Indian Accent

Name: Indian Accent
Address: 123 West 56th Street, New York, NY, 10019, US
Telephone: (212) 842-8070
Price range: $$$$

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123 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
(212) 842-8070
Last verified: September 2026
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Golden fried medu vada fritters over a saffron-yellow sauce with micro herbs at Indian Accent

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Sweet corn & garlic vadai, quinoa, kerala moilee
Elephant yam, gujarati curry, banana chips, carrot, snow peas
Paneer kofta, roasted pepper, charred coriander curry
Chicken tikka meatballs, smoked tomato makhni
Branzino, patrani butter, barberry pulao
Mangalorean pork belly, raisins, red rice, crackling
Ghee roast lamb, roomali roti pancakes
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Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Naan: A leavened, teardrop-shaped bread slapped onto the wall of the tandoor, blistered and brushed with butter or ghee. Garlic, butter and cheese naan are standard; keema naan is stuffed with spiced mince, peshwari with coconut and dried fruit. Kulcha is the flakier, often stuffed (potato, onion, paneer) Punjabi relative. On this menu as: Wild mushroom kulcha, truffle oil · Chana masala kulcha, roasted sesame butter · Butter chicken kulcha, sundried fenugreek.
Aloo, gobi, bhindi, baingan, matar: The vegetable vocabulary of a North Indian menu: aloo is potato, gobi cauliflower, bhindi okra, baingan eggplant (bharta is roasted and mashed), matar peas, jeera cumin. Malai kofta are dumplings of paneer and potato in a creamy gravy. "Aloo gobi" is potato and cauliflower; "matar paneer" peas and paneer, and so on. The name is the recipe. On this menu as: Yogurt kebab, aloo rasa, roasted beet · Smoked eggplant bharta cornet, goat cheese mousse · Soy keema kofta, punjabi kadhi, smoked papad.
Dal: Lentils, and the soupy stew made from them. Dal tadka is yellow lentils finished with a tempering (tadka) of spices sizzled in ghee; dal makhani is black lentils and kidney beans simmered overnight with butter and cream; sambar is the sour, tamarind-and-vegetable lentil stew of the south, served with dosa and idli. On this menu as: Tofu medu vadai, madras gunpowder, sambar cream · Black dairy dal with naan (butter, plain, garlic, or black garlic).
Goan & Malabar coastal curries: The west coast cooks with coconut, tamarind, kokum and fresh fish. Goan xacuti is a roasted-coconut-and-spice curry; cafreal is a green herb-and-chili marinade for chicken; Kerala's fish moilee is a gentle coconut-milk stew with turmeric and curry leaves, while the region's red fish curries use kokum or tamarind for sourness. On this menu as: Goan shrimp balchao, xo, cauliflower · Sweet corn & garlic vadai, quinoa, kerala moilee.
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shami: Seekh kebab is spiced minced lamb or chicken pressed around a skewer and grilled; boti is marinated cubed meat; reshmi ("silky") is chicken mince or breast in a cream marinade; shami is a pan-fried patty of minced meat and chana dal; galouti is Lucknow's melt-in-the-mouth version; chapli is the flat, coriander-seed-studded patty of Peshawar; bihari kebab is thin strips of marinated beef. On this menu as: Yogurt kebab, aloo rasa, roasted beet · Wagyu pathar kebab, bone marrow, fried garlic.
Roti, chapati & paratha: The unleavened whole-wheat family. Roti and chapati are thin and dry-griddled (tandoori roti is baked in the clay oven); paratha is layered with ghee and pan-fried, plain (lachha, spiralled) or stuffed with potato, cauliflower or paneer; rumali is the tissue-thin "handkerchief" bread. Puri and bhatura are fried and puff up hollow; bhatura is the large, leavened one served with chole. On this menu as: Phulka: chili pork or pulled jackfruit · Ghee roast lamb, roomali roti pancakes.

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 385 menus
Daltypically $11.99 across 356 menus
Naantypically $3.99 across 352 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 343 menus
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shamitypically $16 across 338 menus
Butter chicken (murgh makhani)typically $16 across 336 menus
Chana masala & choletypically $14.99 across 303 menus
Chaattypically $9 across 281 menus

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