Ordered carry out for the very first time. I was extremely disappointed in the quality and flavor of the food. We ordered butter chicken and paneer tikka masala with naan bread and that experience did not go well. Butter chicken had no butter flavor and was cooked in some strange looking light yellow sauce with a very bold coconut flavor. It was not even close the butter chicken sauce. Chicken was not marinated and it almost felt I was eating boiled chicken in some creamy sauce. Paneer tikka masala has the exact same negative feel to it. Paneer was hard and was cooked in the exact same sauce like butter chicken and tasted horrible. (Take a look at the pictures I posted). I kind of felt sick eating their food. Finally their naan bread was not fresh. Naan bread was the kind you can buy frozen from the store and microwave them. Triangle shaped naan bread cut in to half. Overall I will not recommend them. You will pay the same price as good India restaurants and the food here taste outright horrible. read more

Curry Leaves - Paneer Tikka Masala - International Grocery Near Me - Downers Grove, Illinois

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What most Americans think of as Indian food is really Punjabi regional cuisine, food heavy on cream and butter. That's what almost all Indian restaurants here serve. Indian food is so much more! Kerala cuisine, from the south eastern coast of India, is tropical cuisine with Portuguese and Arab influence, due to historic ties. Lots of coconut, fish, beef and pork. That's correct! 90% of Indians in India eat meat and a significant portion of them eat beef and pork. Go to Curry Leaves on a Saturday around lunch time and pick up freshly made, piping hot, authentic Kerala cuisine. Say hello to Rashmi and ask for her help in picking the right food for you to try. You won't be disappointed! read more

Malabar fish curry and mango curry winners!! Please keep up on the quality - waiting to try the crab masala!

As an elite yelp I tend not to leave one stair reviews if it possible, this place from the outside looks immaculate. It is very clean inside very nice to people are very friendly and they seem to have a really good selection. This review is for the prepared food only. My son and I went there Sunday afternoon last week. He had a taste for Indian and a number of the places were closed that Sunday so on our way home we spotted curry leaves in a Strip mall. They have a number of dishes such as butter chicken chicken biryani chicken 65 that sort of thing already prepared and to go containers on a table, I thought it was kind of weird that food was not hot but I was told it was just freshly prepared. This I doubt very seriously. Now my son gets Indian probably about once a week from different places, he loves Indian food. So imagine our surprise when we got this food we're going to Coachella home and a couple of hours later he felt I'll, four days later and still not going to school we got to the doctor's office he is now on antibiotics to kill a bacterial infection and is:. Since we had identical food the two days previous the only thing different was he had Indian food and I had Popeyes chicken clearly means the Indian food got him sick. Another thing that struck me funny that I remember is when I purchased the food to go they charge me five dollars extra to go fee, this seemed rather pricey and unfair. I highly recommend avoiding the food here as my son is still sick from it, if you want to go ahead and I take my advice that's up to you but I would avoid this place like the plague. read more

I just want to leave this review for those people that might not realize it's catered food. They make large batches of food that are convenient to take and go for people that are familiar with REAL Indian food. That is why it is already prepared, so people can grab it and warm it up at home and eat it. I'm pretty sure you can make it to your liking if you call and ask if "biriyani can me made for next week without nuts". If you're looking for more restaurant type of a situation, then there are many Indian restaurants around the area. Everything is clean and tidy! I would suggest going on the weekends for the freshest food. read more

Great place , Awesome customer service and extremely tasty food . Their Sambar , Puliserry and thorans are very authentic and made to perfection. read more

Small Indian grocery shop having Kerala items. Snacks, plus they carry pre made refrigerated dosa batter. Everyday they put out cooked meals to take and eat such as beef fry with coconut, shrimp fry, biryani, meat cutlets, etc. dishes have authentic Kerala taste. Very clean. Call to see what time they are putting cooked food out and what dishes they have that day. read more

Very nice and friendly grocery store with a huge spread of ready to go takeaway food. The owners are very friendly and treat you like one. That's reason good enough to go there. The food here is kerala cuisine. So it might be a hit or miss with non keralites. I love the snacks, Parotta, beef fry, alfam rice are my favorites. The biryani is not to my liking. read more

Consistently good Kerala food for pick up. Had traditional food (sadya) catered from here, and it was really good. Try their pothichoru, fried fish, fish curry and snacks. They have a decent collection of Indian groceries and frozen foods too. You can always call ahead and see if what you want is available, before driving to pick it up. read more

I ordered take-out food for the first time from Curry Leaves - this was through Yelp/GrubHub. The online menu showed several items being available, but 1 hour after placing the order, I kept getting text messages that one item or another was not available and it was being substituted for another. I called Curry Leaves and was rudely told that they did not have any order but to come in and see what was available. I drove to the place and all of the food items were placed on a long table alongside a wall - they were at room temperature and uncovered. The meat, chicken, fish etc. had been placed in plastic containers without any lids and people were walking alongside the table picking things at random - I saw a couple of people pick and put things back - very dirty and unhygenic and unhealthy given that we have just come back from covid. I decided to cancel my order and was rudely told by the owner that he had already cancelled my order as 3 of the items were not available. I would not recommend this restaurant for their lack of courtesy, not having the right items on the online menu, having a dirty and negligent way of storing the food. You can eat this food at your own risk - don't say you weren't warned. read more