Samir is a sous chef who is gunning for head chef at an upscale Manhattan restaurant but loses out to someone younger and less experienced in "." Samir鈥檚 crisis in identity and career coincides with his father鈥檚 health scare and Samir is suddenly tasked with keeping the day-to-day operations of the family鈥檚 ailing Indian restaurant, Tandoori Palace. His mother, Farrida, (played by legendary cookbook writer and actor, Madhur Jaffrey), complicates every scene with her quest to find a wife for Samir, her only living child.
