Indian food is considered to have a wide variety of spices and mouth-watering flavours, textures, and appealing aromas that have something for every person as per their preferences and tastes. If someone is unfamiliar with Indian cuisine, entering Sylvania, the renowned Indian restaurant in Sydney, might be a great choice. 

We have a diverse menu of Indian food, unique cooking and serving techniques to offer our customers. Undeniably, knowledge of common food categories inside the Indian menu can contribute to your culinary experience and make it more enjoyable and relaxing. 

In this blog, we will make you familiar with unavoidable categories of Indian food while shedding light on famous dishes and guide you through the menu with confidence. Whether you like spicy, flavoursome Indian curries, sizzling tandoori platters or mild vegetarian options, Sylvania Indian Restaurant will offer an excellent starting point for your Indian cuisine roller coaster ride in Australia. 

Exploring the Indian menu categories: For beginners

Indian restaurant menus are usually designed in a way that several categories represent a unique feature of Indian food. Let’s explore the main sections on the Indian menu: 

• Mouthwatering Appetizers: Starters are a pleasurable way to start your meal at an Indian restaurant. These appetizers offer a wide range of crunchy, spicy, savoury and tangy snacks that ready your taste buds for the main course. 

• Samosa: A must-try, traditional Indian snack, samosas are interesting triangular pastries stuffed with spiced potatoes, peas, and delightful flavours. They are golden fried and paired with mint-coriander and tamarind chutney to boost flavours. 

• Indian Fritters: Indian fritters, also known as Pakora. The vegetables like potato, cauliflower, spinach, and onions are nicely dipped into the spiced chickpea flour and then deep-fried in the hot oil and cooked until it’s golden brown. Flavourful chutneys accompany this crunchy starter. 

• Tandoori bites: If you want to experience the spiciest, juiciest and smoky dishes, you must get your hands on our tandoori delights. These items are nicely marinated with yoghurt and a mixture of aromatic Indian spices, then put into the tandoor for a good 10-15 minutes to give it a nice smoky flavour. 

• Paneer Tikka: It is a vegetarian option; this dish includes soft cubes of Indian cheese battered into the spiced yoghurt mixture and flame-grilled in the tandoor. 

• Tandoori Chicken: It is one of our restaurant’s most ordered tandoori dishes. We marinate the chicken in a blend of yoghurt and spices and cook it in the tandoor until it is perfectly juicy and charred. 

We serve these smoky grilled tandoori platters with mint-coriander chutneys to enhance our customer’s eating experience. 

• Main course: Indian cuisine is popular for its scrumptious, finger-licking and diverse vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. We professionally cook these dishes, adding all the flavours and spices, making them tasty and satisfying. 

• Dal Makhani: Wherever you go, Dal Makhani is the heart of the Indian food menu. It is a creamy, buttery dish made up of black lentils and kidney beans, well-cooked in butter and cream for 5-6 hours straight. It is the comfort food of many Indians.. We complete this dish by offering butter naan or rice on the side. 

• Butter Chicken: It is a rich and creamy curry with boneless chicken in a tomato sauce tossed with butter, fresh cream, and mild spices. If you are not a spice lover, we recommend this dish, full of flavours but with mild spices. It is also served with garlic or butter naan, whichever our customers prefer. 

• Chana Masala: This is the delicious chickpea curry, perfectly cooked in the spiciest mixture of tomatoes, onions, green chillies, ginger and a blend of aromatic indian spices. It is an excellent choice for those who want protein-packed Indian food. 

• Sweet meals: Indian desserts are sweet and rich, mostly garnished with cardamom, saffron, and dry fruits. They give the perfect ending to an Indian meal adventure. 
• Gulab Jamun: Gulab Jamun is our speciality, known as our restaurant’s crowd pleaser. These are deep-fried dumplings made with milk powder and further soaked in a sugar syrup, including cardamom and rose water. 

• Kheer: It is another traditional dessert that is an excellent option to choose to complete your meal. It comprises three main components: rice, milk and sugar. In addition, saffron and dry fruits like almonds, cashews, raisins, etc., make this dish even more flavourful and tasty. 

Conclusion

Indian cuisine offers many flavours, textures and aromas, making it one of the most exciting cuisines to explore. At Sylvania, an Indian Restaurant in Sydney, you can find everything from crispy appetizers to delightful sweet dishes on the menu. 

We ensure that our customers experience the actual taste of India. Therefore, to enhance your overall experience, we offer 20% off on dining and 15% off on takeaways. Grab a table now!