Indian Flavours brings a full restaurant service to Tawa's Main Road, balancing neighbourhood dining with the convenience of takeaway and delivery. The room is intended for more than a quick collection: the restaurant welcomes people for a relaxed dinner or a family catch-up, while its daily schedule also makes it practical for lunch on most days. That mix gives the venue a useful local rhythm, serving tables in person while preparing the same kitchen's food for customers ordering from home.
The opening dishes show how much attention the menu gives to spice, texture and familiar street-food forms. Vegetable samosas wrap mashed potato, peas and cumin in flaky pastry before frying, while bread pakora encloses seasoned potato in bread and a chickpea-flour batter. Aloo parantha takes a different route with spiced mashed potato inside a flatbread. Together they offer several meat-free ways to begin and make the starter selection feel considered rather than incidental.
Curries and rice dishes form the heart of the meal. Butter chicken pairs boneless chicken with makhani gravy, providing a creamy counterpoint to the sharper heat associated with vindaloo, while fragrant biryanis give diners a complete rice-based choice rather than simply an accompaniment. The menu's range lets a table combine sauce-rich mains with rice and breads, and it leaves room for diners to move between gentler, richer preparations and dishes with a more pronounced chilli profile.
The different ordering options suit equally different occasions. Diners can sit down and build a shared meal from fried starters, stuffed breads, curries and biryani, or use online ordering when pickup or delivery fits the evening better. Because the Tawa kitchen keeps both channels active, a family meal need not be formal to feel varied: samosas can lead into butter chicken and bread, while a biryani provides a self-contained alternative for someone choosing a single substantial dish.
Address: 216A Main Road, Tawa, Wellington 5028, New Zealand
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Indian Flavours Menu
Entrees
Mix Vegetable Pakora
Fresh seasonal vegetable dipped in chickpea flour and spices, then deep fried served with mint chutney.
Vegetable Samosa
Flaky pastry filled with mashed potatoes, peas, cumin seeds and with spices, then fried golden brown. Two Samosas per portion.
Chat Papri
A popular North Indian fast food that has crispy papri served with potatoes, chillies, yoghurt and hot and sweet chutney.
Bhel Puri
Bhel Puri is a puffed rice and potato dish usually served with tamarind sauce.
Aloo Tikki
Aloo tilki are made with mash potatoes stuffed with chana dhal in the center and shallow fried. This can be served along with tamarind-date chutney, green chutney and yoghurt.
Paneer Pakora
Fresh pieces of Cottage Cheese battered with chickpea flour then golden fried.
Prawn Pakora
Prawns battered with chickpea flour then golden fried.
Golden Fried Chicken
Cut up Chicken pieces and coated with flour. It is then put on a skillet with hot fat, and fried until Golden brown.
Onion Bhajee
Onion ball coated in chickpea flour and deep-fried.
Paneer Tikka
Marinated paneer cubes grilled with spicy yogurt, capsicum, red onions and tomatoes to perfection, bursting with smoky and spicy flavors.
Tandoori Chicken
Marinated in yogurt and spices, then grilled or roasted to smoky perfection, known for its vibrant red color and robust flavour.
Lamb Seekh Kebab
Minced lamb skewers, spiced and grilled to tender perfection, offer a rich and aromatic taste. 4 pieces.
Chicken Lollipop
Spicy appetizer made from marinated chicken wings, frenched and deep-fried to crispy perfection. 5 pieces.
Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken pieces marinated in Indian spices and herbs, cooked in tandoor. 4 pieces.
Chicken Mains
Butter Chicken
Boneless Chicken cooked with traditional makhani gravy.
Indian Style Butter Chicken
Boneless Chicken cooked with traditional makhani gravy. No added sugar.
Chicken Labadaar
Fresh Boneless chicken cooked with red capsicum, onions and creamy gravy.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Murgh Tikka cooked in chopped tomato gravy.
Kadhai Chicken
A popular North Indian boneless chicken dish that is infused with capsicum, onion and Indian gravy.
Chicken Korma
Boneless pieces of Chicken, cooked with cashew nut sauce and cream.
Badami Chicken
Boneless Chicken cooked with creamy gravy and almond.
Chicken Vindaloo
A hot dish, cooked with vinegar, capsicum, whole spices and tender pieces of Chicken.
Chicken Madras
Traditional Southern Chicken cooked with coconut flavoured masala.
Chicken Saag
Boneless Chicken and spinach cooked with a specially mixed masala.
Mango Chicken
Boneless Chicken pieces cooked with mango pulp and thick gravy.
Chicken Jalfrezi
A combination of boneless Chicken pieces cooked together with assorted seasonal vegetables in a special gravy.
Chicken Achari
Chicken Cooked with mustard oil, fenugreek and pickle.
Bhuna Chicken
A dish cooked with onion, garlic, capsicum and spices.
Lamb Mains
Bhuna Gosht
Diced lamb cooked with ginger garlic and onion masala.
Lamb Saag
Cubed lamb cooked with spinach gravy and Indian masala.
Lamb Korma
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with cashew-nut sauce and cream.
Lamb Rogan Josh
Diced lamb cooked with twenty-five Indian spices.
Lamb Vindaloo
A hot dish, cooked with vinegar, capsicum, and whole spices and tender pieces of Lamb.
Lamb Madras
A spicy Indian style curry prepared with coconut flavour and grated.
Lamb Dopiaza
A Indian lamb curry, full of aromatic flavours and spices cooked with lots of onions.
