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An overhead brass thali on dark wood — bowls of daal, saag, curry and raita around baked bati and a folded roti, steam rising.

Edison, New Jersey · Since 2020

Cooked the way it is cooked at home.

Traditional family-style North Indian food by Rupali Nigam, who learned it in a joint family in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. Nothing is pre-made. The Daal Bati takes forty minutes because that is how long Daal Bati takes.

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Kitchen
Tue–Sun 11:30–21:00
Table
BYOB · Pre-order
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Cooking classes

Chapter one

My story begins in Shahdol.

I was born and raised in a joint family in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. I learned cooking for my family and friends at an early age. Food was always cooked and served with reverence — each dish chosen for the season and for the temperament of the family. A meal was supposed to fill you up, nourish you, and create peace between your mood, your body and the day you were having.

Now, with two teenagers of my own, I cook that same food here in Edison — and teach it, to anyone who wants to learn.

Rupali Nigam

“When the family waits for food, the Gods wait with them. One who cooks and serves with love, satisfies them both.” Old Indian saying
The dining room in warm afternoon light — wooden tables and chairs, terracotta walls, brass vessels on a shelf.
The room on Amboy Avenue

Chapter two

The dishes nobody else here lists.

Edison has no shortage of North Indian restaurants. It has very few that will cook you Mangodi, Aloo Wadi, or a proper Gatte Ki Subzi.

Four tall glasses on wood — golden mango lassi, sweet lassi with nuts, salted lassi, and pale jal zeera with mint.

To drink

Lassi, and a cure for the heat.

  • Mango LassiYogurt, ice and mango$6
  • Lassi SweetWith nuts$6
  • Lassi SaltyRoasted cumin and salts$6
  • Jal ZeeraCumin and mint — the Indian summer cooler$5
  • Indian Brewed TeaBrewed with milk, the traditional way$6
  • Indian CoffeeHand blended, brewed with milk$6

Chapter four

Learn to cook it yourself.

Ruby teaches the same traditional North Indian home cooking she grew up with — the technique, the sequence, and the reasons behind both. It is the part of the business the current site hides, and the part people remember.

Cooking classes

Before you come

How to eat here.

  1. i

    Reserve, and pre-order

    Everything is made to order. Calling ahead with your order is the difference between eating at 7:00 and eating at 7:40.

  2. ii

    Bring your own bottle

    BYOB, with a $40 minimum food order per person in the group.

  3. iii

    Say how you like it

    Spice level is yours to choose. Tell the server about allergies, and about salt and oil too.

  4. iv

    Give it a minute

    The kitchen is small and the staff is few. Food is cooked fresh, and that takes the time it takes.

A 15% gratuity is added automatically for indoor and outdoor dining. NJ sales tax applies. Prices may change without notice.

Find us

1020 Amboy Avenue.

Hours

Opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday11:30 — 21:00
Wednesday11:30 — 21:00
Thursday11:30 — 21:00
Friday11:30 — 21:00
Saturday11:30 — 21:00
Sunday11:30 — 21:00

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