After years working in restaurants from Chennai to California, Vijay Kumar came to New York on a mission: to bring attention to Southern Indian food. As the chef-partner at Semma in the West Village, ...

Padma Lakshmi has named Semma among her three favorite Indian restaurants globally, alongside Trishna and Gymkhana.

The menu at Semma, the brand new Southern Indian restaurant from the team behind Adda and Dhamaka, is loaded with ingredients that most of us wouldn't immediately associate with Indian cuisine—this is ...

NEW YORK, NY – Chef Vijay Kumar, originally from Tamil Nadu and currently helming the kitchen at Semma, has won the James Beard Award for Best Chef in New York State. In his acceptance speech, now ...

This creamy, semolina-based dessert is flavored with saffron and pineapple and studded with raisins and cashews. This recipe for kesari, a semolina-based, lightly sweetened Indian dessert, is one that ...

WEST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) — With Diwali coming up, a gem of a Manhattan restaurant is getting many blessings as the only Indian restaurant in the country with a Michelin star. Semma head chef ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Semma in Manhattan's West Village, executive chef Vijay Kumar and his team of 35 work in sync each night to deliver New York ...

NEW YORK, NY – In a landmark moment for Indian cuisine, The New York Times has named Semma, the South Indian restaurant nestled in Greenwich Village, as the No. 1 restaurant in New York City for 2025.

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