Khana Khazana Wellington is a Brooklyn neighbourhood restaurant and takeaway built around Indian tandoori cooking and curries. The Cleveland Street kitchen supports pickup and delivery, while its classification as both a restaurant and takeaway reflects a menu more substantial than a fast-food counter. Starters, clay-oven meats, vegetable dishes, seafood, rice and breads provide several ways to order. A single curry works for a quick meal, but the range is better suited to combining plates and comparing roasted, fried and sauce-based preparations.
The starter list makes the tandoor especially visible. Seekh kebab uses spiced minced lamb, while chicken tikka appears in classic, Afghani and garlic-led versions. Afghani tikka brings yoghurt, cashew and cheese into the marinade; lasooni tikka emphasises fried garlic before the chicken is smoke-roasted. Samosa, vegetable pakora and onion bhaji offer crisp vegetarian alternatives, and a mixed vegetable platter allows several of those pieces to be sampled together before the main curries arrive. The contrast between fried batter, pastry and charcoal roasting gives this opening course unusual breadth.
Main dishes cover chicken and lamb curries as well as seafood, supported by rice, naan and other accompaniments. The useful contrast lies between the dry heat of tandoori starters and the softer textures of food cooked in gravy. Ordering one roasted item, one curry and a rice dish avoids repetition and gives the bread a purpose at the table. Seafood provides an alternative to the familiar chicken or lamb route, making the selection workable for diners who want a broader protein mix.
Vegetarian choices are developed as full dishes. Aloo gobhi combines potato and cauliflower in onion and tomato, palak paneer pairs cottage cheese with spinach, and aloo matar supplies a vegan combination of potato and peas. Pakora, bhaji and samosa can turn that into a multi-course meat-free order rather than a single substitute main. Khana Khazana's practical strength is flexibility: diners can collect one curry for home, or build a shared meal from fried starters, tandoor cooking, vegetables, rice and fresh bread.
Address: 24 Cleveland Street, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
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Khana Khazana Wellington Menu
Appetisers
Afghani Chicken Tikka
Boneless chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt, cashew, cheese, spices and roasted in tandoori oven.
Chicken Tikka from
Boneless chicken marinated over ight with spices and roasted in tandoori oven.
Onion Bhaji
Sliced onions dipped in chickpea batter and deep fried.
Seekh Kebab
Minced lamb flavoured with spices skewered in tandoori oven.
Tandoori Chicken Full
Whole chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt, tandoori spices and roasted in tandoori oven.
Tandoori Chicken Half
Whole chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt, tandoori spices and roasted in tandoori oven.
Vegetable Pakora
Fresh vegetables dipped in spiced chickpea batter and deep fried.
Vegetable Samosa
Homemade pastry filled with potatoes, peas, cashew nuts, raisins and selected spices served with tamarind sauce.
Vegetarian Dishes
Alll curries are gluten free.
Aloo Gobhi
Cauliflower florets, potato cooked together in an onion and tomato sauce.
Aloo Matter
Potatoes and peas cooked together in a spiced vegetable sauce.
Channa Masala
Chickpea cooked with ginger, garlic, onion and tomato.
Dal Makhani
Mixed lentils cooked on a slow fire with tomato puree and finish with cream & butter.
Kadai Paneer
Cottage cheese saute with camsicum, onion and tomato spiced with freshly ground ginger & whole coriander.
Malai Kofta (Not Gluten Free)
Dumplings of cottage cheese, potato and spices served in a creamy sauce.
Matter Paneer
Cottage cheese and peas cooked together in a spiced vegetable sauce.
Mixed Veg Curry
Fresh seasonal vegetables cooked in an onion, tomato, ginger and garlic sauce.
Palak Paneer
Cottage cheese cooked in fresh spinach puree and herbs.
Paneer Makhani
Cottage cheese cooked in a rich tomato and butter gravy.
Vegetable Korma
Collection of seasonal vegetables summered in cashew nut gravy.
