Kerà-la-carte brings the cooking of Kerala and wider South India to its Courtenay Place restaurant in Te Aro. Lunch and dinner service are supported by takeaway and delivery, but the menu has the depth for a shared dine-in meal: crisp snacks, dosas, layered breads, cassava combinations, biryani and coconut-rich seafood and meat dishes all have room. The regional focus gives the restaurant a clear identity within Wellington's Indian dining scene, particularly through ingredients and formats that go well beyond familiar North Indian curry-house staples.
The starter list moves between South Indian and Indo-Chinese flavours. Onion bhaji and paneer pakora use chickpea batter for crunch, while gobi 65 brings fried cauliflower into a spiced preparation. Chilli gobi, chilli paneer and chilli mushroom combine crisp ingredients with onion, capsicum and tangy sauces. Paneer pakora provides a milder cheese-centred contrast to those chilli-led plates. These dishes make good shared openings, especially when balanced by a gentler curry later, and the menu's explicit vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free labels help groups compare choices before ordering.
Dosas are one of the menu's strongest routes into South Indian cooking. The fermented rice-and-lentil crepe can be ordered plain, brushed with ghee, filled with potato masala or paneer, or made more substantial with chicken, egg and a house-special filling. Sambar and coconut and tomato chutneys complete the plate. Appam and palappam offer soft fermented rice-and-coconut pancakes for scooping up sauce, while Kerala parotta contributes a flaky, layered bread that also becomes the base of chopped kothu parotta dishes.
Kerala specialities give the main courses their most distinctive character. Kappa pairs cassava with fish curry or becomes a cassava biryani with beef, lamb or goat, while fish molee and beef coconut fry show the importance of coconut in different forms. Conventional biryani ranges across vegetables, egg, chicken, beef, lamb and goat, and Chettinad vegetables provide a vegan curry built with roasted coconut and whole spices. Together with seafood, dal and paneer choices, the menu can support a varied table without making every diner choose the same style of gravy.
Address: Unit 3, 25 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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Kera-la-carte Menu
Starters (Vegetarian)
12pcs Gobi 65
Cauliflower florets marinated in a special and deep fried with pappadam and mint yoghurt
8pcs Chilly Paneer Dry
Fried cottage cheese sauted with onion and bell pepper in an Indo-Chinese fusion sauce
Chilly Gobi Dry
Cauliflower florets fried and sauted with onion and bell pepper in an Indo-Chinese fusion sauce
6pcs Onion Bhaji
Sliced onions dipped in spiced chickpea batter and deep fried, with tamarind sauce
6pcs Paneer Pakora
Cottage Cheese stuffed with mint and spices dipped in a spice chickpea batter, with mint sauce
2pcs Vegetable Samosa
Dough pastry filled potatoes and peas mix with spices and deep fried, with tamarind sauce
8pcs Assorted Pakkavada
Crisp fried mixed vegetable fritters made with chickpea batter, with tamarind sauce
KLC Garden Salad
Garden fresh vegetables such as lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber and onion served with dressing
Starters (Non-Vegetarian)
8pcs Chicken 65 Dry
Boneless chicken pieces. Marinated in chef special spices and deep fried, garnished with pappadum and curry leaves
8pcs Chilly Chicken Dry
Boneless chicken pieces. Marinated in a chef special batter and deep fried and sauted with onion and bell pepper in an Indo-Chinese fusion sauce
6pcs Kerala Prawn Fry
Prawns Marinated in a chef special masala and deep fried and then sauted with mustard, onion and curry leaves
6pcs Chicken Onion Bhaji
