3pm • 5pm, Cafe Closes @ 6pm.
  • -ham $1.50
  • Mixed bar platter L $25
  • UMU antipasto platter $22.50
    • olives, lemon and rosemary feta, marinated mushrooms, mushroom pate, hummus, garlic ciabatta and lavosh crisps
  • Asian chicken slaw $18.50
    • grilled chicken, mung bean sprouts, coriander, salad greens and toasted cashews in a spicy dressing
  • Oven baked beer battered fries $7.50
    • with aioli or sour cream
  • Roast mushroom or chicken liver pate $15.50
    • with sesame lavosh crisps and salad greens
  • Soup of the day $11.50
    • with garlic bread
  • Hotpots $10.50
    • see our specials board for today's flavours
  • Spicy Pork Roll $12.50
    • homemade pork pattie, spicy slaw and greens in a bread roll
  • Side salad $5.50
  • Scallops & Chips $24.50
  • Smoked Chicken & Roast Veges Quiche $8.50
  • -With Bacon $15.00
  • Salt & Pepper Squid Salad $18.00
  • BLT $12.50
    • on Toasted Bread
  • Chicken $17.50
    • with Bacon, Avocado a Brie
  • Beef Nachos $11.50
    • with Cheese & Sour Cream
  • Bacon & Egg Pie $8.50
  • Stir fried vegetable $17
    • with sweet and sour sauce
  • Green curry $17
    • Thai green curry paste with coconut milk bamboo, green bean, carrot and fresh kaffir lime leaves
  • Stir fried red chilli paste, green bean, carrot and kaffir lime leaves $17
  • Duck $5
  • Pad Thai $15
    • Stir fried rice noodle with tamarind sauce, eggs, been sprout, ground pea nuts
  • Prawns $3
  • Beef $3
  • Mussaman Beef $19
    • Thai mussaman curry paste with coconut milk potato, carrot, Cashew nuts and onion season with spice, beef
  • -bacon $4
  • -chicken tenderloins coated in a delicious chia, corn and seed crumb with a nutty slaw, capsicum chilli jam & aioli & fries
  • -sausage (x2) $5
  • -Add Salmon $6
  • -Add Toast $6
  • Summer bruscetta $14
    • pickled beetroot on thin toasted ciabatta with goat cheese, herb salad, candied walnuts and avocado oil
  • Fries
    • crispy golden fries w aioli or tomato sauce
  • -seared steak w swiss cheese , tomato, beetroot, lettuce, caramelized onion, chipotle mayo sauce & fries
  • Chicken Burger $19.50
    • Tandoori chicken breast, served on a brioche bun with fresh salad leaves, cucumber, red onion, tomato, camembert, tzatziki & a portion of fries
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $13.00
    • Accompanied by chilli tomato jam & a salad garnish
  • ●Mains
  • Snapper
  • French Toast $15.00
    • With grilled bacon, banana, & maple syrup
  • Traditional Fish & chips $20.50
    • Fresh beer battered fish fillets served with chips, salad & lemon wedge
  • Spicy Beef Nachos $16.00
    • Topped with cheese, sour cream & capsicum salsa
  • Margherita $16.50
    • Mozzarella, tomato and basil pesto
  • Eggs on Toast $9.90
    • Choice of Egg Type
  • Eggs Benedict with Bacon $15.90
    • Home Made Bread with Saute Spinach, Mushroom and Home Made Hollandaise Sauce
  • Eggs Benedict with Salmon $17.90
    • Home Made Bread with Saute Spinach, Mushroom and Home Made Hollandaise Sauce
  • Grilled Chicken Salad $15.90
    • Grilled Chicken, Mesculin, Carrot, Onion with A House Dressing, Home Made Bread
  • Meat Ball Linguine Pasta $17.90
    • Tomato Base Meatball, Cheese
  • Honey Roasted Muesli $10.90
    • Honey Roast Oat with Fresh Yoghurt and Compote Berry and Manana and Honey
  • NZ Mussels $18.90
    • Creamy Mussels, Coconet, Pineapple on Home Made Bread
  • Fish N Chips $15.90
    • Battered Market Fish with Chips and Salad
  • Cheese and bacon $2.50
  • Carb stick $1.20
  • Carton of chicken muggets *8 $3.50
  • Carton of mussles *8 $6.00
  • Lasagne $2.00
  • Steak $3.50
  • Carton of squid rings *8 $4.50
  • Fish $2.80
  • Free range Poached/Scrambled eggs on toasted ciabatta $9.50
  • Homemade toasted grain cereak with black doris plums and yoghurt $10
  • Oat or rice Perridge with stewed fruit and brown sugar $10
  • Salmon on toasted ciabatta or hashbrown $17.50/$19.50
  • hashbrown/Smoked salmon
  • Cinnamon french toast with bacon, grilled banana, maple syrup $17.50
  • bacon/kransky/chorizo/tomato/eggs 4
  • Toasted ciabatta with marmalade, Jam or Promite $6.50
  • Delish 3 slider selection w handcut fries $20
  • Crispy moroccan chicken burger $22
    • W/ summer slaw & avocado smash, handcut chips + aioli.
  • Eowyn’s blessing
    • Semi dried tomato, feta, spinach, red onion + dukkah + parmesan.
  • Mini hotdogs & curly fries $8.5
  • Smoked bourbon & coke ribs $24
    • W/ summer slaw and hand cut chips w/ aioli.
  • -dinner 225Gm tarakihi $24
  • Radler fish n chips
    • W/ handcut fries + house caper & lemon mayo.
  • Redoubt shrimp cocktail …(gf) $17
    • W/ thousand island dressing
  • King Salmon Poke $24
    • With ora king caviar, pickled daikon, black garlic and kimchee, chive, native new zealand seaweed and fragrant rice
  • -per 60gm serving $16
  • VSB Chicken Parmigiana $18.50
    • Parmesan and panko crumbed chicken, prosciutto, fresh tomato sauce, crisp baby cos hearts
  • Callebaut Dark Chocolate Parfait $17
    • Roasted white chocolate, chocolate curd, marshmallow and hazelnut gianduja, hot caramel sauce
  • Fresh Kaipara Oysters $24/48
    • -natural with cabernet sauvignon vinegar and shallot
  • -Seasonal greens with herb butter $8
  • -Waimata French Style Blue (Gisborne)
    • A rich creamy blue cheese with a sweet composty aroma, peppery blue mould and a delicate saltiness
  • Volcanic Ciabatta $8
    • Stuffed with garlic jersey mascarpone
Taj Indian Restaurant

Taj Indian Restaurant

location

Address

120 Whitaker Street, Te Aroha, Te Aroha, Waikato, 3320, New Zealand

phone

Phone

78848491

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:30 – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 4:30 – 9:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Fast Food , Indian , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Seating ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
120 Whitaker Street, Te Aroha, Te Aroha, Waikato, 3320, New Zealand