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Delhi Threw Out 922 Kilograms of Rasgulla, Milk Cake, and Khoya
Over the weekend of October 24, inspectors destroyed rasgulla in Nihal Vihar and spoiled khoya at Mori Gate. The announcement names those two Delhi markets.
October 29, 2026
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Two Kilos of Dal Cost About $3 in Nagpur. On Lexington Avenue They Cost About $14.
A kilo of chana and a kilo of tur are about $3 in Nagpur. The same amount is about $7 from a Houston sack and about $14 from the small bags on Lexington Avenue.
October 29, 2026
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Chole Bhature Has a Second Counter on Hillside Avenue
Navdeep Singh was six when his father and uncle opened the Richmond Hill room in 2006. He cut the ribbon on a second room in Glen Oaks on October 18.
October 29, 2026
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The Tribeca Indian Room With a $43 Lunch Once Had a Michelin Star
Avtar Walia opened Tamarind in Flatiron in 2001. Eater went back to 99 Hudson Street on October 21. The Michelin star left in the 2015 guide.
October 24, 2026
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Surat’s Locho Has a Walk-In Room in Juhu
Samyukta Nair, of London’s Jamavar, opened Makaan with Karan Shah of the Swati Snacks family. Fifty-eight seats, no reservations.
October 23, 2026
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India’s Best Restaurant Is 16 Seats in the Hills Near Kasauli
NAAR took No. 1 at the Condé Nast Traveller × District awards. The tasting menu is ₹7,500, about $78.
October 21, 2026
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A Mumbai Dinner Put Four Kerala Parottas on One Table
Coin, nool, bun, and kizhi from Porotta Hut at Magazine Street Kitchen. The set menu was about $38.
October 19, 2026
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The Extra Tariff on the Basmati Aisle Was Waived on Friday
A new duty of up to 100 percent was due by Sunday. Friday’s order waives it, and leaves the older rates alone.
October 17, 2026
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Surrey and London, Ontario Now Have the Karahi Chain From Mississauga
Karahi Boys opened in Newton on October 4 and in London, Ontario on October 10. The chicken arrives in the pot it was cooked in.
October 17, 2026
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Chicken Manchurian Was Born in a Mumbai Cricket Club
Nelson Wang says he made the gravy at the Cricket Club of India in 1975. Calcutta’s Chinese cooks had already been at work since the 1770s.
October 15, 2026
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Americans Are Ordering Less Tikka Masala. India Is Still Ordering More Butter Chicken.
A U.S. consumer panel shows tikka masala, saag, and chana slipping. In India, butter chicken is up about 42 percent.
October 13, 2026
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The Snack Brand Already in Your Indian Grocery Aisle Just Opened Its First U.S. Restaurant in Texas
Haldiram’s Frisco opens October 11 on Preston Road: 110 seats, chaat and thalis, a mithai counter, and packaged snacks under the same roof.
October 6, 2026
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Why Diwali Sweets Cost More This Year
Milk, ghee, butter, and sugar went up. Sweet makers are raising some prices, absorbing others, and racing Diwali on November 8.
October 6, 2026
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India Barely Knew Burmese Food. This Chain Just Hit $16 Million Selling It.
Burma Burma’s vegetarian, alcohol-free rooms reported about $16 million in FY26 sales across nine cities, still with one Burmese menu.
October 5, 2026
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The Group Behind Semma Is Taking Butter Chicken Theater to Philly
Unapologetic Foods’ first restaurant outside New York is Adda in Fishtown, still listed Coming Soon for an October open.
October 1, 2026
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The Busiest Delivery Restaurant on Earth Is a Houston Indo-Pak Kitchen
Aga’s on Wilcrest Drive leads Uber Eats among single-location restaurants. Biryani volume is the American scale story.
September 30, 2026
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Chicken Tikka Masala’s Claimed Birthplace Just Went Bust
Shish Mahal Ltd, the Glasgow company behind the Park Road room that says it invented the dish, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation in September.
