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You only live once.<br />
Shahi Palace: A Royal Experience<br />
By Kolby DeWitt<br />
If you’re looking to be treated as royalty for an<br />
evening out or for a filling lunch, Shahi Palace<br />
might just be the place.<br />
Shahi Palace has humble beginnings as a small<br />
restaurant in Sioux Falls, SD in 2011. Since early on<br />
they had regulars coming up from Sioux City, so they<br />
decided to expand to meet the demand. “I love serving<br />
the customers, and I love Sioux City. They are great<br />
people: We know them, and they know us,” says Sukh,<br />
who has served as General Manager for the past 4 1⁄2<br />
years. The Sioux City location opened in 2014, and is<br />
located in a strip mall next to Monterrey near Walmart<br />
in Singing Hills. Furthermore, they have also recently<br />
opened a location in Old Market in Omaha, in an effort<br />
to comprehensively serve the entire region.<br />
Sukh takes great pride in the authentic Indian food<br />
served at Shahi Palace. First, I was served the Tikka<br />
Masala, which boasted thick chunks of white chicken<br />
breast. Sauteed in spices and sauce (tomato base),<br />
it is roasted in a clay oven called a “tandoor.” “This is<br />
our best seller,” says Sukh, rightfully proud of his dish.<br />
This sauce was pleasant and light, a good contrast and<br />
complement for the dishes that were to come.<br />
Next up was the Lamb Krahi, which consisted of fresh<br />
onion, tomato and bell pepper, all added into your meat<br />
of choice in this instance, lamb. This peppery dish was<br />
also cooked in curry and ginger. I should add that the<br />
portion size was enough to take home for a second meal<br />
that was also comfortably filling!<br />
The third and final entrée was the Madras. “This is a South<br />
Indian dish,” says Sukh. This piquant dish has boneless<br />
meat, cooked into spicy coconut curry with red chili<br />
peppers, which of course assured it to be my favorite<br />
dish. They add in mustard seeds and herbs to finish the<br />
preparation. The menu lists this a “super-hot dish.”<br />
For those unfamiliar with Indian food, as I was before<br />
this experience, don’t agonize over choosing one dish,<br />
“Most customers will come in with friends, and mix and<br />
match the meats,” says Sukh. “It makes for great familystyle<br />
dining.” As Becca and I were talking with Sukh and<br />
photographing the cuisines, another first-time customer<br />
had come in with her friends and had done exactly that: “I<br />
loved the Tikka Masala!” she exclaimed.<br />
This delicious feast was adorned with Basmati (white)<br />
rice and Garlic Naan, which is unleavened bread, freshly
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