Roti Mahal is an Indian takeaway at 257 Burwood Road in Burwood, Christchurch, holding a 4.9 rating on Google and its own website at rotimahalonline.co.nz.
A good Indian takeaway lives or dies on its curry base: the best kitchens cook onions, tomatoes and whole spices down slowly rather than pouring from a jar, and you taste the difference. Ask how heat is graded before you order, because chilli scales vary wildly between kitchens — one shop's medium is another's mild. Breads are at their best straight off the tandoor or tawa, so time your pickup for when you'll actually eat. And the regional dishes sitting alongside the familiar butter chicken and rogan josh are often where a kitchen shows what it can really do.
For Burwood locals after a proper curry on the way home, Roti Mahal is right there on Burwood Road in Christchurch's east.