September 30, 2026
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Why Navratri Cooking Uses Rock Salt, Not the Salt in Your Shaker
Sendha namak seasons vrat food when the everyday shaker is off-limits. Sharad Navratri starts around October 11, and the grocery confusion starts earlier.
September 28, 2026
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Inside a South Asian Speakeasy
Jam & Jaggery opened September 18 under Aarthi Sampath’s Drāvida. The list runs on sherry, curry leaf, jaggery, and a duck-fat old-fashioned.
September 27, 2026
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LA’s South Asian Dining Scene in 2026: What to Try and What to Skip
The Kerala plate Jonathan Gold loved is still in Culver City. The new energy is momos and Bangladeshi mustard oil. Hollywood Boulevard is a detour.
September 25, 2026
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Williamsburg Is Getting a Tamil Kitchen Named for a Grandmother
Top Chef alum Rasika Venkatesa opens Mythily on Havemeyer Street on September 30, a nearly 40-seat room for the Tamil food she grew up with in Chennai.
September 24, 2026
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Andhra Chicken Curry Just Drew the Kind of Money Usually Reserved for Luxury Brands
Nandhana Foods, the Bengaluru Andhra group, is taking about $30 million from L Catterton, the consumer fund tied to LVMH.
September 23, 2026
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Tadka, Bhuna, and Dhungar Work on Tomato Soup, Too
Bloom spices in fat, fry until the oil moves, then steal a minute of charcoal smoke. The same moves help pasta and leftover beans.
September 22, 2026
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Haldiram’s Third Dubai Room Is Built for Chaat and a Festival Box
The Bikaner snack brand opened a 72-seat vegetarian hall in Silicon Oasis on September 16, with chaat, hot meals, and take-home mithai.
September 22, 2026
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Why North Indian Food Still Owns Most American Menus
Wheat, dairy, and the buffet made Punjabi-Mughlai the default. South Indian corridors and starred rooms are catching up.
September 20, 2026
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How Indian Food in America Got Michelin Stars So Fast
Semma, Rania, Indienne, and Musaafer make the boom look overnight. The kitchens spent longer refusing buffet India.
September 19, 2026
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Why Non-South Asians Love Butter Chicken
Murgh makhani is mid-century Delhi restaurant food. Tomato, cream, and mild heat made it the export first order.
September 16, 2026
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DIFC Just Got a Swanky Mayfair Indian Room
Gymkhana’s two-Michelin London brand opened at Gate Village on September 1. Karam Sethi says Dubai already knows Indian food well enough for a deeper menu.
September 16, 2026
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A Preacher Called Durga Puja Fish Dirty. Bengalis Are Pushing Back.
Bageshwar Dham’s Dhirendra Shastri called fish and meat around Durga Puja dirty. Bengalis are defending festival food practice, including Kalighat’s fish bhog.
September 11, 2026
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An 88-Year-Old Gujarati Farsan Brand Just Raised Its First Big Check
Vadodara’s Jagdish Farshan raised ₹43.5 crore led by Sharrp Ventures to take bhakarwadi and lilo chevdo beyond Gujarat, including through quick commerce.
September 9, 2026
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Chicken Tikka Masala Made Indian Food a Global Habit
Curry houses remade South Asian cooking for export audiences. Named regional kitchens are what those diners are learning next.
September 8, 2026
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London’s New City Indian Room Leads With a Goan Aunt’s Balchao and Mathania Chillies
Bulbul soft-opened at 25 Tudor Street ahead of a September 1 launch, with Rohan D’Souza and Twinkle Keswani putting named regional plates on a Blackfriars share-plate card.
August 28, 2026
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Cookd Sells Separate Kits for Ambur and Dindigul Biryani
The Chennai recipe-video brand puts seeraga samba kits on the shelf by town, then weekday Tamil masalas. U.S. shipping is currently paused on its own shop.
August 28, 2026
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A Hyderabadi Mandi Kitchen Just Took Over the Danforth’s Toughest Restaurant Address
Shaaz opened at 417 Danforth Avenue on August 1, its first room outside Scarborough, in a space where Dhoom lasted seven months.
