India Garden

Since it debuted in 2008, India Garden has revamped and refined its sprawling menu, which passes through Kerala and Goa, Indo-China and Sri Lanka. You’ll still find familiar dishes in tikka masala and vindaloo and korma, but some of the more adventurous options like duck vellayappam flavored with toddy, kingfish moilee, and cashew-filled chettinadu have […]

India House

Since moving from its Oakland Park location to this western Broward spot inside a Quality Inn, India House has continued to turn out stellar food. Its menu is a train ticket through India, stopping in Portuguese-influenced Goa with Goan fish and vinegary vindaloos, weaving through Northern Punjab with its hot-iron “tawa” dishes, even trucking to […]

Indian American Restaurant

Called Indian American, this Davie eatery is a bit of a misnomer. Chef/owner and Pakistani-native Syed Chisti is enthralled by food from all over the world. Indian food, like butter chicken and chicken tikka, are on the menu. But he also serves an array of American and Pakistani fare. Thereâ??s everything you can imagine: pancakes, […]

Madras Cafe

Despite a sizable Broward population of immigrants from the subcontinent where vegetarian cooking is a high art, there’s a dearth of Indian restaurants here willing to venture into the uncommon cuisine of southern India. But Madras continues to buck the trends, serving idli, sambar, and those delectable little savory doughnuts called dhai vada, plus lesser-known […]

Nirala Sweets BBQ

In 2004, this small Indian storefront sweet shop expanded into the Texas-themed room next door from a forgotten barbecue joint. The deeply strange space now offers the usual weekday Indian lunch buffet alongside the less usual, like kebabs, paya (gelatinous cow foot), and a weekend brunch of halwa puri — flatbread served with a thick, […]

Taj Fine Indian Cuisine

There’s no better way to mop up a sauce made from fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and the remnants of perfectly cooked chunks of tender lamb than with a piece of Taj’s chewy onion kulcha, a bread baked on hot tandoor walls. Every dish here is unique, intensely aromatic, with a mixture of spices unlike […]

Udipi Cafe

Our version of the national South Indian chain, Udipi serves exotica like the mildly sour iddly, steamed rice and bean-flour cakes dipped in yogurt/coconut chutney and lentil sauces; the vada, fried lentil doughnuts; and paneer pakoras, fingers of homemade cheese in chickpea sauce. There’s “street food” like stuffed puris filled with potatoes, rice, onion, tomatoes, […]

Usmania

Usmania is the lone South Florida location of the popular Pakistani franchise with outposts in Karachi, Pakistan, and Chicago. It’s run by Aftab Katia and his wife, Fouzia, two natives of Karachi with a background in catering. The place is a real family affair: Their children work in the restaurant, and on weekends, it fills […]