I started Desi Bites in 2021 with nothing but a 10-gallon copper pot and my grandmother's handwritten recipe book. Minneapolis has an incredible food scene, but I deeply missed the specific, unapologetic spice of the streets of Hyderabad. Our first weekend, we sold 20 plates out of a friend's cafe after they closed for the night. I burnt my hand, lost fifty dollars, and had never been happier.

We don't use commercial curry pastes or artificial red food coloring here. If our chicken tikka masala isn't bright neon orange, it's because real tomatoes and spices don't look like that when simmered. We believe in honest cooking, fair wages for our kitchen crew, and feeding our neighbors like family.