August 24, 2026
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Why “Curry Leaf” Is a Terrible Name for One of South India’s Most Distinctive Ingredients
The leaf is a citrus-family seasoning that only becomes itself in hot oil. Curry powder cannot replace it, and supermarket recipes keep pretending otherwise.
August 20, 2026
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A Mongolian Food Cart Became an East Village Restaurant. Its Dumplings Are Buuz.
Mongolian Momo King moved from street service to a counter at 336 East 13th Street, bringing one branch of the buuz, momo, and mantu corridor indoors.
August 20, 2026
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Assamese Sour Fish and Kerala Toddy-Shop Plates: The New Rooms That Name a Region
A directory of the openings worth knowing, from a Sunnyvale kitchen built on alkaline khaar to a Manhattan toddy-shop counter, and what to order once you are in the room.
August 19, 2026
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Indian Regional Cuisines Explained
North, South, East, West, Northeast, and Central cooking differ by grain, fat, sourness, and heat. Here is a working atlas for diners and home cooks.
August 19, 2026
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Idli With Fire-Grilled Carrots Just Won Australia’s Best New Talent Award
Gourmet Traveller named Saavni Krishnan and Aditya Suresh of Melbourne’s Saadi its 2026 Best New Talent, after three years of pop-ups arguing Indian cooking could run on Victorian produce.
August 18, 2026
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What “North Indian” on a Restaurant Menu Is Hiding
One label covers Punjabi, Awadhi, Kashmiri, Rajasthani, and hill kitchens. Here are the menu words that tell you which one you are eating.
August 18, 2026
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One Tadka, Five Tempering Traditions Across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Fat, spice order, and whether tempering starts or finishes a dish change more than the shared name does.
August 17, 2026
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Sheil Shukla’s Kari Wants to Take ‘Curry’ Back From the Catchall Category
The Plant-Based India author’s second book publishes August 18 with 75 plant-based recipes that treat curry as technique, not an aisle label.
August 17, 2026
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Conagra Is Betting on Halal Butter Chicken for Canada’s Freezer Aisle
Marigold launches four Canadian-made frozen meals, including three chicken curries and a vegan chana masala, with sauces due in September.
August 17, 2026
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Oshawa’s New South Indian Breakfast Room Is Built Around Tiffin
Aaha Truly South’s third location brings pure vegetarian idli, dosa, pesarattu, and filter coffee to Simcoe Street North.
August 16, 2026
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India’s Sweets Giant Is Choosing Adelaide Before Sydney
Bikanervala’s planned Campbelltown restaurant remains listed as opening soon, with Sydney and Melbourne also on the Australian map.
August 16, 2026
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Aarthi Sampath’s Drāvida Is Building Indian Food Around Diaspora, Not Borders
Her East Village restaurant turns migration routes into labeled dishes, a two-floor service plan, and a menu that refuses one regional canon.
August 14, 2026
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India’s “Slow-Food Fast-Service” Brand Is Trying to Build a New Restaurant Category
1940 India by Azad opened a second Thiruvananthapuram room with a menu organized by diner identity. The test is whether that is a scalable category or clever branding over familiar QSR food.
August 13, 2026
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An Afghan-Texan Brisket Naan Is Headlining Europe’s Largest Barbecue Festival
Dublin’s Big Grill expects 25,000 visitors and 50-plus festival-only dishes. Cue Point’s brisket naan shows why South Asian flatbreads are becoming barbecue’s preferred carrier.
August 13, 2026
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Sujan Sarkar Opens a British-Indian Chophouse in Hudson Yards
Elder serves vindaloo pork chops, Tellicherry-pepper filet, duck seekh, beet Wellington, and paneer lasagne, then asks whether the chophouse format can carry Indian cooking into American luxury dining.
August 12, 2026
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Romy Gill Is Returning to Restaurant Kitchens After Six Years
Romy Gill at The Pem brings Punjab, Bengal, Kerala, and Rajasthan into Conrad London St. James this autumn, testing whether hotel dining can hold regional Indian cooking without flattening it.
