Sangsu Indian restaurant chicken palak and tandoori half: Deli India

I love Indian curry, so I went back to Deli India, a place I'd visited before. I remembered it being delicious last time, so I went again!

I wanted something a bit different from the curry I usually eat, so I went with Indian food, and this time we decided to try several dishes together instead of just picking one.

What we ordered at Deli India

We ordered chicken palak, mutton korma, tandoori chicken half, three naan, and one lassi. With two curries plus tandoori chicken, the table got pretty full as each dish arrived.

The baby plate that makes Deli India easy with a toddler

At Deli India, they gave us a separate baby plate. A lot of places don't have one, so I was happy this one did!

The curries stay warm to eat from start to finish. We started with the chicken palak that came out first. Chicken palak is made with spinach, so its color is different from a typical curry right from the start.

What does Deli India's chicken palak taste like?

Chicken palak is made with spinach, so its deep green color made me curious what it would taste like — but it was easier to eat than I expected. There's chicken in the spinach curry, so tearing off a piece of naan, scooping up curry, and adding chicken went really well together.

I think curry tastes even better with naan! Tearing off a piece of naan, dipping it in curry, then topping it with chicken or lamb let us switch up the combination with every bite. Eating it this way, rather than just spooning up curry over and over, meant my firstborn ate it up like a baby bird.

Mutton korma mild enough for a 33-month-old

Mutton korma is a curry made with lamb. Since it's a lamb dish, I worried the smell might be strong at first, but the mutton korma we had that day had a mild enough aroma for anyone to enjoy.

In particular, our 33-month-old ate along with us and did really well with the mutton korma. When eating out with a kid, you naturally end up avoiding spicy food, so it was great being able to share this dish without ordering a separate kids' menu.

After serving some to the baby and eating alongside her, I kept reaching for the mutton korma myself. Dipping naan in the curry and topping it with a piece of lamb made for a great bite, and switching back and forth with the chicken palak meant the two curries never felt too similar.

Why we added the half tandoori chicken

We also ordered a tandoori chicken half. Tandoori chicken is Indian-style grilled marinated chicken, and picking up a piece here and there between bites of curry made the whole meal feel well-balanced instead of just curry after curry.

You could eat the marinated chicken on its own, or pair it with naan or curry — both worked fine. While the two curries were sauce-based dishes, the tandoori chicken could be picked up separately, so it felt like enjoying a different dish in between.

Were three naan enough for three of us?

At first I wondered if three naan would be enough, but with two curries on the table, they disappeared faster than expected. Dipping into the chicken palak, then switching to the mutton korma, meant we went through many combinations even within a single naan.

I especially liked tearing off pieces while it was still warm and piling on curry right away. Dipping into the mutton korma and adding a piece of lamb on top made for a pretty filling bite!

Lassi is a yogurt-based Indian drink, and it was nice to sip in between bites of curry and naan. It has a sweet taste, so it goes easily alongside the food.

Eating Indian food with a child in Sangsu

That day, we ordered two curries plus tandoori chicken, naan, and lassi, trying several dishes at once. Since we were visiting with a kid, I paid extra attention to what to order, and having our 33-month-old eat the mutton korma so well made the whole meal a lot more relaxed.

If you're in Sangsu looking for curry but want something different from what you usually eat, Deli India is worth trying. Rather than just ordering curry, adding naan or tandoori chicken means you can share several dishes at once, which made it easy to pick a menu even visiting as a family. This time we tried chicken palak and mutton korma, so next time I'd like to try another curry. We ordered with the goal of finding dishes both the kid and adults could eat together, and in the end we ate a good variety and left full!