Are you searching for the finest Indian restaurants in the United States? Look no further! From Rasika West End and Rasika Penn Quarter to Tabla, Punjabi Dhaba, Choolaah, Lehja, Saravanaa Bhavan and Adda Indian Canteen, here is a list of the award-winning Indian restaurants in the USA. Chai Pani, a modern Indian street food restaurant located in North Carolina, was named the most outstanding restaurant in the United States at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago. This popular local restaurant and tourist spot has even pleased former President Barack Obama's appetite with its unique dishes such as lobster pulao and apple jalebi fritters. Chef Vikram Sunderam won a James Beard Award for his inventive recipes.
The menu also offers more varieties of seafood than a typical Indian restaurant. Tabla gives a modern twist to classic and traditional Indian cuisine, all under the visionary guidance of restaurateur Sandeep Kthary and his team of carefully selected expert chefs. Choose from a variety of small and large plates, as well as curries, vegetarian dishes, roti and side dishes. Large plates include leg of lamb with lal dough, paneer pasanda, nargisi kofta and goat's bhuna; small plates include mirchi pakora from Jodhpur, tandoori octopus, Brussels sprout bhel and kurkuri bhindi.
The Tabla bar is also known for combining dishes with the perfect signature cocktails, giving classic cocktails an Indian touch, such as the Chai Old Fashion. You can even choose the environment in which you will have dinner, with an elegant living room and a quiet dining room to choose from only in its location in the center of the city. A Dhaba is a roadside truck drivers' food stall, which almost describes what the Punjabi Dhaba looks like. From the informal atmosphere to the surprising and addictive authentic, no-frills Punjabi food, this modest cult bastion has attracted university students and professors, hipsters and Indian families alike for more than 18 years. And all the food served here, from tandoori chicken to shahi paneer, is served in prodigious portions. Choolaah is one of the few Indian food chains on this list that offers family meals and Indian buffets that include everything the mouth and stomach could want in Indian street food, from high-quality protein to a variety of masala.
With only top quality ingredients tracked “from farm to table” and only humanely managed, family-raised and sustainably raised animals, Choolah offers top-notch cuisine to the fast food restaurant. Design your own bowl or wrapper or select one of the most emblematic ones, such as the Perfect Balance Bowl or the cauliflower and chickpea wrap. Then add meat, fish, cheese, tofu and vegetables to your liking and choose your side dishes such as masala, daal, bread and rice. Or simply enjoy Indian street food options such as samosa chaat and pav bhaji. Choolah has another branch in Boardman Ohio and one soon in Ohio City as well as Pennsylvania locations in East Liberty Pittsburgh North Fayette and King of Prussia and a branch in Sterling Virginia.
Forbes names Lehja as “one of the best Indian restaurants in the United States” and the establishment has won several restaurant industry awards. The restaurant which emphasizes style offers a cozy space to enjoy traditional and modern Indian dishes in a relaxing decor inspired by California from the 70s. With four different dining rooms to enjoy you can enjoy a different one on each visit. There is also a social lounge and an outdoor bar and dining area around a burning fire. However all this does not want to eclipse the food prepared by chef Sandeep “Sunny Baweja” a semifinalist of the James Beard Award.
However far from simply offering “Americanized” Indian food there are also traditional dishes that are served with a modern and creative touch such as blue crabs from Chesapeake Bay seasoned with turmeric ginger and pink pepper from Tellicherry served with asparagus and scallions or tender Pondicherry shredded duck seasoned with cumin fenugreek garlic onion and curry leaves. For those who are more daring there's the spicy chicken tikka shaped like a firecracker marinated in ghost peppers. And on weekends there's another brunch menu to enjoy. A List of Best Indian Restaurants in USA cannot be complete without this outstanding international Indian food chain with 81 locations around the world. Saravanaa Bhavan's breakfasts which offer vegetarian Indian cuisine from all over the world for any time of day are as appreciated as their dinners with hot dosa pancakes with sambar and hot sauce and tasty pastries doing nothing. Rounding out the extensive menu of traditional Indian delicacies are a variety of Dosas Uthappams Thalis and breads to complement them.
The desserts here are also particularly amazing such as gulab jamun (cheese and milk balls soaked in rosewater syrup) and badam halwa (ground almonds cooked with butter honey) so be sure to leave room. And of course being a fast food chain technically speaking atmosphere is extremely informal relaxed. Arguably New York City has most exciting (diverse) dining scene world. Name country probably find not only its cuisine but exemplary version it. Therefore logic would dictate New York would be reference point for Indian food.
However that's not exactly case. It's kitchen New York has problems with: most options are limited to quick casual Chipotle-inspired bowls modern over-top fussy Indian food standard (cheeky) British curry comfort food. Restaurant run chef Chintan Pandya located Long Island City neighborhood Queens which little difficult transport. What makes it stand out is Pandya doesn't try too hard instead focuses adding flavor (often lot heat) each dish while cooking Indian dishes don't usually bless menus. Viscera also appear menu form...
