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Nagpuri kothimbir vadi are crispy gram flour pastries stuffed with well-spiced fistfuls of tamarind-tanged cilantro at Nagpuri Saoji.
Nagpuri kothimbir vadi are crispy gram flour pastries stuffed with well-spiced fistfuls of tamarind-tanged cilantro at Nagpuri Saoji.Read moreCraig LaBan / Staff

Nagpuri Saoji

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Says Craig LaBan: For seekers of hauntingly complex sauces, there is one dish — the famously fiery Saoji curry simmered with goat — that is worth the drive to the Voorhees strip mall where Nagpuri Saoji serves up a rare taste of Central Indian cuisine. But the sensation that lingered most in my imagination after my first visit to the restaurant was actually a memory of touch: the tactile pleasure of holding the pebbled surface of a warm sabudana fritter encrusted with tapioca pearls, then cracking the fryer-crisped baubles open to reveal steamy white centers of mashed potatoes laced with ginger, cilantro, and chilies. With a creamy pink chutney enriched with peanuts on the side, it was one of the most comforting starters I’ve nibbled this year.

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1227 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd., Voorhees Township, NJ, 08043
8568050339
https://nagpurisaojiusa.com/
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