Chennai Cafe in Frisco serves Southern and Northern Indian dishes during its weekend grand buffets. The live dosa and appam stations, which are flat griddles toasting different kinds of fermented rice pancakes, are showcased for diners’ viewing and eating pleasure. And all meats served are halal. 

Zero in on the noodle section of the menu for Calcutta chow mein noodles, which are stir-fried thin wheat noodles with assorted vegetables doused in soy, vinegar and garam masala sauce, and Khao Suey, a Burmese specialty with a coconut curry sauce. Add egg, tofu, paneer, chicken or shrimp to any noodle dish. All meats served are also certified halal. 

Vrindavan is an upscale vegetarian thali restaurant — for beginners that is a set meal with a selection of different legume stews, rice, chutneys, fresh vegetable salad, pickle, relish, savory buttermilk drinks, and more. Each day features a thali of the day from different regions of India. The Wednesday and Saturday specials of Brijwasi thali include hariyali tikki (potato and mint patties), dubki wale aloo (potatoes in spicy gravy), chana masala (spicy chickpeas), paneer makhanwala (paneer in a creamy tomato cashew nut gravy), and more. Check their menu to see all the daily options. 

The red and green neon sign of Kebab N’Kurry, one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the Metroplex, is hard to miss. Open since 1982, Kebab N’Kurryserves classic dishes cooked inside a traditional clay oven known as a tandoor. It’s worth ordering the tandoori chicken, bone-in chicken splayed and cut in half and then marinated in spiced yogurt. Also outstanding is the chicken tikka, boneless chicken cubes marinated in the same spiced yogurt which are skewered and grilled.  

This Richardson restaurant specializes in Gujarati-style thali. It serves various freshly made homestyle Gujarati dishes, highlighting a blend of flavors and textures. Try the dal dhokli — savory steamed chickpea flour cakes topped with mustard seeds that come with sweet and sour tamarind chutney and fresh green cilantro chutney. Also excellent is the Gujarati thali, a set meal with long grain rice, legume stews, pickles, vegetables, papads or paper-thin crispy crackers from black lentils, and gulab jamun for dessert with Bajarina rotla, a pearl millet flour flatbread.

EggHolic brings traditional Gujarati street food to Irving. Eggs are front and center with the signature Surti Gotalo, two sunny side-up eggs topped on a rich, spiced tomato gravy with more eggs grated in. Cheese Katori is Eggholic’s take on the Southern favorite deviled eggs, which has boiled eggs split in half with the yolks removed and mashed with a masala that gives it a green hue and topped with grated cheese. 

The city of Hyderabad in India is known for its specific style of biryani. And namesake restaurant in Dallas showcases the specialty. The menu has Indian favorites such as butter chicken, palak paneer, and chicken tikka, and the mutton and chicken Hyderabadi dum biryani is a must order. 

For those seeking both the variety of a buffet and the nice, sit-down-dinner vibes of a white tablecloth restaurant, Taj Mahal is the answer. It’s vegetable and meat samosas, chicken masala, and chicken saag with spinach sauce are dishes worth sampling.

Find this restaurant, which turns 40 this year, can be found inside a Hare Krishna temple and community center. Its courtyard is an oasis. It serves filling vegetarian dishes that mix Indian classics and familiar American staples, including a salad bar and homemade whole wheat cinnamon bread. The menu changes daily, and is posted on its website.

Âme in Bishop Arts brings a blend of Indian flavors with French cooking techniques from the mother and daughter team of chefs, Afifa and Sabrina Nayeb. This chic white tablecloth restaurant is perfect for brunch or date night. It is also home to Elephant Bar, which serves cocktails and champagne paired with shareable bar snacks including savory beet samosas, crispy calamari pakora and sweet, creamy pistachio kulfi.