Indika House

North Brooklyn is short on Indian restaurants you should travel for, but you’ll probably find at least one in your neighborhood to fulfill your cravings for chicken tikka masala and a samosa. Indika House is that spot for Bushwick. This place has a funky Bushwick name and a long menu that’ll inspire you to switch up your order each time you eat here. 

The Indo-Chinese section of the menu makes Indika House worth a name drop, with options like gobi manchurian and chicken lollipops that have fried breading, sticky-sweet sauce, and plenty of tartness and tang. Order both of these dishes along with the hakka noodles and sweet corn soup. The kati rolls are perfect for a portable breakfast when you’re sick of BECs, and we appreciate the generous sprinkling of sev on top of a papdi chaat already piled with potatoes, chickpeas, yogurt and chutneys. (You should probably sit down for that one, or at least have a Tide Stick nearby.) 

This restaurant is currently take-out only, and they have a great special that involves an appetizer, bread, and your choice from a list of entrees that includes saag paneer and, yes, chicken tikka masala.