The Best Indian Food in Dallas: Restaurants + What to Order!

The Indian food in Dallas is its best-kept secret.

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The greater Dallas area has a large, booming Indian population from every region in the subcontinent.

The types of food in India are so different from region to region so it is great to be able to experience it all plate by plate.

The great thing about the Dallas area is that you’re also able to get everything from street food to a full sit-down experience.

This Dallas Indian food guide is set up to reflect the best dishes to try if you’re in an Indian restaurant in Dallas, plus where you can find them!

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The Kinds of Indian Food in Dallas

The biggest divide food-wise in Indian cuisine is between North Indian and South Indian food. While there are more subdivisions, this will be the biggest and most prevalent one.

North Indian food is mostly around the curry and naan combination. When you think of a creamy, gravy based dish it is most typically a North Indian dish. Most often Indian restaurants around the US tend to be North Indian.

South Indian dishes typically feature rice as the main feature in some way. South Indian Biryanis are very famous and the varieties of rice dishes will blow your mind: Tamarind Rice, Curd Rice, Chicken Biryani, etc. There are so many to choose from!

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Another really unique aspect of South Indian cuisine is its filter coffee. It is fairly strong, but a hot steel cup of South Indian filter coffee will make your body and soul come alive. It is one of those things that adds such a special touch to a meal.

Indian Foods to Order in Dallas

In this list, I tried to highlight several dishes that are extremely popular but also very unique to one another.

This top 10 list comprises multiple regions and styles of cooking to capture the variety in Indian cuisine.

Samosa

Samosas are a classic appetizer and most any restaurant. You can never go wrong with ordering these. 

Samosa is a flaky pastry stuffed with a spiced potato and pea mixture.

Butter Chicken

Otherwise known as “Murgh Makhani”, this dish is diced chicken served in a buttery, tomato gravy.

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Mattar Paneer

Cubes of Paneer or Indian cottage cheese in a tomato gravy with peas.

Dosa

A South Indian staple, it is a thin and crispy crepe made from a fermented rice flour batter.

Typically it is stuffed with spiced potatoes and served with chutneys and sambar which is a lentil-based stew.

Chole Bhature

Primarily a North Indian dish, this is a spiced chickpea curry served with a fried wheat flatbread.

Biryani

Biryani is the pride and joy of Indian food around the world.

Typically it’s a spiced rice dish served with some sort of meat. You can easily find a vegetable option, but the meat is really what makes this dish iconic.