Lamb Achari
Lamb cooked with mustard oil, fenugreek and pickle.
Mutton / Goat Mains
Mutton Korma
Diced Mutton cooked with mild spices and cashew-nut gravy.
Tawa Gosht
Goat meat, ginger, garlic, and onion tossed on a hot plate.
Delhi Goat
Goat meat cooked with onion, tomato and green coriander spices.
Fish
Patna Jalpari Curry
Onion masala with coconut cream curry leaf.
Fish Tikka Masala
Fresh boneless fish infused with capsicum, onion and Indian gravy.
Fish Madras
Fresh boneless fish infused with Indian gravy and coconut cream.
Fish Curry
Traditional Indian homemade fish curry.
Seafood
Goa Prawn Curry
Traditional Goan style curry.
Prawn Malabari
Small Prawns cooked with creamy onion masala.
Prawn Vindaloo
A hot dish, Tender pieces of Prawns cooked with vinegar, capsicum and whole spices.
West Bengal Prawn Curry
Prawns cooked with capsicum and fresh coconut milk.
Vegetarian
Kadhai Paneer
Homemade Cottage Cheese cooked with onion, masala, capsicum and tomatoes.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Homemade Paneer (Cottage Cheese) cooked with chef’s special sauce.
Palak Paneer
Rich spinach gravy cooked with Cottage Cheese.
Mix Vegetables
All seasonal vegetables cooked with onion, tomato and gravy.
Malai Kofta
Homemade Cottage Cheese, spicy potato balls filled with almonds, sultanas and cashew-nuts. Then deep fried and served with creamy gravy.
Mushroom Masala
Fresh mushrooms cooked with creamy gravy in masala flavour.
Dal Palak
Lentils cooked with spinach, cumin seed, garlic and spices.
Dal Tarka (Punjabi Style)
Yellow split lentils cooked with cumin seed, ginger, garlic, tomatoes and spices.
Dal Makhani
Lentils cooked with garlic, ginger and tomato with a butter base.
Chana Masala
Chickpeas stewed overnight and cooked in spices.
Sahi Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked with cashew-nut gravy.
Mattar Paneer
Cottage cheese, green peas cooked with cashew-nut gravy.
Rice Dishes
Plain Rice
Plain steamed Basmati rice.
Kashmiri Pilau
Basmati rice cooked with cashew, sultana, almond slices and diced coconut.
Biryani (Chicken, Lamb, Mutton or Veg)
Basmati rice tossed with tender pieces of your choice of meat, spices and served with raita and cucumber.
Chinese / Thai
Nasi Goreng
A healthy blend of brown rice, vegetables, egg omelette and roasted peanuts.
Yellow Chicken Curry
Tender boneless Chicken pieces cooked in yellow curry with coconut cream.
Chilli Chicken
Marinated boneless Chicken pieces deep-fried and cooked with vegetables, soy sauce and the chef’s special sauces.
Cheese Chilli
Marinated Cottage Cheese pieces deep-fried and then cooked with capsicum and vegetables, soy sauce and the chef’s special sauces.
Garlic Chicken
Boneless Chicken cooked with garlic and spices.
Chicken Manchurian
Chicken created into balls cooked in a special sauce.
Veg Manchurian
Veg created into balls cooked in a chef’s special sauce.
Chicken Chop Suey (Fijian Style)
Fresh boneless chicken cooked with capsicum, carrot, onion and mixed with a special vegetarian sauce.
Chicken Fried Rice (Fijian Style)
Fresh boneless chicken mixed in with rice with egg, onion, capsicum, cauliflower, carrot and cabbage.
Vegetable Noodles
Boiled noodles with capsicum, cabbage, carrot, onion and traditional Chinese sauce.
Chicken Noodles
Prawns cooked with Chinese noodles and infused with capsicum, red onion and carrot.
Prawn Noodles
Boiled noodles with capsicum, cabbage, carrot, onion, boneless chicken and traditional Chinese sauce.
Kids Menu
Small Butter Chicken and Rice
Side Dishes
Achar (Mixed Pickles)
Mixed vegetable pickle.
Mango Chutney
Crushed sweet mango chutney.
Papad Roasted
Crispy lentil based pancake with taste of black pepper.
Raita
Yoghurt mixed with cucumber and mild spices.
Green Salad
Bread
Tawa Roti
Made with wholemeal flour and baked on a hot plate.
Plain Naan
Bread made of refined flour and baked on a hotplate.
Lachha Parantha
Wholemeal flour bread with a flaky layer, baked on a hot plate.
Garlic Naan
Bread stuffed with crushed garlic, baked on a hot plate.
Onion Parantha
Variation of a naan bread. It has minced onion and spices, baked on a hot plate.
Aloo Parantha
Bread made with refined flour, stuffed with mashed potatoes and spices.
Paneer Parantha
Bread made with refined flour, stuffed with mashed Cottage Cheese and spices.
Cheese and Garlic Naan
Wholemeal flour, garlic, cheese and saffron.
Dessert
Gulab Jamun
2 for $5
Kulfi
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Against typical prices in Wellington
- Butter chicken Typical in Wellington: $20.50 $20.00
- Chicken tikka masala Typical in Wellington: $22.00 $22.00
- Lamb rogan josh Typical in Wellington: $23.50 $21.00
- Chicken korma Typical in Wellington: $22.00 $21.00
- Nasi goreng Typical in Wellington: $22.95 $21.00
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