Indian Summer Palmerston North occupies Shop 3 in the Summerhill Shopping Centre, pairing a comfortable dining room with takeaway, reservations and regular lunch and dinner service. The restaurant is set up for several scales of occasion, from a weekday curry to a private function, and its bar offers wine, beer and wine-only BYO. Catering extends the same food beyond the dining room, giving the kitchen a role in birthdays, weddings and other gatherings as well as everyday meals.
The starters show how the kitchen approaches texture and spice before the curries arrive. Vegetable samosas bring crisp pastry and a potato-and-pea filling, onion bhaji and vegetable pakora use chickpea batter, and paneer tikka moves the meal towards the tandoor. A vegetarian platter combines several of those bites for sharing, while tandoori chicken is one of the restaurant's established specialties. These options make it easy to begin with a mixed plate rather than assigning one entree to each diner.
Vegetarian main courses receive considerable space. Vegetable korma is built around a creamy cashew gravy, dal makhani combines black lentils and kidney beans, and saag aloo brings potato into a spinach sauce. Vegetable Madras, chana masala, palak paneer and paneer butter masala broaden the selection through coconut, tomato, greens, legumes and cheese. Main curries arrive with basmati rice and can be prepared mild, medium or hot, letting the table adjust the intensity without narrowing the choice of dish.
Lunch combinations offer a concise way to experience the menu, pairing a curry with rice, plain naan and a drink for either dining in or taking away. At dinner, the wider menu and bread selection make a slower shared meal possible, particularly when a tandoor starter is followed by several contrasting curries. The ability to reserve, arrange a function or order catering gives Indian Summer a flexible identity, but its core remains the interplay of grilled starters, deeply sauced mains, rice and freshly cooked breads.
Address: Shop 3, Summerhill Shopping Centre, 194–200 Ruapehu Drive, Fitzherbert, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
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Indian Summer Restaurant Menu
Indian Summer Banquet
Minimum order for two people. Non Veg Banquet $37.00 per person; Veg Banquet $30.00 per person.
Non Veg Banquet
Minimum order for two people $37.00 (per person). Entrée: Onion bhaji, spring rolls, chicken tikka and seekh kebab. Mains: Butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, beef tikka masala and vegetable korma with naan bread and rice. Dessert.
Veg Banquet
Minimum order for two people $30.00 (per person). Entrée: Onion bhaji, samosa, pakora, spring roll. Mains: Daal makhani, paneer makhani, vegetable korma, zeera aloo with naan bread and rice. Dessert.
Vegetarian Entrée
*may contain MSG or Gluten
Samosa Aaloo Chaat
Deep fried samosa and chopped onions, tomato, cucumber, yoghurt, mint and tamarind sauce mixed together.
Vegetable Samosa
Crispy deep fried triangular pastry stuffed with potato and peas.
Onion Bhaji
Julienne cut onion dipped in spiced chickpeas then battered and deep fried.
Mixed Vegetable Pakora
Fresh vegetable dipped in spiced chickpeas then battered and deep fried.
Vegetable Spring Roll
Julienne mixed vegetables stuffed in a thin pastry and then deep fried until crispy.
Paneer Tikka
Cottage cheese pieces marinated with yoghurt, spices and then cooked in oven.
Vegetable Platter for Two
Vegetable samosa, onion bhaji, vegetable pakora and spring rolls.
Vegetable Platter for Three
Vegetable samosa, onion bhaji, vegetable pakora and spring rolls.
Non Vegetarian Entrée
Chicken Tikka
Tender chicken pieces marinated overnight in yoghurt, spices and cooked in a charcoal oven.
Chicken Malai Kebab
Tender pieces of chicken marinated in yoghurt, cheese and cream sauce, cooked in a charcoal oven.
Lasuni Tikka (Chef’s Special)
Tender chicken pieces marinated in yoghurt, cashew nut, black pepper and fresh garlic.
Prawns Kalimirch (Chef’s Special)
Jumbo prawns tossed in pepper, crispy garlic and spring onions made to perfection.
Chicken Wings
Chicken wings marinated with yoghurt, spices and cooked in tandoor.