August 12, 2026
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Diageo Is Fighting India Over What “Matured Rum” Actually Means
United Spirits challenged FSSAI’s stop-sale on McDowell’s Celebration Matured XXX Rum, turning a flavour fight into a question of what drinkers should trust on a bottle.
August 11, 2026
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India’s Liquor-Bottle Seizure Is Really a Packaging and Trust Story
FSSAI quarantined about 18,000 boxes of Diageo PET nips over missing food-grade recycled plastic marks. Diageo says approved recyclers and tests kept the drinks safe.
August 11, 2026
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Sunnyvale Finally Has a Dedicated Northeast Indian Restaurant
Chef Nandana Hazarika left a tech career to open KHAAR on Murphy Avenue, putting Assamese khaar, fermented bamboo, and Naga smoked chile on a Bay Area dinner menu.
August 10, 2026
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Mumbai’s Butter Dosa Chain Just Raised ₹35 Crore to Stay Narrow
Claypond Capital led Benne’s pre-Series A as the Bandra brand bets that Davangere-style benne dosa and a short menu can scale like burger QSR.
August 10, 2026
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Kashmiri Chili Is Up 26%. Its Appeal Goes Far Beyond Heat
U.S. Amazon trackers show Kashmiri chili powder sales climbing about a quarter from spring into fall 2025. The jar is winning for color and mild warmth, not cayenne burn.
August 7, 2026
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Le Mil’s Wants San Francisco to Take Indian Coffee as Seriously as Its Chai
A Polk Street café opening August 15 puts Chikmagalur estate beans, South Indian filter coffee, and cascara-kokum drinks on a city menu that usually leaves Indian coffee unnamed.
August 6, 2026
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After a Glasgow Restaurant Erased Northeast India From Its Map, Lovlina Borgohain Asked a Familiar Question: Where Are We?
At Mister Singh’s India, a Commonwealth Games dinner napkin cut off Assam and the broader Northeast. The Assamese Olympic medalist objected; the restaurant apologized. The food story is how diaspora “Indian” rooms still edit the country.
August 6, 2026
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The Indian Breakfast Map: 15 Morning Dishes That Deserve More Attention Than Dosa
From kande pohe and puttu to luchi, thepla, and pesarattu, a region-by-region guide to what mornings look like when dosa is not the only answer.
August 5, 2026
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Beyond Butter Chicken: Why South Asian Dining Got Hyper-Regional
Chettinad, Bengali, Goan, Kashmiri, Kerala, Sindhi, Gujarati, Assamese, and Himalayan kitchens are replacing the single “Indian” menu category, and why that shift is sticking.
August 4, 2026
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Vikas Khanna Just Put Chef Capital Behind a New York Chai Brand
Bungalow Hospitality Investments’ first check goes to Kolkata Chai Co.; Masala Chai lands on GupShup and Punjab Meet House menus.
August 3, 2026
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An Adelaide Chef Just Mapped Sri Lanka by Region on Camera
Savindri Perera’s five-part Heritance series A Week Worth Tasting walks Kandalama, Kandapola tea country, and the southern coast — geography before garnish.
August 3, 2026
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A Hotel Chain Is Building a Mithai Brand, Not Just a Lobby Sweet Counter
Meetha by Radisson turns hotel mithai into multi-store retail with fusion SKUs, designed boxes, and a 2026 Times Food Awards win in Mumbai.
August 3, 2026
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A Tamil Chettinad Kitchen Just Added a Third Austin Address in Leander
Sangam Chettinad expands from Parmer Lane and Round Rock to Ronald Reagan Boulevard: spice-forward Tamil Nadu cooking for Cedar Park / Leander.
August 2, 2026
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The Chef Behind Dubai’s Three-Star Trèsind Studio Just Opened in Mayfair
Himanshu Saini and Passion F&B bring Trèsind to Hanover Street: tasting-menu Mayfair, not a clone of the Palm Jumeirah Studio that made Michelin history.
August 1, 2026
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Chicago’s Michelin-Starred Indienne Just Opened a Hudson Yards Chapter
Sujan Sarkar’s nine-course tasting room lands at Henry Hall on West 38th, extending the River North star that made Indienne Chicago’s only Michelin Indian kitchen.
