A beautiful little girl—dark hair, darker eyes—is running laps in the dining room of Amma’s Kitchen. She weaves in and out among the tables, her uninhibited peals of laughter and perpetual motion ...

There are few weeknight dinners more satisfying than a thali. This sampler platter is a private buffet of subcontinental delights, and Amma’s Kitchen delivers a pizza pan–sized tray, crammed with 10 ...