Indian Street Food in the DC area

Mysore Masala Dosa

Bindaas
3309 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008

In 2000s, Indian street food would have been quite a rare sight in the DC area. This scarcity of Indian fast food options appears to be coming to an end, as we recently discovered two places that specialize in Indian street cuisine.

The first, Bindaas, is a fairly new Indian restaurant located in the District. We tried their brunch menu on a Sunday - bhel puri, pao masala omelette, and chicken kathi roll with chai. The menu also featured some South Indian comfort dishes such as uttapam. The food was authentic and generally well-executed. Recommended.

Street Kitchen, 
7943B Tysons Corner Center, Tysons, VA 22102

The other restaurant was located in the Tysons mall next to the newly opened American Tandoor, Street Kitchen serves dosas and kathi rolls. The rolls were edible although an indian palate may not think of them as authentic. We also tried their mysore masala and chicken dosa and were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. A new addition to their menu is Masala chai (Indian spiced tea), which is great. 

Tuna cutlets

Ingredients
1/2 diced large red onion
1 diced tomato
2 cans of albacore white tuna
4 small red potatoes
1/2 of cauliflower head (Other veggies you may add: carrots, brocolli)
1/2 cup tomato puree
1 tablespoon ginger, garlic, green chilies paste (4 pods of garlic/1 large piece of ginger, 3 chilies)
2 teaspoons chili, turmeric, coriander, cumin powders
3 teaspoons garam masala
1/2 lime
coriander leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Step 1: Saute the onion, tomatoes and ground garlic/ginger paste in oil. Add tomato puree and let it cook.

Step 2: Add the tuna along with the spices and let it cook.

Step 3: Pressure cook the veggies separately and mash them.

Step 4: Add them to the tuna mixture. Sprinkle some lime, add garam masala and coriander to suit your taste. Add salt/pepper.

Step 5: Make small balls and shallow fry them. Serve hot.