Dal Fry – Php145
Dal Fry is a dish of cooked yellow lentils flavored with freshly ground spices. This is another one of their bestsellers.
Palak Paneer – Php210
Palak Paneer is made of homemade cottage cheese cooked with creamy spinach sauce. This is also one of their bestsellers.
Veggie Meat Korma – Php240
Veggie Meat Korma consists of vegetable meat cooked with milk, nuts, raisins and mild spices. I really love this one. It has that absolute creaminess that I haven’t tasted before in a soup or in any Indian dish for that matter.
Mixed Vegetable Curry – Php145
Mixed Vegetable Curry is a dish of mixed vegetables cooked in creamy curry sauce.
Of course, they have Little India’s bread to pair this with. We had Aloo Paratha and Paneer Paratha which are stuffed with vegetables.
Aloo Paratha – Php40
Paneer Paratha Php55
Though they already have bread, they also have rice. We had Tomato Rice and Vegetable Biryani for our rice dishes.
Tomato Rice Php110
Little India’s Tomato Rice is rice cooked with tomatoes and tempered with spices. What I love about this dish is that it’s not too hot, but the spicy flavour still gives this rice dish that extra “kick.” You can actually request how you prefer them to season your dish upon ordering.
Vegetable Biryani – Php235
Vegetable Biryani is their bestseller in the rice dishes and consists of rice and assorted fresh vegetables cooked with spices, butter and yogurt. I highly recommend you try this one.
Of course, every menu will always have dessert.
Gajar Halwa – Php60
Mr. Raj offered us Gajar Halwa (carrot pudding cooked with fresh milk, nuts and butter).
Kesar Pista Kulfi – Php95
We also had Kesar Pista Kulfi, which is homemade Indian ice cream made of fresh milk, saffron and pistachio. To all those who are absolute lovers of sweets but are sugar-conscious, I recommend you try Kesar Pista Kulfi and be amazed by how unique this Indian ice cream is.
What I love about their dishes is that they didn’t tweak a single Indian dish to adapt to our Filipino tastebuds. You can taste the perfect fusion of spices highlighting each and every single dish. Full of flavours, but not too overpowering and, as Mr. Raj says, “It is eating healthy Indian cuisine, guilt-free.”
Thank you Mr. Raj, Ms. Mona and family for the warm welcome.
Everything at Little India was indeed guilt-free: from the appetizers to the main courses to the dessert.
Little India just celebrated their 1st year anniversary last August 8. The restaurant was named Little India because Mr. Raj, a native of India, wanted to introduce the Indian culture and community to Manila by catering authentic but healthy Indian cuisine – the first restaurant in Manila that serves all vegan Indian cuisine.
Who says being healthy comes at a high price? Not with the spice – Little India style.
Little India
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LittleIndiaResto
Website: https://littleindiahealthycuisine.com/
For more healthier options in your gastronomic adventures, you can check out Daily’s Diet: The Road to Learning How To ‘Portion Control’.