Seekh Kebab
Lamb mince mixed with spices, herbs, vegetables and cooked in a charcoal oven.
Tandoori Prawns
King prawns marinated in chef’s special sauce and cooked in tandoor, capsicum, onions and tomatoes.
Fish Tikka
Fresh fish marinated with yoghurt, spices and carraway seeds cooked in a charcoal oven.
Mixed Platter for Two
Chicken tikka, seekh kebab, samosa and onion bhaji.
Mixed Platter for Three
Chicken tikka, seekh kebab, samosa and onion bhaji.
Tandoori Mixed Platter
Tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, seekh kebab, prawns and fish tikka.
Vegetable Dishes
All mains are served with complimentary basmati rice and cooked to your requirement – mild, medium or hot.
Bombay Aloo
Boiled potato, sautéed with mustard seed and curry leaves.
Vegetable Madras
All mixed vegetable cooked with onion sauce and coconut milk, tempered with curry leaves and mustard seed.
Vegetable Korma
Fresh mixed vegetables cooked in rich creamy cashew nut gravy.
Shahi Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked in rich cashew nut gravy and crushed almond.
Vegetable Jalfrazi
Fresh mix vegetable julienne of onion, tomato, capsicum, carrot and onion sauce.
Malai Kofta
Fresh vegetable, cottage cheese potato and nut ball cooked in creamy cashew nut gravy.
Palak Paneer
Fresh made cottage cheese cooked in creamy spinach.
Paneer Makhani
Fresh cottage cheese cooked in spices, creamy tomato and butter sauce.
Saag Aloo
Potato cooked in creamy spinach gravy.
Aloo Gobhi
Potato cooked with cauliflower and spices.
Mushroom Palak
Fresh mushroom cooked in creamy spinach and spices.
Aloo Jeera
Fresh potato cooked with cumin seed and herbs.
Daal Makhani
Black lentil and red kidney beans cooked with onion butter sauce.
Sabzi Saag
Mixed vegetables cooked with spinach and an onion and tomato gravy.
Paneer or Mattar Methi Malai
Homemade cottage cheese cooked with fenugreek cashew nut, ground spices and cream.
Kadhai Paneer
Fresh cottage cheese cooked in kadhai with capsicum and whole coriander seeds.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Fresh cottage cheese cooked with onion, capsicum and tomato sauce.
Mattar Paneer
Fresh cottage cheese and peas cooked with onion and tomato sauce.
Chana Masala
Chick peas cooked in onion and tomato gravy.
Daai Tadka
Yellow lentil cooked in fresh garlic and cumin seeds.
Paneer Butter Masala (Chef’s Special)
Fresh cottage cheese cooked with onion and rich butter sauce.
Vegetable Balti Garlic
Mixed vegetables cooked with garlic, herbs, spices and diced tomato.
Chicken Dishes
All mains are served with complimentary basmati rice and cooked to your requirement – mild, medium or hot.
Indian Summer Chicken (House Special)
Boneless roasted chicken cooked with red capsicum, red onion, spring onion and chef’s special sauce.
Apricot Chicken (Summerhill Special)
Tender pieces of chicken cooked in apricot sauce and spices.
Better Chicken
Unique chicken dish cooked in chef’s special sauce.
Butter Chicken
Very popular all times. Boneless chicken pieces marinated overnight, cooked in tandoori oven and smothered in alluring spices and creamy tomato gravy.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Boneless chicken pieces marinated overnight in yoghurt and spices then roasted in a tandoor and cooked with onion and tomato sauce.
Chicken Kadhai
Tender chicken pieces cooked in kadhai with capsicum and whole coriander seeds.
Chicken Madras
Chicken pieces simmered in coconut milk, spices then tempered with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Chicken Mushroom Madras
Chicken and mushroom pieces simmered in coconut milk, spices then tempered with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Chicken Rara
Tender chicken pieces and chopped chicken with ginger, garlic and chef’s special sauce.
Bhuna Chicken
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a thick onion, Tomato, capsicum and cooked with aromatic combination of ginger, garlic, coriander and spices.
