Little India Takeaway

If you work or lunch in the city, there are two really nice Indian takeaways worth trying out. One is Little India Takeaway, almost at the corner of King William and Pirie Street (just in from King William on Pirie). I'd been meaning to check it out for some time, as the wonderful smells always grab me as I'm walking past, but didn't do so until last week. Everything is pre-made but fresh and tasty, with a range of both meat and vegetarian dishes. You can get one dish with rice for $8.90 and 2 with rice for $9.90. So far, I have only tried the vegetarian dishes, starting with Palak Paneer last week, which is homemade cheese cooked in a mildly spiced fresh spinach/ sauce. Just today I went back for both the Daal & Mator Paneer. Daal is made with lentils, prepared with tomatoes and a spice blend, and Mator Paneer is another homemade cheese dish with peas, cooked in a cream and tomato sauce, with yet more excellent spices. Plenty of sides available, such as samosas, naan, raita, chutneys and even gulab jamun, which are a gorgeous dessert; honey balls cooked in a sugar, cardamon and cinnamon syrup.

Follow up: With my teeth in limbo I may become a regular here for a while. Stopped by today for a meat pakora which was just perfect, and noticed they also have daily specials. Today's specials were a fish curry and something called Chole Bhature, which is a chickpea/friend bread combination.

Little India Takeaway
Corner of Pirie & King William St
Adelaide SA

(Cross posted on The Expat Cook)

Beyond India

Yesterday my husband and I went for dinner at Beyond India, a local restaurant that just happened to have a coupon in the Adelaide Entertainment Book. We were celebrating me finally landing a good job here, as well as my husband reaching his one year mark with his company. This was some of the best Indian food I've had, although I'm quickly learning that, like Thai and other Asian cuisines, Adelaide has it hands down over the places I'm used to in the US. Hubs ordered a Mango Prawn Curry and I had the Malai Kofta, a vegetarian dish with potato and paneer (Indian cheese) dumplings in a creamy tomato sauce. We ordered the Nawabi Naan, a bread filled with feta, red onions and spices, as a side. The seasonings in all the food were subtle, yet fully present, and the heat in the curry was not overpowering, but had plenty of kick. I think this may become one of my favourite new places near home (they also have a North Adelaide location), and we'll definitely be going back for the Sunday buffet.

Beyond India
108 Kelly Road
Modbury
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170 0'Connell Street
North Adelaide

(Cross posted on The Expat Cook)