After Keene's India Pavilion and Brattleboro's India Palace both closed, the mister and I were despondent over the lack of Indian food in the area. We knew we were soulmates when Indian was both our favorites, and our first date way back in the stone age was at a wonderful Indian restaurant back in California (also sadly closed--tough times for restaurants in general, but especially for niche ones). Then, out of the blue, we found out another Indian restaurant just opened in Keene...and a Yelper mentioned that Indo-American Grocery in Brattleboro, who also owned the defunct India Palace, still did take out!
You can bet your bottom bippy that we got takeout the very day, a Wednesday. They don't have the full menu that India Palace did, but it's not bad, and it's only available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Which is a heck of a lot more than we *were* getting, so we're ecstatic.
We tried the vegi pakoras, which are spinach and onion fritters. Heavy like hushpuppies, but very tasty, especially with the chutney they added to the takeout bag. Samosas were big and very greasy, needed salt to perk them up. The saag paneer was the best I've had outside of California. Long-cooked, well-spiced (but not too spicy, for the heat-phobic) but again, needed a dash of salt. Channa masala was very, very, very good. Possibly the best I've had, period. The kids loved it with the basmati rice, the mister loved it with the diced onion chutney (and he is NOT a channa fan, in general).
We can't wait to go back. They don't make their own bread, but it's an Indian grocery; there's all sorts of frozen and shelf-stable choices if the rice isn't your starch of choice. Parking is a little tricky on that side of Elliot but I had no trouble finding parking just around the corner. read more