Mango Chicken
Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a delicately mildly creamy mango sauce.
Chicken Korma
Tender boneless chicken pieces cooked in rich cashew nut gravy.
Chicken Saagwala
A beautiful royal Indian dish, cubed chicken cooked in a spice laced spinach sauce.
Chicken Vindaloo
This is a unique dish chicken cooked in specially blended spices and herbs which was famous among the Portuguese in Goa.
Chicken Jalfrezi
Boneless chicken cooked with julienne cut onion, tomato, capsicum, carrot and onion sauce.
Chicken Mushroom Masala
Tender pieces of chicken cooked with fresh mushroom, garlic, tomato and onion sauce.
Chicken Badam Pasanda
Tender pieces of chicken cooked with aromatic spices in a mild almond sauce.
Murgh Methi Malai
Boneless chicken pieces cooked with fenugreek, cashew nut, ground spices and cream.
Chicken Balti Garlic
Tender chicken pieces cooked with garlic, herbs, spices and diced tomato.
Chicken Patiyala
Tender chicken pieces marinated in yoghurt and cooked onion sauce and egg.
Beef and Lamb Dishes
All mains are served with complimentary basmati rice and cooked to your requirement – mild, medium or hot.
Beef or Lamb Madras
Boneless beef or lamb meat pieces cooked in onion, coconut sauce with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Beef or Lamb Saagwala
A beautiful royal Indian beef or lamb meat dish cooked in spice laced spinach sauce.
Beef or Lamb Vindaloo
This is a unique dish with beef or lamb cooked in specially blended spices and herbs which was famous among the Portuguese in Goa.
Beef or Lamb Kadhai
Tender beef or lamb meat pieces cooked with capsicum, onion and coriander seeds.
Beef or Lamb Jalfrezi
Boneless beef or lamb meat cooked with julienne cut onion, tomato and capsicum with vegetables. Tempered with coriander and ginger.
Beef or Lamb Korma
Tender boneless beef or lamb pieces cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy. No colouring added and it has subtle but assertive flavour.
Beef or Lamb Balti Garlic
Tender beef or lamb pieces cooked with garlic, herbs, spices and diced tomato.
Beef or Lamb Rogan Josh
A deliciously spiced slow cooked beef or lamb dish, in a rich onion sauce with a special strain of spices, which have a brilliant colour from the part of Kashmir India.
Beef or Lamb Rajasthani
Speciality of Rajsthan this unique beef or lamb dish cooked in chef’s special sauce.
Beef or Lamb Tikka Masala
Tender beef or lamb pieces cooked with capsicum, onion, fresh tomato and special sauce.
Beef or Lamb Mushroom Masala
Fresh mushroom, tender diced beef or lamb cooked with garlic, tomato and onion sauce.
Beef or Lamb Bhuna
Beef or lamb pieces cooked in a thick onion, tomato, capsicum and cooked with aromatic combination of ginger, garlic, coriander and spices.
Beef or Lamb Mushroom Madras
Boneless beef or lamb meat pieces cooked in onion, coconut milk tempered with mushroom, fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Beef or Lamb Rahra
Boneless beef or lamb meat pieces cooked with ginger, lamb mince and chef special sauce.
Seafood Dishes
All mains are served with complimentary basmati rice and cooked to your requirement – mild, medium or hot.
Shahi Prawns (Chef’s Special)
Prawns cooked in rich cashew nut gravy and crushed almond.
Fish Masala
Fresh cooked fish in onion tomato sauce and ground spices.
Butter Prawns
Prawns cooked in a rich tomato and butter gravy.
Prawn Saagwala
Prawn cooked in creamy spinach gravy.
Goan Fish Curry
Fish marinated with caraway seeds, freshly ground spices and roasted in a charcoal oven, then simmered in onion and coconut gravy.
Prawn Malabari
King prawns cooked on a rich coconut, onion gravy with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Prawn Jalfrazi
Marinated prawns cooked fish in charcoal oven and cooked with capsicum, onion and tomato.
Tandoori Speciality
Tandoori Chicken
Whole chicken marinated in yoghurt spices and roasted in clay oven.