Marinated shredded chicken and slice onion mixed with rice flour and chicken pea flour and some special spices deep fried
15pcs Costal Calamari Fry
Squid rings marinated in special spices and slanted with slice onion and mustered, curry leaves and coconut slice
Soup of the Day
KLC Specials Combo
Kappa & Fish Curry
Kappa (cassava) & meen curry is a traditional dish of Kerala. The combination of these two dishes is very delicious and very nutritious food for common peoples
Kappa Biriyani
Kappa (cassava) Biriyani is a very famous and delicious preparation. It is also a common street food (thattu kada) special in Kerala
Breads
Kerala Porotta
Layered flatbread – a customer favourite
Palappam
Fluffy pancake made fermented rice batter and coconut milk
Appam
Fluffy pancakes made from fermented rice batter, grinded coconut and jeera
Garlic Mint Porotta
Crispy layered flatbread with the added flavour of finely chopped garlic
Mains (Vegetarian)
Vegetable Stew
Mixed vegetables cooked with Kerala Special aromatic spices and coconut milk and cashew paste
Kadai Paneer
Cottage cheese chunks cooked with onion, garlic, tomato and bell pepper mix with special kadai masala
Paneer Butter Masala
Cottage cheese chunks cooked in a creamy onion and tomato masala with a dollop of butter
Dal Tadka
Dal Tadka is a popular India yellow lentil dish cooked with yellow garlic, ginger onion, tomato and fresh coriander
Aloo Jeera
Potato with a greed blend of spices. Dry dish
Gobi Manchurian Gravy
Deep fried cauliflower and bell pepper sauted in a sweet and sour sauce
Vegetable Mappas
Vegetables cooked in a creamy coconut gravy with a lovely tinge of coriander and curry leaves
Chettinad Vegetable
Mixed vegetable with a flavourful traditional South Indian masala made by dry roasted coconut and whole spices, grinding them into a fine powder mix with onion gravy
Navratan Korma
Navratan korma is a flavourful Mughlai vegetable curry made from a base of assorted nuts and seeds seasoned with a large variety of aromatic spices and finished with rich cream
Palak Paneer
Cottage cheese chunks cooked in a creamy made with spinach, onion, garlic and spices with butter
Chicken
Butter Chicken
Traditionally known as Murgh Makhani, a famous delicious Indian curry made from chicken with a spiced tomato and butter sauce
Kuttanadan Pepper Chicken
Dry chicken cooked with special spices and black pepper ginger and curry leaves
Chettinad Chicken Curry
Chicken with a flavourful traditional South Indian masala made by dry roasted coconut and whole spices grinding them into a fine powder mix with onion gravy
Chicken Varutharacha Curry
A spicy concoction of diced chicken with roasted coconut and spices
Palak Chicken
Chicken cooked in a creamy texture made with spinach, onion, garlic and spices
Kerala Chicken Stew
A traditional curry from Kerala prepared with chicken, veggies, spices and coconut milk. Goes well with our palappam or idiyappam (string hopper)
Malabar Chicken Kuruma
Classic and unique chicken kuruma. A lovely coconut and cashew based thick gravy coats the succulent pieces of chicken
Madras Chicken
Chicken cooked in South Indian special masala with grinded coconut and coconut milk
Kerala Chicken Roast
Kerala Chicken Roast is full of aromatic flavours and tangy spices. The dish out the authentic South Indian delicacy
Chilly Chicken
Deep fried chicken sauted in a sweet and sour Indo-Chinese sauce
Kadai Chicken
Chicken cooked with diced capsicum and onion with a special kadai masala and tomatoes
Chicken Jalfrezi
Chicken cooked with capsicum, onion and carrot mix with special creamy tomato sauce
Dragon Chicken (Dry)
Deep fried chicken with cashew nuts and chilli sauce
Egg
Egg Roast / Curry
Boiled egg roasted in a tangy tomato and onion-based gravy. Goes well with porotta or appam
Omelette
Kerala style dish made from beaten eggs, fried with oil in a frying pan with combination spices
