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According to
its menu, New Mother India was the first Indian
restaurant in New England to install a tandoor oven, the
first to open on Moody Street and the first to serve
seven flavors of ice cream. We can’t verify those
claims, but of all the Indian restaurants that line Moody Street,
New Mother India seems
consistently best and most distinctive.
On the table are more than the usual condiments: mango
pickle, tamarind sauce, mango chutney, mint sauce and
onion relish, each fresh-tasting and plentiful.
We started with the Mother India platter ($5.75), an
assortment of fried
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appetizers
nicely presented under a lacy pappadam roof suspended by
toothpicks. The crisp, flavorful selection included samosas, aloo tikki (vegetable patties), pakoras
(fritters) and more.
Indian breads
could make a meal in themselves, and New Mother India is no slouch in this
department.
We had the puffy, delicate poori and Mother India nan
($2.95), a flat bread baked in the tandoor oven, stuffed
with minced chicken and spices. The child in our party was
delighted with this "pizza bread."
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Chicken
masala ($9.25) is a favorite dish that doesn’t
appear on every Indian menu, so we get it whenever it
does. The
tandoori-cooked chicken in its creamy, spicy tomato sauce
is eminently satisfying here.
The lamb
curry ($10.25) had a strong, almost muttony taste, which
played well against the mild yet complex spicing of the
dish.
Be forewarned that if your
children absolutely refuse to try Indian food, there
aren’t any other options here. But the range of
dishes is very wide and there should be something to
please even picky eaters - they can always eat pizza
bread, if nothing else.
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