Vegetable Madras
Seasonal vegetables cooked in a mustard seed, curry leaves then finish with coconut cream.
Chicken Dishes
Alll curries are gluten free. DF – Dairy Free
Butter Chicken
Chicken tikka cooked in creamy tomato and butter gravy.
Chicken Korma
Tender chicken simmered in ground spice and cashew sauce.
Chicken Madras (DF)
A southern style Indian curry tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves in a creamy coconut sauce.
Chicken Saagwala
Chicken pieces cooked in spinach and onion tomato gravy.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tandoori chicken pieces cooked with chunky onion, tomato and spices.
Kadai Chicken (DF)
Chicken sauteed with whole coriander, capsicum, onions and tomatoes.
Mango Chicken
Tender pieces cooked in a creamy mango sauce.
Lamb Dishes
All curries are gluten free. DF – Dairy Free
Kadai Lamb (DF)
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with diced onion, capsicum, tomato and whole coriander.
Lamb Dhansak (DF)
Lamb cooked in a spicy savoury mixed lentils.
Lamb Korma
Lamb cooked in onion and cashew nut gravy with cream.
Lamb Madras (DF)
Tender pieces of lamb cooked in spicy south Indian style with coconut cream.
Lamb Saagwala
Lamb pieces cooked in spinach puree with onion tomato gravy.
Lamb Vindaloo (DF)
Diced lamb with potato cooked in vindaloo sauce.
Rogan Josh (DF)
Tender pieces of lamb prepared with roasted spices in traditional Kashmiri style.
Wild Goat Curry (DF)
Wild goat meat in bone slow cooked with home ground spices in traditional north-style.
Beef Dishes
All curries are gluten free. DF – Dairy Free
Beef Korma
Beef cooked in onion tomato and cashew nut gravy.
Beef Madras
Beef cooked in sauth Indian style with coconut cream.
Beef Masala
Tender pieces of beef cooked in onion and tomato sauce with ground spices.
Beef Saagwala
Beef cooked in spinach puree.
Beef Vindaloo
Beef cooked in vindaloo sauce.
Seafood Dishes
All curries are gluten free. DF – Dairy Free
Fish Makhani
Fish pieces simmered in rich tomato and butter gravy.
Fish Vindaloo (DF)
Pieces of fish cooked in spicy vindaloo sauce.
Goan Fish Curry
Fish pieces cooked in a aromatic spices, tamarind and coconut.
Kadai Prawns (DF)
Prawns sauteed with capsicum, onions coriander seeds and cooked in tomato gravy.
Prawn Jalfrezi
Prawn cooked with capsicum and onion tomato sauce.
Tandoori Breads
Butter Naan
White meal flour bread with butter.
Cheese and Garlic Naan
Stuffed with cheese & garlic.
Cheese Naan
Naan stuffed with tasty cheese.
Garlic Naan
Naan with touch of crushed garlic.
Plain Naan
White meal flour bread.
Raspberry and White Chocolate
Stuffed with raspberry, white chocolate and coconut.
Roti
Tradition Indian wheat flour bread.
Rice Dishes
Chicken Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with chicken pieces, spices, mint, fragrant rose water and served with raita.
Jeera Rice
Tempered with cumin seeds.
Lamb Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with lamb, spices, mint and served with raita.
Prawn Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with prawn, spices, mint and served with raita.
Vegetable Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with fresh vegetables, spices, mint and served with raita.
Sides
Mango Chutney
Mint Chutney
Mixed Pickle
Poppadom – 2 Pieces
Raita
Tamarind Chutney
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Against typical prices in Wellington
- Butter chicken Typical in Wellington: $20.50 $19.00
- Chicken tikka masala Typical in Wellington: $22.00 $19.00
- Lamb rogan josh Typical in Wellington: $23.50 $19.00
- Chicken biryani Typical in Wellington: $22.99 $19.50
- Chicken korma Typical in Wellington: $22.00 $19.00
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