#1 in Adelaide for Thali

Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine

📍 Para Vista🍽 Indian Restaurant2 scored dishes★ 5.0 Google

Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine is an Indian restaurant in Para Vista, Adelaide. It's known for its standard thali and butter naan.

Ranked by Tastibase AI

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1
Thali★ Signature🏆 #1 in Adelaide
7 mentions
7.8
2
Butter Naan
6 mentions
7.2

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Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine Menu

Accompaniments
Amritsari Papad$3.99
Four pieces.
Pickle$3.99
Traditional Indian pickle served as a tangy accompaniment.
Kesari Special Chutney$3.99
Hot.
Mint Chutney$3.99
Mint chutney served as a condiment to accompany your meal.
Mango Chutney$3.99
Mango chutney with aromatic spices.
Cucumber Raita$8.99
Yoghurt mixed with cucumber, a classic accompaniment.
Raita$7.50
Plain yoghurt mixed with spices.
Onions Salad$5.50
Finely sliced onions served as a salad accompaniment.
Garden Salad$9.99
Side salad to accompany your meal.
Kesari's Entree
Paneer Tikka$16.99
Paneer cottage cheese cubes marinated in tikka spices with capsicum and onion.
Aloo Tikki Chaat$13.99
Potato patties topped with chickpeas, yoghurt, mint and tamarind chutneys, sev and coriander.
Samosa$8.99
Two pieces.
Samosa Chaat$13.99
Crisp samosa topped with chutneys and spices, served chaat-style.
Onion Pakora$9.99
Sliced onions dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried.
Dahi Bhalla Papri Chaat$13.99
Lentil dumplings and crisp papri topped with yogurt, tamarind chutney, lettuce, beetroot and coriander.
Hot Chips$7.50
Hot potato chips cooked to a golden finish.
Bread Pakora$8.99
Bread slices dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried.
Chaat Papri$12.99
Crisp papri wafers topped with classic chaat garnishes.
Dahi Bhalla$12.99
Lentil dumplings soaked in yoghurt, topped with tamarind chutney and a sprinkle of chaat masala.
Paneer Pakora$13.99
250g.
Soya Malai Tikka$17.99
Soya chunks marinated in creamy Malai and spices.
Kesari's Street Food
Paneer Tikka Burger$14.99
Includes hot chips.
Chilli Garlic Noodles$15.99
Street-style noodles tossed with chilli and garlic.
Hakka Noodles$15.99
Indo-Chinese style noodles tossed with capsicum, cabbage, carrot and onion.
Gravy Vegetarian Manchurian (V)$15.99
Vegetable dumplings in Indo-Chinese gravy with onions and capsicum, garnished with coriander.
Vegetarian Burger (V)$12.99
Includes hot chips.
Noodle Burger$13.99
Includes hot chips.
Paneer Vegetarian Burger (V)$13.99
Includes hot chips.
Soya Chaap Burger$14.99
Includes hot chips.
Mushroom Tikka Burger$14.99
Includes hot chips.
Cheese Chilli$18.99
Cheese with chillies and spices.
Dry Vegetarian Manchurian (V)$15.99
Vegetable balls tossed in Indo-Chinese Manchurian sauce, served dry (no gravy).
Kesari's Mains Curries
Chana Masala (Chickpeas) (V)$20.99
Curry chickpeas cooked in gravy made of onion, garlic, ginger, tomatoes and spices.
Daal Makhani (V)$21.99
Black lentil cooked on low flame, tempered with garlic, ginger, onion, tomato and butter.
Mushroom Matar Methi Malayi (V)$25.99
Mushrooms and green peas cooked in cream and spices.
Daal Tadka (V)$20.99
Black lentil cooked on low flame, tempered with garlic, ginger, onion, tomato and spices.
Eggplant Masala (V)$21.99
North indian style eggplant woke fried with onion, tomatoes, herbs and spices.
Vegetable Vindaloo (V)$21.99
Vegetables cooked with a section of ground spices and vindaloo sauce.
Mixed Vegetables (V)$22.99
A medley of garden vegetables simmered in a gravy.
Malayi Kofta (V)$25.99
Cottage cheese and potato dumplings stuffed with herbs, cooked in cashew gravy.
Garlic Butter Mushroom (V)$25.99
Mushrooms cooked in creamy gravy of onion, garlic and butter.
Matar Paneer (V)$24.99
Paneer cottage cheese and green peas cooked in home style ground spices and herbs.
Kadahi Paneer (V)$25.99
Cubed paneer cottage cheese sauteed with onion, capsicum and herbs, cooked in masala gravy.
Paneer Lababdar (V)$26.99
Tender paneer cooked in a medium spiced creamy gravy of cashew and Malai.
Palak Paneer (V)$25.99
Punjabi style pureed spinach cooked with cottage cheese and cream.
