Kailash Parbat, an Indian vegetarian restaurant named after the sacred Himalayan mountain, recently announced that the eatery is completely kosher and now offers a full liquor license. They invited me there to sample their fresh made offerings, staying true to recipes used and refined over the course of the restaurant’s 65-year history.

We tried the Sharabi Lassi ($10) from their new house cocktail menu, made with mango lassi, vodka and a touch of rose syrup. If you enjoy  yogurt drinks, try this.

With that we sampled three items from the chaat bar, an Indian delicacy coming from Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The platter ($14.99) comes with four selections, but I knew that we’d be sampling more food than we could possible eat, so I requested only three: the bhel puri with spiced water, sweet tamarind sauce; the crispy corn basket topped with corn chaat, puffed rice, tomato, onion tamarind sauce; and the Dahi wada another basket topped with chat mixture. Spicy is the way to sample these to get the true Indian flavor.

Do try Gobi Manchurian dry ($12.50), an Indo-Chinese version of cauliflower fritters in an Asian sauce; Achari Gobi, Indian-style tandoori pickled cauliflower ($12.50); and Aloo Tuk ($11.99) crispy potato slices, well-seasoned with various spice blends, cooked until crisp.

We sampled two street-food curries, each served with Indian breads. I preferred the flavor and texture of Chole Bhatura ($14.50), curried chickpeas with a puffed fried Indian bread to the Pav Bhaji ($12.99) the more soupy-like tomato-based smashed vegetable curry served with a soft bread. I also suggest the Pakodas ($8.99), tempura-like fried snacks.

We were stuffed, but the management wanted us to also sample entrees. I was too full to appreciate a bowl of either paneer cheese-based vegetable entree served with bread. Diwani Handi ($14.99) is cooked in spinach sauce flavored with mint; the Kofta-e-Dilbar in a rich tomato-onion sauce ($15.50).  Instead of either, I would suggest the more flavorful basmati rice with lots of vegetables.

For dessert, I preferred the Gulab Jamun ($5.99), warm fried dumplings in sugary syrup over the Kulfi Falooda ($7.99), an Indian ice-cream dessert with noodles.

I suggest giving Kailash Parbat a try.

– bonnie

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Kailash Parbat
Murray Hill
99 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-4238
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