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House of India's northern cuisine is a taste treat.
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struction, but very potent,
I is not much to look at
made with a special clay
from the outside ... or even
from north India and burn-
the inside ... and not too
ing
mesquite wood to give a
noticeable as it takes up two
subtle
aroma to the delicately
storefronts in a crowded-like
spiced food ... The food,
strip shopping center.
plunged into more than
But for northern Indian food,
1,000-degree heat, has it
it is rated among the best in
coming
out cooked on the
the metropolitan area ... The
DANNY
outside
and
moist on the
menu at House of India,
RASKIN
inside,
retaining
the spices
Orchard Lake Road between
Senior
and natural taste.
12 and 13 Mile, in
Columnist
Baking in a tandoori clay
Farmington Hills may be pret-
oven is one of the principal
ty standard for this cuisine,
highlights of northern India cuisine, a
but the finished product tells quite a
region where wheat-based breads like
difference in taste.
chapati and tandoori-baked naan also
Not that House of India doesn't have
originated.
its own specialties that no one else can
There is a difference between north-
offer ... like owner-chef Narayan
ern and southern Indian dining ...
Sharma's popular chicken sashlik on a
Food from the north is less spicy and
sizzler tray, half tandoori chicken that
more
subtly spiced ... Cow's milk is also
can also be gotten with lamb kabobs
used as a base instead of
coconut milk.
Since most Hindus are
vegetarians, having a large
vegetarian selection can
bring out an authenticity
in many Indian restaurants
... House of India has more
than 18 vegetarian entrees
... besides the many usual
vegetarian side dishes ...
The choice of 18 vegetari-
an main dishes hold a
prominent spot on the
menu.
It is open seven days ...
Monday-Friday, 11:30-10;
Saturday, noon-11;
Sunday, noon-10 ... A
large
buffet lunch of good-
Owner-chef Narayan Sharma of House of India
looking selections is $6.95
Monday-Friday, 11:30-
2:30; and $7.95 Saturday and Sunday,
rather than chicken.
noon-3:30.
Also in the kitchen are Narayan's
Much more important than looks
wife, Top, and their nephew Govinda
and
size is that House of India is very
Gautam, to help him with the cooking
clean ... a tremendous restaurant asset.
... Biggest sellers prepared by them
If you like bread, you'll love the
include a boneless chicken with toma-
north Indian special breads like onion
toes, cilantro and onions and lamb sag-
kulcha, aloo paratha (wheat bread
wala, with the meat cooked in a mildly
spiced spinach ... However, the tandoor stuffed with potatoes) and the naan
chicken or chicken tikka, both marinat- bread stuffed with cheese or with garlic
or minced lamb.
ed in yogurt with Indian spices and
House of India is an invitation to
lemon juice, may be among the biggest.
good northern Indian cuisine.
About the tandoori clay oven at
MUCH HAS BEEN said and writ-
House of India, it is one of simple con-
ten about it being one of the best