Brooklyn has no shortage of Indian restaurants, but Tera Mera is doing something a little different—and food lovers are starting to notice.
Located at 272 Court Street in Cobble Hill, Tera Mera is a family-owned Indian restaurant run by sisters Shalini Vaswani and Kathleen Jeremie. The restaurant draws heavily from Shalini’s family recipes and the food she grew up eating, with a particular focus on the lesser-known flavors of Sindhi cuisine.
In other words, this isn’t the place to order the same generic Indian takeout you’ve had 400 times.
Tera Mera’s menu moves between familiar Indian street-food favorites and dishes that many New Yorkers may never have encountered before. Think pani puri, vada pav, samosas and chaat, alongside Sindhi specialties passed down through generations.
Among the dishes getting attention are the green chutney crab curry and goat tevar, while the restaurant’s samosas have also earned a recommendation from cookbook author and food personality Alison Roman. She included Tera Mera in her Brooklyn food tour, calling it a small, independently owned restaurant that feels like the owners’ version of home cooking.
And then there’s the atmosphere.
The restaurant is intentionally cozy, with family photos, vintage touches and a backyard patio that makes dinner feel less like a night out and more like being invited to someone’s very well-fed house.
That backyard is particularly appealing when you’re looking for a Brooklyn restaurant for dinner, with the restaurant also hosting live music on Sundays.
For anyone searching for the best Indian restaurants in Brooklyn, Cobble Hill restaurants, Sindhi food in NYC or unique NYC food experiences, Tera Mera deserves a spot on the list.
Come hungry.
Order things you’ve never tried.
And prepare to explain to your friends that, no, you did not discover another Indian restaurant.
You discovered Tera Mera.
