Take a Curry Crawl with an Indian Food Writer February 2, 2012

- Learn the fundamentals of Indian spices from Indian food blogger, Nithya Das
- Sample North and South Indian food at restaurants in Curry Hill
- Tour an Indian Spice Market and stock up for your own kitchen

Spend an evening discovering the most flavorful food in New York City with help from the expertise of Nithya Das, writer of Hungry Desi — a blog dedicated to traditional Indian cooking in an modern kitchen. She’ll take you on comprehensive culinary journey through Manhattan’s Curry Hill, a neighborhood saturated with dozens of Indian restaurants and stores.

You’ll sample an array of both North and South Indian cooking as you amble along the rows of restaurants nestled in Curry Hill. Get a taste of everything from “dosa” (savoury rice crepes with a potato masala filling) and “chat” (Indian street food) to more sophisticated North Indian curries. At an authentic Indian spice market, . At an authentic Indian spice market, Nithya will give you an introduction to essential Indian spices from cardamon to garam masala to chilies and share some recipes from from her last sold-out SideTour.