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At Dhamaka, Chintan Pandya Shows Heâs Not Fooling Around
Building on Addaâs forceful home-style menu, the chef goes deeper into uncompromising Indian cooking.
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In the hands of many cooks, biryani is an intense exploration of the power of basmati rice to absorb multiple spices while letting each one come through clearly. At Dhamaka, the latest Indian restaurant from the chef Chintan Pandya, biryani is a polyphonic riot of flavor.
Black peppercorns and green chiles rip through the rice, through the darkly browned chunks of goat neck on the bone and, finally, through your central nervous system. But even as your eyes start to water, the heat is broken by a blast of fresh mint that arrives like a mojito on a humid summer afternoon.
UpdatedTue, May 4, 2021 at 5:02 pm ET
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A new restaurant is coming to 365 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope. (Google Maps.)
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN The restaurateurs behind some of the city s favorite Indian restaurants are moving closer to bringing their flagship eatery to Park Slope.
Roni Mazumdar and Chef Chintan Pandya, who run the group Unapologetic Foods, recently gained the support of Community Board 6 s Permits and Licenses Committee for their plan to move popular Lower East Side restaurant The Masalawala to Fifth Avenue.
The original Masalawala which Mazumdar first opened in 2011 as a gift to his father closed when its lease expired earlier this month. Owners decided the expiration was an opportunity to try something new, a spokesperson said.
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