Masala Zone Soho

The flagship of a small group of casual restaurants, Masala Zone provides homespun regional meals for office wallahs and aficionados of Indian food. 

Pan-Indian thalis are good value and usually contain a small bowl of dahl, a meaty or vegetarian curry, vegetable sides, relishes, and chapattis or rice. Expect, too, dishes such as kadhai prawns with fresh green masala, an unusual Punjabi gourmet family recipe stir-fried in a thick, round Indian pot (the kadhai); and Gujarati undiyo and lentil khichidi – a sweet-sour mix of nine exotic vegetables, including purple yam, sweet potatoes and raw bananas, folded together with lentils, baby aubergine and wilted greens.