Tag: Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine

• Justin Fox Burks

Americans aren’t the only folks known for fusing foods from different cultures. Some Indian restaurants, including Woodlands Indian Cuisine on Hacks Cross, offer an Indo-Chinese menu melding — you guessed it — Indian and Chinese. Woodlands’ Gobi Manchurian combines cauliflower (arguably the star vegetable in Indian cooking) and a spicy-sweet soy-based sauce (the Chinese part) for delectable cauliflower fritters. Florets of cauliflower are virtually unrecognizable when deep-fried and covered in a bright-red sauce. In fact, when I first tried the Gobi Manchurian on Woodlands’ Saturday buffet, I was certain someone had slipped a meatball onto my plate. The savory fritters may be ordered wet (with extra sauce) or dry (no sauce).

This week’s “Recommended Dish” by Bianca Phillips called for some last-minute editing.

In singing the praises of Woodlands’ Gobi Manchurian, a cauliflower fritter, she wrote, “I was certain someone had slipped a meatball on my plate. Thankfully, Woodlands is meat-free, so I knew that wasn’t possible.”

That last line was excised because Woodlands started serving meat on February 12th.