Mutta Chikkiyathu
Also known as Egg Bhurji / scrambled eggs. Prepped in South Indian style
Lamb
Lamb Chettinad
Curried lamb pieces cooked with a flavourful traditional South Indian masala that is made by dry roasted coconut and spices grinding them a fine powder mix with onion gravy
Lamb Rogan Josh
Rogan Josh is an aromatic curried meat dish of Kashmiri origin. Flavoured and coloured primarily by alkanet flowers and Kashmiri chillies
Lamb Kuruma
Thick creamy coconut gravy with a lovely tinge of coriander
Lamb Pepper Fry
Curried Lamb pieces cooked with sliced onion, special spices, black pepper, ginger and curry leaves
Lamb Palak
Thick creamy spiced dish of lamb spinach paste
Goat
Goat Pepper Fry (Mutton)
Slow cooked bone-in diced goat blended in authentic Kerala flavours peppered with coconut shards
Malabar Mutton Masala
Slow cooked bone-in diced mutton authentic Kerala Flavours and tomatoes
Malabar Mutton Chaps
Slow cooked bone-in Diced Mutton thick creamy coconut gravy with a lovely tinge of coriander
Beef
Beef Coconut Fry
Slow cooked diced roast beef, blended in authentic Kerala flavours, peppered with coconut shards
Beef Roast
Slow cooked diced roast beef in a tangy tomato and onion-based gravy
Pork
Chilly Pork
Boneless pork pieces, sauted with onion garlic, capsicum, in an Indo-Chinese fusion sauce
Pork Pepper Fry
Slow cooked diced pork blended in authentic Kerala flavours peppered with ground black pepper
Seafood
Spicy Kerala Fish Curry
Juicy Fish infused with a rich sauce of exotic spices, cocum and curry leaves
Kerala Prawn Masala
Prawns marinated with spices, slow cooked in thick onion and tomato masala
Alleppey Fish Curry
Juicy Fish infused with a rich coconut milk and green chilli and curry leaves
Prawn / Fish Molee
Marinated fish/prawns lightly fried then stewed in a Portuguese inspired mildly spiced gravy. Made from coconut milk and black pepper
Palazhi Fish Curry / Prawn Curry
Juicy Fish infused with a rich coconut milk and green chilli and curry leaves
Biriyani (GF)
Chicken Biriyani
Klc Special Biriyani (good One For Share)
Chicken and chicken 65 special masala OR chicken and choose any meat
Beef Biriyani
Goat Biriyani
Lamb Biriyani
Egg Biriyani
Vegetarian Biriyani
Rice
Fried Rice
(Chicken / Egg / Vegetarian) Indo-Chinese dish in which rice is tossed with mixed vegetables, soya sauce, white pepper and homemade sauce
Lemon Rice
Rice with a delicate flavour of fresh lemon juice and tempered spices
Neychoru Ghee Rice
Aromatic mildly spiced rice, topped with nuts and raisins
Jeera Rice
Rice cooked with ghee, cumin and other fragrant spices
Extras
4pcs Kerala Pappadam
Rice
2pcs Masala Pappadam (with Garnish)
Raita
Pickles
Sambar
Dosas
Masala Dosa
Crispy crepes stuffed with savoury potato mash blitzed with onion and green chillies
Egg Dosa
Crispy crepes stuffed with egg, smeared with chutney powder
Mysore Masala Dosa
Crispy crepes stuffed with savoury potato mash, smeared with chilly tomato chutney and topped with chutney powder. Minimum spice level – Medium
KLC Special Dosa
Crispy crepes filled with soft spicy shredded chicken, cheese and egg
Uthappam
A thicker dosa with toppings
Paneer Dosa
Crispy crepe filled with cottage cheese and savoury potato mash
Neyy Roast Dosa
Crispy crepes, laced with the goodness of clarified butter
Thattu Dosa
Traditional thattu kada (street eatery) inspired dosa
Chicken Dosa
Crispy crepes filled with soft, spicy, aromatic shredded chicken filling
Dessert
Payasam
Everybody likes to have a little sweet after having a great meal. Here is the recipe of a popular Kerala dessert
Drinks
Fresh Lime Juice
Pineapple Mint Juice
Rosemilk
Sambaram (Spicy Butter Milk)
330ml Ginger Beer
330ml Coke Can
330ml Sprite Can
330ml Fanta Can
Fresh Lime Soda
Mango Lassi
Berry Lassi
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