Mirchi Indian Cuisine
Mirchi Indian Cuisine has an extensive menu with such offerings as appetizers, soups, South Indian specialties and tandoori entrees. The restaurant also offers plenty of options for vegetarians. Start off your meal with gobi Manchurian, which is battered and deep-fried cauliflower served with hot and sour sauce. Continue your dining experience with traditional chicken tikka masala, which includes marinated cubes of chicken grilled in a tandoor and cooked in a creamy sauce with tomato, onion, bell pepper and coriander leaves. Try the chilli gosht if you're feeling adventurous--this dish includes lamb sautéed with a hot sauce and green chillies. For dessert, try Mirchi's frozen mango mousse or rice kheer, which is rice cooked with milk and topped with nuts and raisins. Mirchi also serves beer, wine and whiskey. The restaurant offers a lunch buffet Monday-Friday.
Mirchi Indian Cuisine
43317 Grand River Ave.
Novi, MI 48375
(248) 380-6808
mirchicuisine.com
Priya Indian Cuisine
Priya Indian Cuisine is less than five miles from Novi. This restaurant offers a mix of cuisine from India's northern and southern regions. Priya's South Indian cuisine includes dishes made with such ingredients as vegetables, rice and lentils. Order idli sambar, which is lentil soup served with two steamed rice cakes, or try dosas, which are crepes stuffed with vegetable curry, onions and chillies, or coconut, tomato and cilantro chutney. Priya also serves traditional tandoori entrees and naan, or bread. Complement your meal with a glass of wine or mango lassi.
Priya Restaurant & Bar
36600 Grand River Ave.
Farmington Hills, MI 48335
(248) 615-7700
priyacuisine.com
Haandi Cuisine of India
For a daily buffet of traditional Indian food, look no further than Hanndi Cuisine of India. This restaurant, which is less than 10 miles from Novi, offers separate dine-in, take out and catering menus. Haandi also has a full-service bar, which serves cocktails, wine, liquor and Indian beer. Start off with a bowl of lentil or sweet corn soup. Continue your meal with one of the restaurant's briyani selections, a set of rice-based foods made with basmati rice and spices. Haandi offers this dish with chicken, lamb, shrimp or veggies. Haandi also offers such dishes as tandoori chicken and navratan korma, which includes mixed vegetables with a cashew cream and poppy seed sauce. Finish off your meal with such desserts as kheer or gulab jamun, which is sweetened milk balls. Haandi offers a lunch buffet seven days a week.
Haandi Cuisine of India
37116 Six Mile Road
Livonia, MI 48152
(734) 432-2088
haandimichigan.com