August 1, 2026
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Tokyo’s Biriyani Osawa Cooks Two Nights at Indian Accent Mumbai
Chef Takamasa Osawa’s Bib Gourmand Tokyo counter, built on Hyderabad and Sindh dum biryani, stages July 31 and August 1 at Jio World Centre with Conosh.
July 31, 2026
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After Adrak Yorkville, Ambica Jain Is Building Raani on Bay Street
The Michelin-recommended Adrak founder’s next room targets Toronto’s Financial District at 360 Bay Street, with a summer 2026 window still soft on the exact open date.
July 31, 2026
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A Kansas Grocery Family Just Opened the Fusion Room Next Door
Jaspal Singh and Manjit Kaur’s Urban Eats sits beside Taj Grocers in Overland Park, with tikka pizza leading a half-fusion, half-Punjabi menu.
July 29, 2026
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A Kerala Chef Just Made Flatiron One of Manhattan’s Hardest Tables
Vinu Raveendran’s Kidilum brings Malabar tea-shop cooking, an open kitchen, and a basement spice room to 21st Street with Hungry Trio.
July 28, 2026
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Pune Just Got a Darshini-Style Room That Skips the Sambar
Yash Agarwal and Sayee Karmarkar’s &Chutney in Balewadi serves dosas and idlis with chutney only, priced for everyday traffic.
July 28, 2026
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India’s Best Restaurant Is Closing So It Can Get Michelin-Ready
Aditi Dugar is renovating Mumbai’s Masque after five years as India’s top restaurant and the World’s 50 Best Art of Hospitality Award.
July 28, 2026
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Jersey City Finally Got the Punjabi Kitchen Its PATH Crowd Was Waiting For
Jimmy Rizvi’s GupShup and Bungalow team opens Punjab Meet House at Exchange Place, with Zahir Khan on a pre-partition Punjabi menu.
July 27, 2026
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A Flushing Restaurant Kid Just Brought Regional Street Food to Park Slope
Abhishek Sharma opens Badshah Social on Flatbush Avenue after months on the road in India, with Mangalorean branzino and lamb shank nihari on the share list.
July 27, 2026
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Scotland’s Only Bib Gourmand Indian Kitchen Just Took the City Centre
Sagar Massey opens Kalinga on West Regent Street after Angeethi’s Michelin Bib Gourmand run in Cardonald.
July 26, 2026
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Most People Only Know Mahua as Liquor. This Festival Puts It on the Plate.
Harshita Kakwani’s Forest & Fire wraps in Hyderabad with Central Indian forest cooking, while Wild Harvest shows how food-grade mahua leaves the buffet.
July 26, 2026
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Hyderabad Finally Has the Assamese Restaurant Expats Were Waiting For
Aakhol opens in Kokapet after a year of pre-order home cooking, with Guwahati-sourced bamboo shoots, kaji nemu, and a Guwahati family food lineage behind it.
July 25, 2026
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A Bib Gourmand Pakistani Kitchen Just Opened Blocks From the Beach
Khan Saab brings its Michelin-recognized Fullerton playbook to Santa Monica Boulevard, with a zero-proof bar and a Lahore-inspired mural.
July 25, 2026
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Mission Golden Spice Puts Lakadong Turmeric on a Global Brand Track
Meghalaya’s GI-tagged high-curcumin turmeric gets a ₹175.45 crore (about $21 million) value-chain push.
July 24, 2026
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Oudh 1722 Brings Awadhi Lucknow Cooking to London
Aktar Islam’s Borough opening puts a named regional cuisine on the London fine-dining map, with early awards attention.
July 23, 2026
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Diaspora Co. Raises an Angel Round for Equitable Spices
Sana Javeri Kadri’s Oakland spice brand took about $1.5M from individual angels in July 2025.
July 23, 2026
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Brooklyn Delhi Put Achaar on the American Condiment Shelf
Chitra Agrawal’s CPG bet: teach U.S. shoppers a South Asian staple, then grow sauces and pouches without the cheap-Indian-jar default.
July 23, 2026