Best Asian Indian Biryani in Cleveland Area

Hope for Asian Indian Biryani Lovers of Cleveland

I got an opportunity to stop by for the first time, at this newest Asian Indian restaurant in the Cleveland area with some coworkers.  Priya Indian Cuisine is located in a partially vacant strip mall at the intersection of Snow Road and Chevrolet Boulevard in Parma.  This Asian Indian restaurant is huge in size and the decor of the restaurant indicates that it was probably a Chinese restaurant before.

Priya Indian Cuisine in Parma Ohio

Priya Indian Cuisine of Cleveland had the typical food items that are available in any Asian Indian restaurant buffet except for the mutton biryani.  Hyderabad, India is famous for its biryani, I think.  I suspect that the cook of this Asian Indian restaurant has a connection to Hyderabad because this Asian Indian restaurant served the kind of biryani that not only looks and tastes like a biryani, it actually is delicious.  I would visit this restaurant again just for their biryani.  The biryani is kind of low in meat, which is good or bad depending on the view, but for about $10.00 Asian Indians shouldn't expect more than what Priya Indian Cuisine offers.

According to the Plain Dealer, Priya in Parma is owned by Cleveland Asian Indian Jalabi Sridhar.  He and his business partner, Prabhakar Bamineni, own two additional Priya locations in Lowell, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut.  Dhanabal Veerannan started under Prabhakar Bamineni in the Hartford location three years ago and now manages the Parma restaurant. Polite and accommodating, he will happily answer questions and clarify menu descriptions.

Asian Indian restaurant food is fat, salty and colorful

Chicken Tikka Masala and Pilau Rice Studied in Local Government Group Study

Takeaway meals are extremely popular, with many people eating once or twice a week from an increasing variety of catering outlets. Two of the longest established and most popular takeaways offer food from India and China and it was therefore little surprise that Local Authorities chose to concentrate their reducing
resources onto the local priorities.

In this survey a total of 409 samples of Chicken tikka masala and pilau rice and sweet and sour chicken and fried rice were selected for a detailed survey. The survey included a range of optional standardised parameters which Councils could choose from, before the tests were carried out by their own Public
Analyst.

Local Government Regulation has collated the results to identify patterns and provide a national picture. A national survey that is tightly focused on a narrow range of products makes it possible to observe trends that cannot be identified at a local level.

The health problems of a population that is becoming increasingly obese has been widely discussed and it is therefore of concern to report that just one portion of these meals provided, on average, 70% of the daily recommended energy intake for an adult woman and 56% for a man. It should be remembered that the meals selected may have been just a portion of one meal in the day.

In addition the chicken tikka masala and pilau rice provided almost 120% of the recommended Guideline Daily amount for saturated fat; this was surprising as the majority of the supplied claimed to be using lower saturated vegetable oil in their recipes. However perhaps of more concern was the high level of salt in both meals;the indian meal providing justunder the 6g daily recommended maximum and the chinese meal nearly 120% of the maximum.

Some artifical colours are permitted by law, at certain levels, in sauces and marinades used in cooking the two dishes involved in this study. Certain colours investigated in this study have been implicated in affecting the behavior of children and the Food Standards Agency have asked for a voluntary ban on six of them quantified in the survey.

It is therefore disturbing to report that five out of twenty five of the chicken tikka masala dishes were found to contain in excess of the statutory maximum; the problem was still present but less severe in the chinese meals. It is recommended that food authorities make this issue a priority and with the assistance of the Local Government Group and the Food Standards Agency arrange a more comprehensive survey into the artifical colours found in tikka masala sauce.

Testing of food using modern biochemical meals has become viable for most Public Analysts laboratories; both products in this survey were chicken dishes and therefore the presence of other species could be assessed by DNA profiling. On two occasions turkey DNA was detected indicating that species substitution is not a significant problem in these meals.

Allergens are still a continuing problem, particular with those who suffer from the extreme versions and the life threatening anaphylaxis; in this survey several authorities chose to specifically request that meals should be nut free, peanut free and allergen free at the time they are delivered to the consumer ; these samples were tested for the presence of the allergens and in 20% of the indian meals the allergens were detected. It is of concern to report that even specifically asking for an allergen free meal provides little protection for
the allergen sufferer in so many cases.

Cleveland Desi Restaurant: India Garden, Lakewood

India Garden Bar and Restaurant in located at 18405 Detroit Road in Lakewood on the western side of Cleveland, Ohio.

The food lacks the desi spiciness or flavor. The restaurant location area is charming. The casual setting is nice and family friendly.

Their business card has the name Ramesh Sharma.

I would not recommend it to a friend, I might to an annoying colleague.

At this price point, less than 10 bucks a meal, it would be rare to find Indian restaurant food that tastes much better than mediocre.

Cleveland Desi Restaurant: Udipi Cafe, Parma Heights

Read a post on or about June 22, 2007 at ClevelandDesi.com website regarding wage conditions at the restaurant and thought about looking into it. The poster observed that the management of this restaurant does not share tips with the waiters or waitresses.

An image from a public source is posted above.

The last time I was at Udipi Cafe on 6339 Olde York Road in Parma Heights, the mint chutney tasted so corrosive. And fried idli!!, and fried in what kind of oil?