"Three blocks down from Dar Al-yemen, locals make their way over to Satguru Sweets for its samosa chaat, filled with fresh cabbage, carrots, bell peppers, onions; chole bhature, a pairing of chana masala and fluffy, fried leavened puri bread; and palak paneer with corn roti; and other home-style northern Indian vegetarian food. As its name suggests, hundreds of colorful, housemade sweets like barfi milk cake; round, crumbly peda cookies; and flaxseed pinni balls line the glass counters. There’s also a crunchy snack bar where guests can mix up fried lentils, chickpeas, masala roasted cashews, salted matthi wafers, and garlic sev sticks from fried gram chickpea flour. Satguru Sweets is the rare NYC spot with a traditional kulfi machine that holds dozens of long, skinny, nut-studded rockets of the milky ice cream." - Caroline Shin