Marites D.
Yelp
Rutba Indian Kitchen is located at Pacific Asian Plaza on Spring Mountain and Decatur. You'll find them on the second floor above Sushi Neko.
They recently had their one year anniversary on November 15, 2024.
Inside is clean and spacious with beautiful lighting, ample seating, and relaxing music.
Menu offers a nice selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian appetizers, rice specialties, traditional breads, entrees for chicken, lamb, goat, and vegetarian, as well as accompaniments such as house salad, masala papad which are deep fried lentil wafers, and mango chutney.
Pani Puri ($8) is tasty and very good! It's six delicate crispy shells served with a flavorful concoction of sautéed potatoes and sweet red onions, comes with mint dipping sauce that's delivered in a shot glass to drink afterwards. This street food is very popular in India and so enjoyable!
Dal Makhani ($16) is delicious! It has black lentils that's slow-cooked with ginger, garlic, and tomatoes in a blend of spices, served hot with soft and fluffy basmati rice, so good!
Mango Lassi ($5) is so yummy and refreshing! It's creamy churned yogurt with a lovely sweetness from mango extracts.
For dessert, they have gulab jamun which is milk-based dumplings soaked in aromatic sweet syrup, gajar halwa is grated carrots cooked with milk on low flame, and traditional kulfi ice cream for malai, mango, and pistachio.
I had Malai Kulfi ($6) which is very unique and special ice cream from India. It's made from milk powder boiled and has a lovely fragrance of rose petal. Kulfi is topped with chewy candy fruits and is delightful!
Also had Indian Chai ($5) served hot. It's aromatic spiced tea unsweetened and brewed with tea leaves and milk, and accompanied with a side of packet sugar to add sweetness.
Service from KD and Param is welcoming, attentive, efficient, and pleasant. They're very kind, hospitable, and friendly.