Lasuni Tikka (Chef’s Special)
Tandoori chicken pieces marinated in yoghurt, cashew nut, black pepper and fresh garlic.
Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken pieces marinated overnight and roasted in charcoal oven.
Malai Kebab
Boneless chicken pieces marinated on yoghurt, ground spices and cheese then roasted in tandoor.
Tandoori Chicken Wings
Chicken wings marinated in yoghurt, ground spices, ginger and garlic then roasted in charcoal oven.
Seekh Kebab
Minced lamb flavoured with special pounded herbs and spices, then skewered and roasted in the tandoor oven.
Fish Tikka
Tender pieces of fish marinated in spices and herbs then roasted in the charcoal oven.
Tandoori Prawn
King prawns marinated in spices and herbs and roasted in capsicum, tomato and onion.
Prawns Kalimirch (Chef’s Special)
Jumbo prawns tossed in pepper, crispy garlic and spring onions – made to perfection.
Rice and Biryani
Extra Rice
Jeera Rice
Coconut Rice
Vegetable Pulao
Mushroom Rice
Vegetable Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with seasonal vegetables.
Chicken Biryani
Flavoured basmati rice cooked with marinated chicken pieces and spices.
Lamb Biryani
Flavoured basmati rice cooked with marinated lamb pieces and spices.
Prawn Biryani
Flavoured basmati rice cooked with marinated prawns and spices.
Fish Biryani
Flavoured basmati rice cooked with marinated fish and spices.
Tandoori Bread
**all breads may contain Gluten
House Special
Naan stuffed with chopped olives, capsicum, cheese, onion and sundried tomatoes.
Roti
Wholemeal bread baked in charcoal oven.
Plain Naan
Refined flour fermented and baked in charcoal oven.
Garlic Naan
Refined flour bread with garlic.
Butter Naan
Refined flour bread with butter.
Cheese Naan
Refined flour bread stuffed with cheese.
Cheese and Garlic Naan
Refined flour bread stuffed with cheese and garlic.
Keema Naan
Refined flour bread stuffed with lamb mince.
Chicken Naan
Naan stuffed with boneless chicken tikka.
Paneer Naan
Naan bread stuffed with homemade cottage cheese.
Peshawari Naan
Naan stuffed with nuts.
Onion Kulcha
Refined flour bread stuffed with chopped onion.
Stuffed Parantha
Wholemeal flour bread stuffed with potato and spices.
Bread Basket
Selected bread (naan, roti, keema naan and onion kulcha).
Side Dishes
Poppadom (four pieces)
Mango Pickle
Mango, Green or Tamarind Chutney
Raita
Grated cucumber and green herbs in yoghurt.
Indian Kachumber
Diced onion, tomato, cucumber with coriander leaves and freshly squeezed lemon.
Mixed Green Salad
Slices of selected vegetables (cucumber, carrots, onion and tomato).
Onion Salad
Special Menu
Available Monday to Thursday
Chilli Mushroom
Fresh button mushrooms deep fried and cooked with capsicum, onion, chilli sauce and soy sauce.
Vegetable or Chicken Chowmein
Indo chinese stir fried noodles with vegetable or chicken.
Chicken/Cheese Chilli (Dry Gravy)
Pieces of chicken/cheese cooked with onion capsicum and chillies in soy sauce.
Vegetable Manchurian (Dry Gravy)
Vegetable balls cooked in special Indian Summer manchurian sauce.
Chicken Fried Rice
Vegetable Fried Rice
Lunch Deals – Vegetarian Selection
Lunch Combo: Includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite. Dine in $18.00 / Takeaway $17.00. All Lunch deals apply to individual orders only. Extra rice $5.00.
Vegetable Samosa
Crispy deep fried pastry triangles stuffed with potato & peas.
Onion Bhaji
JulienNe cut onion dipped in spiced chickpea batter & deep fried.
Vegetable Spring Roll
Crispy deep fried pastry rolls filled with julienne cut seasonal vegetables.
Vegetable Pakora
Fresh seasonal vegetables dipped in spiced chickpea batter & deep fried.
