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Chanakya South Indian Cuisine is a compact New Brighton restaurant tucked into Surfside Mall, with bookings available for its small dining room. The kitchen centres South Indian flavours while still ranging across familiar curry styles, and its chef brings more than fifteen years of experience to the menu. Split lunch and dinner sessions make it suitable for either a midday dosa or a fuller evening meal.

The meal can begin with sambar soup, onion bhaji or dahi papadi layered with potato, chickpeas, yoghurt and tamarind. Samosa chaat and vegetable pakora continue the street-food thread, while curry-leaf chicken, spiced lamb and prawns offer meat and seafood alternatives. Rice-and-lentil cooking appears in dosa and uthappam dishes, including semolina masala dosa and a chicken-and-cheese uthappam.

Curries reveal the restaurant's strongest regional accents. French beans with coconut, lentils with spinach, chickpeas, paneer and eggplant salaan give vegetarians a wide field, while chicken, lamb, fish and prawns are paired with curry leaves, black pepper, mustard, tamarind, coconut and roasted spices. Diners can choose mild, medium or hot seasoning, and numerous dishes are marked vegan or gluten-free.

Biryani comes with vegetables, chicken, lamb or prawns and arrives with raita and salaan, making it a complete centrepiece. Hand-rolled roti and layered paratha cover the breads, alongside a gluten-free rice-and-lentil pancake. Mango kulfi, warm gulab jamun with ice cream, mango lassi, masala tea and South Indian coffee give the final course several traditional directions.

Address: Shop 5, Surfside Mall, 68 Hawke Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand

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Chanakya South Indian Cuisine Menu

Lunch Menu – Starters

Lunch Menu. Choose One VEGETARIAN Curry to get rice, Paratha and Papadam for $12.95. Choose One CHICKEN/LAMB Curry to get rice, Paratha and Papadam for $14.95. Choose your own spice level for the curries (Mild, Medium or Hot).

Samber (soup)
$5.95
Idli (2 pcs)
$13.95

Lentil and rice steamed cakes, to dip into sambar and coconut chutney

Butter Plain Dosa.
$13.95
Masala Uthapamm
$16.95
Ulli dosa
$15.95
Cheese Dosa
$18.95
Masala Dosa
$16.95
Samosa Chat
$6.95
Dahi Papadi
$12.95
Onion Bhaji (4 pcs)
$7.95
Mixed veg pakora
$7.95
Chicken Entree
$15.95
Vada
$13.95

Lunch Menu – Vegetarian and Vegan Curries

Served with Basmati rice

Vegetable Jalfrezi curry
$9.95
Channa Masala
$9.95
Vegetable Koorma
$9.95
Eggplant salan
$9.95
Spinach Panner Curry
$9.95
Mutter Panner
$9.95
Sagg Allo
$9.95
Ginger Tofu
$9.95
Aloo Gobi
$9.95
Dal Thalimpu
$9.95
Tofu Vegetable
$9.95
Aloo Mutter
$9.95

Lunch Menu – Chicken Curries

Served with Basmati rice.

Chicken Vindaloo
$11.95
Ginger Chicken
$11.95
Chilly chicken
$11.95
Chicken Jalfrezi
$11.95
Butter Chicken
$11.95
Mango Chicken
$11.95
Chicken Tikka Masala
$11.95
Chicken Koorma
$11.95

Lunch Menu – Lamb Curries

Served with Basmati rice.

Rogan Josh
$11.95
Lamb Vindaloo
$11.95
Lamb Saag
$11.95
Lamb Koorma
$11.95

Lunch Menu – Desserts

Mango Lassi
$5.95
Mango Kulfi .
$5.95
Hot gulabjamoon with ice cream
$6.95

Starters

Choose your own spice level for the curries (Mild, Medium or Hot)

Sambar Soup
$6.95

Veges and lentils cooked with curry leaves and South Indian spices. Vegan. Gluten free.

Onion Baji (4PCS)
$8.95

Sliced onion with spices & chickpea flour deep fried, served with tamarind chutney. Gluten free.

Dahi Papadi (6 PCS)
$12.95

Originated in south India, a wheat cracker topped with potatoes and chickpeas covered with yogurt, tamarind chutney, coriander and fresh ground Chanakya spices

Mixed Veg Pakora
$8.95

Fresh veges dipped into chickpea flour with spices and deep fried. Gluten free.

