Spice Sutra – where spices and taste matter most

North Indian food is rich in Indian spices and ingredients which gives mouth watering dishes like kebabs, naans, roots, biryanis, daals etc. Not only can we get these lovely indian cuisines from Little India, there are also many restaurants around the island that serves quality indian food.

You probably have read a lot of Chinese restaurant reviews from my blog, so today I am going to be introduce something different: indian food. Located in Thomson Imperial Court, Spice Sutra (facebook here) boasts a splendid variety of North Indian vegetarian and non vegetarian gourmet dishes for everyone.

Among the most famous Indian food, Tandoori Chicken is loved by people all over the world. Tender and fresh chicken was marinated in cream and rare spices, and grilled in traditional charcoal tandoor. The red chicken is wonderful to the tongue and definitely worth a try!

There were too many main courses in the menu so we had a hard time ordering. The waitress then recommended Palak Paneer but said some diners may not dare to eat it. Our immediate response was,”BRING IT ON!”

Fresh home-made cottage cheese were cooked in a spinach gravy. Frankly, it didn’t appeal to the eye due to the colour of the dish but after trying it, I really love it. The curry is moderately spiced with Indian spices, giving it a rich and creamy texture.

Boneless pieces of tandoori chicken were cooked with puree of tomatoes, cream and mild spices. This is the best dish I had here. The Butter Chicken delivered a sweet, buttery and fragrant taste with the traditional spices of coriander, cumin, cinnamon and cilantro. It goes well with naan. Oh yes, they made their own naan! Garlic naan, plain naan, butter naan, seafood naan, keema naan and kashmiri naan!

Mutton cubes were cooked in spicy gravy, it pairs ideally with the rice. But I still prefer the Butter Chicken.

Zeera Rice is an everyday rice dish in North India but it is not very common in local restaurants. The basmati steamed rice was fried with ghee and cumin seed. The rice was very light and fluffy.

Summer is no fun without mangoes and here is the sweet Mango Lassi to end the meal.