Paneer Tikka
Cottage cheese marinated with yogurt spices & then cooked in our tandoor.
Vegetarian Platter for Two
Samosa, Onion Bhaji, Pakora & Spring rolls. Perfect for sharing
Vegetable Korma
Fresh seasonal vegetables cooked in a rich creamy cashew-nut gravy.
Saag Aloo
Potatoes cooked in a creamy spinach gravy.
Daal Makhani
Black lentil & red kidney beans slow cooked in a creamy onion butter sauce.
Sabzi Saag
Mixed seasonal vegetables cooked in a spinach & onion-tomato gravy
Lunch Combos
Lunch Combo: Includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite. Dine in $18.00 / Takeaway $17.00. Seafood Combo: Includes seafood curry, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite. Dine in $20.00 / Takeaway $18.00. All Lunch deals apply to individual orders only. Extra rice $5.00.
Lunch Combo
Includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite.
Seafood Combo
Includes seafood curry, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite.
Lunch Deals – Non-Vegetarian Selection
Lunch Combo: Includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan & your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite. Dine in $18.00 / Takeaway $17.00. All Lunch deals apply to individual orders only. Extra rice $5.00.
Chicken Tikka
Tender Chicken pieces marinated overnight in yogurt & spices & then cooked in our tandoor.
Chicken Wings
Chicken wings marinated in yogurt & spices & then cooked in our tandoor.
Chicken Malai Kebab
Tender Chicken pieces marinated overnight in yogurt, cheese & cream sauce & then cooked in our tandoor.
Lamb Seekh Kebab
Tender lamb mixed with spices, herbs & cooked in our tandoor.
Butter Chicken
Most Popular – Marinated boneless chicken pieces, cooked in out tandoor and smothered in alluring spices and creamy tomato gravy.
Mango Chicken
Tender boneless chicken pieces cooked in a delicately mild and creamy mango sauce.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tender Chicken pieces marinated overnight in yogurt & spices & then roasted in our tandoor & cooked with onion tomato gravy.
Chicken Korma
Tender boneless chicken pieces cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy.
Lamb Roganjosh
A deliciously spiced slow cooked lamb in a rich onion gravy with a special mix of spices giving this dish its brilliant color.
Lamb Korma
Tender boneless lamb pieces cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy
Beef Roganjosh
A deliciously spiced slow cooked beef in a rich onion gravy with a special mix of spices.
Beef Korma
Tender beef pieces cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy.
Desserts
Vanilla Ice-Cream
Chocolate Ice-Cream
Mango Kulfi
Gulab Jamun
Beer – New Zealand
Lite Ice
Steinlager Green
Steinlager Pure
Mac Gold
Beer – Imported
Heineken
Stella Artois
Corona
Kingfisher
Spirits and Whiskey
Spirits (Doubles) $8.00. Rum / Vodka / Gin / Brandy / Bacardi. Whiskey (Doubles).
Spirits (Doubles)
Rum / Vodka / Gin / Brandy / Bacardi
Red Label
Jack Daniels
Jameson
Non Alcoholic
Tomato Juice
Orange Juice
Mango Juice
Pineapple Juice
Soft Drinks
Coke / Sprite / Fanta
Lime & Soda
NZ Mineral Water
Lemon Lime & Bitters
Special Drinks
Tea / Masala Tea
Mango Lassi
Sweet or Salted Lassi
Strawberry Lassi
Wine – White
Montana Gisborne Chardonnay
Montana Marlborough Sauv. Blanc
Villa Maria Private Bin Gewurztraminer
Wine – Red
Banrock Station Shiraz Cabernet
Montana Cabernet Sauv./Merlot
Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz
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Against typical prices in Palmerston North
- Butter chicken Typical in Palmerston North: $21.00 $16.00
- Chicken tikka masala Typical in Palmerston North: $21.00 $16.00
- Chicken korma Typical in Palmerston North: $21.00 $16.00
- Fried rice Typical in Palmerston North: $21.00 $15.00
- Chicken biryani Typical in Palmerston North: $22.00 $22.00
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