Papadam & dips
$14.95

6 papadam & raitha, sweet mango chutney, hot pickle & tamarind chutney

Veg Samosa Chat (1PCS)
$6.95

Demolished samosa with a Yummy yogurt topped with tamarind and date chutney, freshly chopped onion and dusted spices

Chanakya Chicken starter
$15.95

Dice chicken sauteed with curry leaves and chanakya spices. Gluten free.

Charminar Lamb Starter
$15.95

Spiced lamb minced cubes sauteed with garlic, curry leave and chankya spices. Gluten free.

South Indian Prawn starter
$15.95

6 delicious prawns sauteed with garlic, curry leaves & roasted spices. Gluten free.

Honey Chilly Cauliflower
$15.95

Tempura cauliflower tossed with honey & Chilly spices

Chilly Gobi
$15.95

Fried cauliflower tossed with chilly, onion and capsicum with chanakya spices. Vegan.

Idli (2 pcs)
$13.95

Lentil and rice steamed cakes, to dip into sambar and coconut chutney

Vada (2PCS)
$13.95

A South Indian bagel made from ground white lentils and id deep-fried. Vegan.

Plain Dosa
$13.95

Dosa is a south Indian pancake made with rice and lentil batter served with sambar and coconut chutney. Gluten free.

Masala Dosa
$16.95

Dosa served with potato onion masala. Gluten free.

Mysore Masala Dosa
$18.95

Coconut chutney chilly on a dosa, served with potato onion masala. Gluten free.

Cheese Dosa or Paneer Dosa
$18.95

Cheddar Cheese or Paneer cooked on dosa served with potato onion masala. Gluten free.

Ulli Dosa
$16.95

Chopped onion, ginger & green chilly cooked on dosa. Gluten free.

Masala Uthapamm
$17.95

Rice and lentil, spongey & thick pancake with onion, tomato & spices. Gluten free.

Chicken Dosa
$19.95

Dosa filled with sauteed chicken, finished in south Indian herbs & spices served with sambar & coconut chutney. Gluten free.

Chanakya Special Uthapamm
$18.95

Onion, tomato &cheddar cheese with uthapamm served with potato onion masala. Gluten free.

Chicken Uthapamm
$19.95

Marinated chicken with chanakya spices, cheese on uthapamm. Gluten free.

Rava Masala Dosa
$19.95 / +cashews extra $1

Semolina dosa with carrot & mild spices, served with potato onion masala ( +cashews extra $1 )

Vegetarian & Vegan Curries

ALL ARE GLUTEN FREE

Yellow lentil curry (vegan)
$16.95

Lentil curry South Indian style very simple

Jeera Allo (vegan)
$16.95

Potato pan fried with lots of cumin, turmeric, fresh herbs & spices

Vegetable jalfrezi curry
$16.95

Fresh vegetables cooked in tomato & onion gravy

Tofu Veg (vegan)
$17.95

Fresh tofu and vegetable cooked in tomato & onion gravy

French bean Coconut (vegan)
$17.95

French bean with spices, fried lentils & coconut

Sagg Aloo curry
$17.95

Potato cooked with mild spices & a creamy spinach gravy

Vegetarian Koorma (vegan)
$16.95

Vegetables in nuts & coconut gravy

Dal Spinach
$17.95

South Indian style lentil and spinach curry.

Dal Makhini
$18.95

Black lentils cooked in yummy & creamy gravy & ginger topping

Channa masala
$17.95

Chickpea cooked with tomato, onion, coriander and black pepper (vegan)

