Dfw Indian Or Middle Eastern Gluten Free

[tixm]

hello, i was just wondering if anyone knows of safe indian or middle eastern restaurants in the dallas fort worth metroplex, or if not then any other restaurants in the area that cater to celiacs - hopefully some place like papaya garden in euless that has a gluten-free menu.

thanks,

tim (new member)

[zkat]

Hello Tim and Welcome! What part of D/FW are do you live? There are actually several options for us here. Other than the usual chains that you read about-Pei Wei, PF Chang's, Outback, etc.

Delicious n Fit- Bakery, resturant and small store. The entire place is Gluten Free and everything she bakes can be modified to CF, Soy Free, low carb-you name she will do it. It is owned and operated by a local lady-Laura. A friend of mine bought her son's gluten-free cupcakes for his birthday to take to school. The kids loved them and didn't know the difference.

Chuy's-Downtown Dallas. The staff is very knowledgeable and I love to eat here. If you tell the server you need gluten free, they usually double check your order.

Kozy Kitchen is another local owned resturant, but I have never been there. Thinking I need to try it soon, as I am getting bored with food again

The list below is my bible. I keep it all the time and it helps. It also gets updated from time to time, so check back.

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I don't eat a lot of Indian food, so I don't know of many resturants. I hope the rest of this helps.

Kat.

[tixm]

hi kat,

thanks for the warm welcome

i live in arlington and i have tried pei wei, changs, outback, etc. with mixed results. unfortunately i haven't made it out to delicious'n'fit yet. what do you recommend from there? i haven't had chicken fried steak in years so i'll probably get that for there and order another meal to go

kozy kitchen sounds promising, too. i just wish these places were a little closer. does chuy's have a gluten-free menu online? and even more important, are the margaritas gluten free?

thanks for your help, kat.

take care

[Centa]

hi kat,

thanks for the warm welcome

i live in arlington and i have tried pei wei, changs, outback, etc. with mixed results. unfortunately i haven't made it out to delicious'n'fit yet. what do you recommend from there? i haven't had chicken fried steak in years so i'll probably get that for there and order another meal to go

kozy kitchen sounds promising, too. i just wish these places were a little closer. does chuy's have a gluten-free menu online? and even more important, are the margaritas gluten free?

thanks for your help, kat.

take care

Hello, tixm,

I'm not in your area, so unfortunately can't suggest Middle Eastern or Indian places. But I do cook in those cuisines often at home, doing the traditional recipes. Those are two very good cuisines for celiacs, overall. Neither does those wheat thickened sauces in many dishes. I've had very good luck eating in both kinds of restaurants...just skip the naan and pita, the flat breads usually does the trick. And the dishes using bulgur, like tabouli.

Heads up on falafel. It was one of my non-meat standards here at home until celiac developed. Some Middle Eastern restaurants make their own from scratch, and that will probably work just fine, because a lot of traditional Arab falafel recipes (as different from Israeli ones, which have bulgur) don't include wheat. But most ME restaurants I've been to so far use box falafel mix.

I have an inquiry out to Tarazi, my favorite box falafel mix people...it turns out that their ingredients are all OK, absolutely fine, but they've tested the ingredients and something is coming to them CCed....they haven't figured out which supplier is sending CCed ingredients to them yet.

Sorry to get so into it, but I miss falafels