Indian Food and Cooking

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What Does "Comfort Food" Mean Across the World?

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." -- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin A lot of people have a problem with the term "comfort food." It's far too arbitrary, they argue. It changes from one part of the world to the next. Ice cream and brownies aren't nearly as popular in China as ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 3: Kiran Verma of Kiran's

Photos by Matthew DresdenThe lamb shank at Kiran's. Note the green vegetables.​Usually, after the conversation portion of the Chef Chat (covered in parts one and two), the chef brings out a few of her specialties, or some seasonal dishes, or whatever catches her fancy that day. I then write ab ... More >>

Keep on Truckin': A Specialty Fusion Taco

​Each week, I'll be visiting a different food truck and reviewing one of their items. Know of a particular food truck I should move to the top of my list? Let me know in the comments section. This week, I made a stop by Fusion Taco at the Urban Harvest City Hall Market. It was my first time t ... More >>

Paratha and Parrots (Yes, Parrots) at Alfa Capri

​Before meeting a friend to get dahi puri at Bansuri for Battle Dahi Puri -- it's only a snack, you know, not meant as a whole meal -- I decided to grab a bite of "real" dinner down the street so that I wouldn't be starving again at 10 p.m. and scarf down a tub of Fage yogurt because it's the ... More >>

Korma Sutra

Worst Indian Food in the City?

​Cold, greasy onion bhaji, gritty coconut chutney, lumpy rice and cold chicken curry are only a few of the treats we encountered on the lunch buffet at Chutneys (1010 Lamar). There was also lukewarm lentil soup and some hockey-puck idlis. A friend of mine had suggested we check out the lunch b ... More >>

Overripe Mango Wrestling

Photos by Robb Walsh​Giant mangos are $11 for a box of six at the Airline Farmer's Marketing Association. But you can pick up a box of overripe mangos for a mere five bucks. I took two boxes of the nasty-looking fruit home last weekend and showed my assistants how to cut them up. The 12 mang ... More >>

Breakfast in BissBeechistan

Photos by Robb Walsh​My friend Jay Francis refers to the neighborhood west of Beltway 8 between Bissonnet and Beechnut as BissBeechistan because of the excellent Pakistani restaurants found in the area. La Sani is the most famous of the bunch. But Francis is extremely fond of King's Chicken on ... More >>

$13 at Pavani Indian Cuisine

Photo by Mike Giglio​ Where: Pavani Indian Cuisine, 10554 Southwest Fwy., 713-272-8259 What $13 gets you: As many circuits through the buffet line as you need. Plan to make at least a few. We walked in at 5:30 sharp, right when the place opens for dinner, which meant it was just us and the c ... More >>

Surprise food at Bombay to Beijing

Jay Francis, Food Explorer: Afghani Nan at Kings Chicken

Nirvana Indian Restaurant

Brit expats looking for a "phal" need search no farther than Nirvana

Brit-Indi is the New Tex-Mex

Brit-Indi is the New Tex-Mex

Yatra Brasserie

A chic new Indian restaurant on Main Street serves Desi-Tex tacos for lunch

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ORDER

INDIA'S

Montrose Vindaloo

Is Indika the best Indian restaurant in the United States?

Escalator Buffet

Bombay Brasserie's new second-story location will have to do for the time being

Pure Bliss

In more ways than one, Balaji Bhavan is Little India's hottest eatery

Suburban Import

Kiran Verma's culinary chutzpah finds a home inside the Loop

Tandoori Enchiladas

Indian fusion cuisine and an awesome lunch buffet are drawing crowds to Cafe Monsoon

Modern Masala

Houston’s upscale Indian restaurants are going through some changes

Sunday Chaat

North meets South on NASA Road 1

Best Indian Restaurant

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

Curry for the Laddies

London Sizzler serves up Indian food made the British way

Shrimp N' Ice Cream

What to order at the Indian seafood restaurant Fish N' More

Best Indian Restaurant

Restaurant Indika

Chaat Room

The candy's dandy, but the veggies are even better at Bombay Sweets

Wall of Flavor

Phil Spector has got nothing on the Little Karachi neighborhood's La Sani Restaurant

Goat Doughnuts Go Global

The Hot Breads franchise serves unique pastries to a worldwide audience

Best New Restaurant

Restaurant Indika

Curdish Delight

Raja Indian Restaurant

Gen Xmas

What's a lonely Jew to do on Christmas? Nosh on kosher vegetarian Indian food at Udupi Cafe.

Bombay Beach Memoirs

Lunch with Darayus Kolah

Best Indian Restaurant

Bombay Brasserie

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

Madras Pavilion

Veg Out

Giant crepes? Hot and spicy cereals? Anand Bhavan provides vegetarians with some exotic options.

Currying No Favor

The Classic Tandoor is anything but

Little Shiva

The popular Indian eatery serves up major flavors - in small portions

Delhi-cious

Ashiana offers more than the same old dal

A Dose of Dosai

At Madras Pavilion, a South Indian treat is given its due

Hot Stuff

Haveli turns up the temperatureto make an impression

The Year of the Indian

Pavani proves reason to mark the calendar for celebration

Where the Chutneys Sing

At Mogul, the curse of the local Indian menu is broken

Diner's Notebook

Hot Plate

Bombay Buffet

Cult restaurateur

Mickey Kapoor brings "Nouvelle Indian" inside the Loop