Spinach paneer curry
$18.95

Spinach & cottage cheese popular curry

Mutter Paneer
$18.95

Green peas & cottage cheese with mild spices gravy

Butter Paneer
$18.95

In a tasty & Yummy gravy

Eggplant Salaan (vegan)
$18.95

Eggplant cooked in Coconut, peanut, tomato, tamarind & spices

Navaratan Koorma (vegan)
$18.95

Veges & nuts cooked in coconut gravy topped with fresh fruit

Chicken Curries

ALL ARE GLUTEN FREE

Butter Chicken
$19.95

I am the most popular on this menu

Mango Chicken curry
$19.95

A richest quality of Indian mango flavour

Ginger chicken
$19.95

Chicken cubes cooked in tomato, onion and ginger

Chicken Saag
$19.95

Aromatic chicken spinach curry

Chicken Tikka Masala
$19.95

The flavour of tomato and capsicum creamy gravy

Chicken koorma
$19.95

Chicken cooked in coconut, cashews and nutmeg and spices

Chicken Jalfrezi (DF)
$19.95

Tossed chicken and vegetable cooked in roasted spices in tomato & onion gravy

Kadai Chicken (DF)
$19.95

Chicken cooked in onion , capsicum , roasted cumin and coriander

Chilly Chicken (DF)
$19.95

Chicken cubes cooked in tomato & onion & capsicum

Chicken Vindaloo
$19.95

Chicken breast in a miscellaneous vindaloo spice blend

Murg Kaju (Large)
$24.95

chicken yogurt, garlic,curry leaf finished with cashews

Asian Style Chicken Curry (Large)
$24.95

Sauteed chicken, glazed soya sauce, vinegar, green chillies and Chanakya Spices

Curry leaf Chicken
$24.95

Chef Special curry served with bones

Lamb curries

ALL ARE GLUTEN FREE

Lamb Koorma
$21.95

Cashew & Coconut curry, blended with roasted spices

Lamb Saag
$21.95

Aromatic lamb and spinach curry

Lamb Vindaloo
$21.95

Tender Lamb dice cooked in cumin & light sour tasted vindaloo spice blend

Lamb Madras
$21.95

Lamb cooked in South Indian style

Rogan Josh
$21.95

Lamb cooked with onion,tomato sauce,cashew, ginger and fennel

Pepper Lamb (Dry) SMALL
$21.95

Dice lamb cooked in curry leaves , black pepper roasted medium spices (SMALL Portion)

Pepper Lamb (Dry) LARGE
$25.95

Dice lamb cooked in curry leaves , black pepper roasted medium spices (LARGE portion)

Seafood Curries

ALL ARE GLUTEN FREE

Fish curry chanakya style
$21.95

Chanakya spices, curry leaves, turmeric &tomato& onion gravy

Hariyali Fish or Prawn Curry
$21.95

Cooked with turmeric, spinach & aromatic garam masala with ginger topping

Prawn or Fish malabari
$21.95

Coconut, cashews, capsicum, onion, tomato & spices

Madras Fish
$21.95

Mustard, cumin, coconut, curry leaves & garam masala with coriander topping

Butter Prawn
$21.95

Prawn in a rich, creamy, rich tomato gravy

Apollo Prawn or Fish (Dry)
$26.95

Fish or 10 Prawns cooked with capsicum ginger slices, curry leaves, yogurt & spices

Kadai Prawn
$21.95

Prawn tossed in Onion, capsicum, roasted in crushed cumin and coriander

Breads

Roti
$3

Wheat Indian bread (hand rolled)

Paratha
$3

Soft layered flatbread for dipping in curries

Garlic Paratha
$3.50

Paratha layered with garlic butter

Cheese Paratha
$4

Paratha with molten cheese

Cheese & Garlic Paratha
$4.50

Paratha with molten cheese and garlic butter

Chilly Cheese Paratha
$4.95

Paratha with chopped green chilly & molten cheese

Gluten Free Pancake
$4.50

Made with rice and lentils. Gluten free. Vegetarian.

Biriyanis

Flavoured of Navabi spiced rice cooked with: ( Served with 2 accompainments; raitha and salaan ) ALL ARE GLUTEN FREE

Vege Biriyani
$17.95
Chicken Biriyani
$19.95
Lamb Briyani
$20.95
Prawn Biriyani
$22.95

Sides & Dips

South indian style sides & dips

Raitha
$4.95
Hot pickle
$2.95
Sweet mango pickle
$2.95
Tamarind chutney
$2.95

Desserts and Drinks

Something Sweet after a Delicious meal

Hot gulabjamoon with ice cream
$6.95
Mango Kulfi
$6.95
Mango lassi
$6.95
Masala Tea or South Indian Coffee
$5.50

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