Appetizers in Garden Grove

Punjabi meals start loud: something fried, something spiced, something you fight over while the curries are still on the stove. Our appetizer list runs from street style — Aloo Samosa Chat with its crushed samosas under chickpea curry and chutneys, Pani Poori built for one-bite theatrics — to the Indo-Chinese crossovers, chili chicken and chili paneer, that have become the most-ordered starters in the building. The tandoor side answers with Makhmali chicken wings slow-cooked in a velvety yogurt marinade, green-herbed Haryali drumsticks and Lahori lamb tikki, while paneer momos and Dahi De Kebab hold down the vegetarian corner. Everything is cooked to order rather than held under a lamp, and portioned to share.