Silver Spring Restaurant Makes 'Best DC Area Dishes' List

SILVER SPRING, MD —A Silver Spring restaurant made The Washington Post's "40 Most Essential DC Restaurant Dishes of 2017."

Jewel of India made the list for their prawn vindaloo dish, a popular dish throughout India. The dish costs $20 and features a creamy sauce, potatoes and prawn.

"We’d argue that it’s more sharp than spicy. That’s most likely due to the addition of white vinegar, which speaks volumes over the chile notes. The creamy sauce, flavored with garlic, ginger, cumin and coriander, glides over slightly soft potato hunks and plump rounds of prawn, their natural sweetness complementing the touch of sugar that goes into this ruddy red curry," The Post says of the dish.

The Post determined the top dishes by polling readers, industry insiders and its own staff. It received over 400 submissions and narrowed it down through a taste test. Staff explain, "We curated a selection that could cater to meat-eaters and vegetarians, sweets lovers and fried-food fans, suburban dwellers and urbanites without cars."

Jewel of India is known for their delicious Northern Indian cuisine, plus Indo-Chinese and veggie offerings. Their service is strong and the restaurant is family friendly. Other notable dishes include the masala calamari, goat curry and chicken tikka masala.

Check out Jewel of India located inside the Hillandale Shopping Center at 10151 New Hampshire Ave. Lunch is served daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner is served from 5-10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 5-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

See the full list of the DC area's best dishes here.

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