Desi Chowrastha

Name: Desi Chowrastha
Address: 6301 W 135th Street, Suite A, Overland Park, KS, US
Price range: $$

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Sun–Thu 10am–10pm; Fri–Sat 10am–12am

6301 W 135th Street, Suite A, Overland Park, KS
Last verified: October 2026
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Biryani: Long-grain basmati layered with marinated meat, fried onions, saffron and whole spices and cooked "dum", sealed under a lid so the rice steams in the meat's juices. Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolkata (with a potato and egg), Malabar and Sindh each have their own. Served with raita and often a thin gravy (salan). Pulao is the simpler, single-pot cousin. On this menu as: Biryani.
Samosa: A triangular pastry filled with spiced potato and peas (or minced meat), deep-fried until blistered and crisp, served with tamarind and mint chutneys. Samosa chaat smashes one under chickpeas, yogurt, chutneys and sev. On this menu as: Samosa.
Pakora & bhaji: Fritters of vegetables, paneer or chicken dipped in a chickpea-flour (besan) batter and deep-fried. Onion bhaji is the British-menu name for onion pakora. Mixed vegetable pakora is the rainy-day snack of the subcontinent, eaten with chai. On this menu as: Vegetable Pakora.
Chaat: The tangy, crunchy, sweet-sour-spicy family of Indian street snacks: crisp bases (papdi wafers, puffed rice for bhel, potato patties for aloo tikki chaat) piled with chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind and mint chutneys, chaat masala, onion and sev (crunchy chickpea-flour threads). Meant to be eaten immediately, before it goes soft. On this menu as: Chaat.
Kathi roll & frankie: A paratha (often egg-washed on the griddle) rolled around kebab, tikka or paneer with onion, chutney and lime. Kolkata's kathi roll and Mumbai's frankie are the same idea. The Indian wrap. On this menu as: Frankies.
Lassi: A yogurt drink, blended thick and sweet (mango lassi is the restaurant favorite) or thinned and salted with roasted cumin (salted lassi, or the lighter chaas / buttermilk). It is the traditional foil to a spicy meal. On this menu as: Lassi.

How these dishes compare

Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Samosatypically $6.99 across 337 menus
Pakora & bhajitypically $8 across 281 menus
Chaattypically $9 across 270 menus
Lassitypically $5 across 216 menus
Kathi roll & frankietypically $12.48 across 32 menus

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