Paneer Methi Malayi (V)$26.99
Soft paneer cubes simmered in a creamy gravy infused with fenugreek leaves.
Shahi Paneer (V)$26.99
Soft paneer cubes cooked in a creamy tomato and cashew gravy.
Paneer Bhurji (V)$26.50
Crumbled paneer sautéed with onions, tomatoes and spices.
Thali
Standard Thali7.8$18.99
Punjabi thalli featuring two curries, served with four soft tawa roti, onions salad and pickle.
Kesari Special Thali7.8$22.99
A punjabi thali featuring two curries, onions salad, kesari chutney, a dessert, raita and four soft tawa rotis with one extra roti complimentary if required.
Naan Breads and Rice
Butter Naan7.2$5.50
Soft leavened flatbread brushed with melted butter.
Tawa Roti$2.99
Traditional wholemeal flatbread cooked on a tawa.
Tandoori Roti$4.99
Unleavened wholemeal flatbread baked in the tandoor.
Butter Tandoori Roti$5.50
Traditional wholemeal flatbread baked in the tandoor and brushed with melted butter.
Cheese Naan$6.50
Soft, leavened naan stuffed with melted cheese.
Garlic Naan$6.50
Soft leavened naan brushed with garlic butter and coriander.
Cheese Chilli Naan$6.50
Naan with melted cheese and chopped green chillies.
Plain Rice$6.99
Rice cooked to a light, fluffy finish.
Jeera Rice$9.99
Fragrant basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds.
Vegetable Biryani and Raita (V)$21.99
Aromatic basmati rice with mixed vegetables and biryani spices, served with raita.
Desserts
Kesari Kheer$10.99
Rice pudding.
Kulfi$6.90
Traditional punjabi Ice Cream
Gulab Jamun$6.50
Two pieces.
Vanilla Ice Cream$11.99
Served with three pieces of hot gulab jamun.
Hot Drinks
Chai Masala Tea$5.50
Black tea brewed with milk and aromatic spices, served hot.
Doodh Patti$5.99
Black tea leaves brewed in milk for a smooth, creamy cup.
Coffee$5.99
Brewed coffee served hot.
Drinks
Water$3.50
In a bottle.
Original Salted Lassi$5.50
Classic savoury yoghurt drink, lightly salted and blended smooth.
Original Sweet Lassi$5.50
Classic sweet lassi made with yoghurt, served chilled.
Mango Lassi$6.99
Indian yoghurt and mango drink, blended until smooth.
Rose Lassi$6.99
Creamy yoghurt drink with rose flavour.
Jaljeera$7.99
Cumin-spiced Indian drink, served chilled with a tangy finish.
Soft drinks
Coke Classic$4.50
375 ml chilled soft drink
Coke Zero Sugar$4.50
375 ml zero sugar Coke can
Sunkist soft drink$4.50
375 ml Sunkist chilled can
Pepsi Max zero sugar$4.50
Pepsi Max 375 ml zero sugar chilled can
SOLO original drink$4.50
375 ml SOLO drink chilled can
Mountain Dew$4.50
375 ml Mountain Dew chilled can
Bundaberg Ginger Beer$5.99
375 ml Ginger Beer soft drink can (non-alcoholic).

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About Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine

Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine is an indian restaurant in Para Vista, Adelaide. Tastibase scores each of its dishes individually from real customer reviews, instead of rolling everything into one star average — so you can see exactly what this kitchen does well, dish by dish.

Its standout is Standard Thali, scoring 7.8/10 — a very strong result from 7 review mentions — and 1 other dish have enough reviews to rank as well.

What it does best

The dishes diners rate most highly here are Standard Thali (7.8) and Butter Naan (7.2). A very good score on Tastibase means the praise is consistent across many independent reviews rather than a one-off, so these are the safe orders.

Regulars most often single out its standard thali, butter naan — a good place to start if it’s your first visit.

How these scores work

Every score here comes only from public reviews from the last three years, weighted so a single glowing write-up can’t inflate a dish — a kitchen needs steady, repeated praise to rank well. Tastibase’s dish scores sit alongside Kesari Vegetarian Cuisine’s overall 5.0-star rating, but go a level deeper: they tell you which specific dishes are worth ordering, not just how the venue rates overall.

How scores work: Tastibase scores individual dishes, not whole restaurants. AI sentiment (85%) + star ratings (15%), Bayesian-shrunk, last 3 years only. Full methodology →

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